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Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters Spiral-Bound | 2014-09-09

No Yasumaro O, Gustav Heldt

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Chronicles the mythical origins of Japan's islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Original Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312 pages
ISBN-10: 0231163894
Item Weight: 0.9 lbs
Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.6 x 8.9 inches
An accomplished and approachable translation of a crucially important work that has been desperately in need of such a new rendition. -David Lurie, Columbia University
O no Yasumaro (d. 723) was a nobleman of the Japanese court whose O clan ruled over an area bearing the same name near the eighth-century capital of Nara.

Gustav Heldt is an associate professor of Japanese literature at the University of Virginia and the author of The Pursuit of Harmony: Poetry and Power in Early Heian Japan.