Ross Bender’s Nara Japan, 758-763: A Study and Translation of Shoku Nihongi,Tenpyō Hōji 2 – 7 is now available at CreateSpace and Amazon:
https://www.createspace.com/5981677
This is the third in a projected five-volume translation of Shoku Nihongi for the years 749-770.
Also available are The Edicts of the Last Empress, 749-770: A Study and Translation of Senmyō 12-47 in Shoku Nihongi:
https://www.createspace.com/4959699
and Nara Japan, 749-757: A Study and Translation of Shoku Nihongi, Tenpyō Shōhō 1 –Tenpyō Hōji 1
https://www.createspace.com/5777747
Table of Contents for Nara Japan, 758-763
| Acknowledgments | 1 |
| About the Translation | 5 |
| Introduction | 11 |
| The Junnin Interregnum and Nakamaro Supremacy | 14 |
| Table 1: Edicts Tenpyō Hōji 2 – 7 | 17 |
| Table 2: Changes in Bureaucratic Nomenclature | 19 |
| Foreign Relations: Parhae, Tang, and Silla | 21 |
| Coinage, Inflation, and Natural Disasters | 29 |
| Political Theology: A Dialog Between Throne and Officialdom | 31 |
| Table 3: Edicts and Memorials TPHJ 2.8.1 | 31 |
| Conclusion | 40 |
| Translation: Tenpyō Hōji 2– Tenpyō Hōji 7 | 41 |
| Appendix: Kanji Reference List and Glossary | 281 |
| Bibliography | 295 |
