The History of the Fujiwara House : : A Study and Annotated Translation of the Toshi Kaden / / Mikaël Bauer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Bauer, Mikaël,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (144 p.)

With the addition of a contextualized introduction, here is the first annotated translation of the eighth- century clan history T?shi Kaden or the History of the Fujiwara House. Hitherto, scholars have focused on the more famous eighth-century imperial histories Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, but other sources such as the History of the Fujiwara House provide a narrative that complements or deviates from the official histories. The book was written to provide students and researchers with additional material to reconsider the political and intellectual currents of seventh- and eighth-century Japan and, in addition, reveal further insight into the career and motivations of its controversial author, the courtier Fujiwara no Nakamaro.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Fujiwara Family Line -- Introduction -- Part I Fujiwara no Nakamaro -- The Nara period -- The Fujiwara -- Fujiwara no Nakamaro -- Early life -- Political career -- Gradual rise to prominence -- The Shoku Nihongi entry for the same date records -- The Rebellion -- Nakamaro’s religious policies -- Nakamaro and Tōshi Kaden -- Scholarship on Tōshi Kaden -- Part II Narratives of the three extant chronicles -- The Chronicle of Kamatari -- The Chronicle of Jōe -- The Chronicle of Muchimaro -- Part III Translations -- The Chronicle of Kamatari -- The Chronicle of Jōe -- The Chronicle of Muchimaro -- Bibliography -- Index