Sources of Japanese Tradition
second edition
volume 1
introduction to as ian civ il izat ions
Introduction to Asian Civilizations
Wm. Theodore de Bary, General Editor
Sources of Japanese Tradition (1958; 2nd ed., 2001)
Sources of Indian Tradition (1958; 2nd ed., 1988)
Sources of Chinese Tradition (1960; issued in 2 vols., 1964;
vol. 1, 2nd ed., 1999; vol. 2, 2nd ed., 2000)
Sources of Korean Tradition (vol. 1, 1997; vol. 2, 2001)
Sources of Japanese Tradition
second edition
volume one: from earliest times to 1600
Compiled by Wm. Theodore de Bary, Donald Keene, George Tanabe, and Paul Varley
with collaboration of William Bodiford, Jurgis Elisonas, and Philip Yampolsky
and contributions by
Yoshiko Dykstra, Allan Grapard, Paul Groner, Edward Kamens,
Robert Morrell, Charles Orzech, Rajyashree Pandey,
Denis Twitchett, and Royall Tyler
columbia university press
new york
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p. cm. — (Introduction to Asian civilizations) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. From earliest times through the sixteenth century ISBN 0–231–12138–5 (cloth) ISBN 0–231–12139–3 (paper) 1. Japan—Civilization—Sources. 2. Japan—History—Sources. I. De Bary, William
Theodore, 1919– II. Dykstra, Yoshiko Kurata. III. Series.
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