Charlotte von Verschuer, Professor of Japanese history and
philology at Ãcole Pratique des Hautes Ãtudes in Paris, conducts
research on ancient and medieval Japanese foreign relations and
material culture. Her other books include Les relations officielles
du Japon avec la Chine aux VIIIe et IXe siÃcles (Droz, 1985) and Le
riz dans la culture de Heian, mythe et rÃalità (CollÃge de France,
2003). She is currently co-editing a forthcoming publication,
Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan, with Joan Piggott, Ineke
Van Put, Ivo Smits and Michel Vieillard-Baron.
Kristen Lee Hunter authored the translation while she was a
doctoral candidate in medieval Chinese history at Cornell
University researching Chinese tributary diplomacy with Korea and
Japan during the Tang dynasty.
Methodically revised, and featuring an updated, expanded
bibliography and redesigned maps, as well as a précis on the state
of the field since the original publication, the 2006 English
edition is an indispensable resource for scholars and the teaching
of premodern East Asian regional history. PRAISE for the FRENCH
EDITION "A valuable addition to the limited documentation in
Western languages on Japan's external trade and exchange before the
Edo period. Its treatment of exchange with China and Korea is
particularly detailed."
*Journal of Asian Studies*
This is the first effort to present a coherent overview of an
extended period the range of material brought to our attention is
impressive a well-researched overview and a timely contribution of
real value. Not only does it provide a good guide to foreign
contacts, but it suggests many new areas of research. We should be
gratified by its publication.
*Monumenta Nipponica*
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