O no Yasumaro (d. ) 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/5(61). Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while staying true to the Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters", also known as Furukotofumi composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei in the eighth century. The Kojiki is the oldest surviving Japanese book and one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion/5(9).
The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters (Translations from the Asian Classics) [Ō, no Yasumaro, Heldt, Gustav] on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Kojiki: An Account of Ancient Matters (Translations from the Asian Classics). The Kojiki (translated by Gustav Heldt, review copy courtesy of Columbia University Press and Australian distributor Footprint Books) is, as it says on the cover, an account of ancient matters. The book was compiled by an official of the court (Ō no Yasumaro) in an attempt to codify the many versions of the Japanese ruling family's genealogy. Ō no Yasumaro Biography Ō no Yasumaro (?,? - Aug) was a Japanese nobleman, bureaucrat, and chronicler. He may have been the son of Ō no Honji, a participant in the Jinshin War of He is most famous for compiling and editing, with the assistance of Hieda no Are, the Kojiki, the oldest extant Japanese history.
O no Yasumaro (d. ) 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. Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while staying true to the distinctively dramatic and evocative appeal of the original's language. Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters", also known as Furukotofumi composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Gemmei in the eighth century. The Kojiki is the oldest surviving Japanese book and one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion.
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