Capital and Countryside in Japan, 300–1180: Japanese Historians Interpreted in English (Cornell East Asia Series) (Cornell East Asia Series, 129)

This volume, edited by Joan Piggott, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, includes fourteen essays, originally written in Japanese and here interpreted in English. It introduces readers to a broader array of historical and archaeological research on center-periphery relations than has ever before been available to English readers. Each essay has been translated, annotated, and introduced by a specialist who selected it for its invaluable contribution to his or her own work, and who here renders it into English for a non-specialist audience. Together with its readable and well-annotated text, the extensive glossary and bibliography make this a valuable source for everyone interested in premodern Japan.