Book Announcement: Nara Japan, 758-763: A Study and Translation of Shoku Nihongi,Tenpyō Hōji 2 – 7

nara 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:

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:

and Nara Japan, 749-757: A Study and Translation of Shoku Nihongi, Tenpyō Shōhō 1 –Tenpyō Hōji 1

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

About Paula

Paula lives in the vortex of academic life. She studies medieval Japanese history.

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