Yamato as empire in the sinoscript sphere -- The national imaginings of early Japan -- The Imperial configuration of Nihon -- Imperial historiography and the narrative politics of the Jinshin rebellion -- Poetry anthology as imperial history -- The voice of all under heaven -- Tenmu and the Yoshino cult -- The Tenmu myth of heavenly descent -- The memory of the Omi Capital -- The Fujiwara sovereign
Summary
In Man'yoshu and the Imperial Imagination in Early Japan, Torquil Duthie examines the literary representation of the late seventh-century Yamato court as a realm of "all under heaven."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-433) and index
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English
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2021)