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356 pages • first pub 1976 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780231884471
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Explains how and why abdicated sovereigns emerged as important political figures in the late Heian period of Japan and reevaluates the manner in which Japanese scholars have treated the abdicated sovereign in the politics of the period.
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356 pages • first pub 1976 (view editions) user-added
ISBN/UID: 9780231884471
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Explains how and why abdicated sovereigns emerged as important political figures in the late Heian period of Japan and reevaluates the manner in which Japanese scholars have treated the abdicated sovereign in the politics of the period.