Ethnicity, Sagehood, and the Politics of Literacy in Asuka Japan

This article explores the relationship between the importation of Chinese historical and divinatory texts during Japan's Asuka period (552-645) and the contemporaneous development of notions of sagehood and sage kingship. The article argues that the rapid diffusion of these texts led to the eme...

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Main Author: Como, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2003]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2003, Volume: 30, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 61-84
Further subjects:B Emperors
B Omens
B Ethnicity
B Buddhism
B Religious Studies
B Kinship
B Princes
B Literacy
B Kingship
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