Realms of Literacy: Early Japan and the History of Writing (Harvard East Asian Monographs)

by David B . Lurie (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2011

  $69.83

  Drawing on varied archaeological and archival sources, David B. Lurie highlights the diverse modes and uses of writing that coexisted in Japan between the first and eighth centuries. This book illuminates not only the textual practices of early Japanese civilization but also the comparative history of writing and literacy in the ancient world.