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Historiography of Japan
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The historiography of Japan is the study of methods and hypotheses formulated in the study and literature of the history of Japan.
The Nihon Shoki of 720, one of the earliest texts tracing the history of Japan
The Nihon Shoki of 720, one of the earliest texts tracing the history of Japan
Kai Ichiranzu 1806
Kai Ichiranzu 1806
Historiography
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Historiography is the study of the methods used by historians in developing history as an academic discipline. By extension, the term historiography is any body of historical work on a particular subj
Historiography of Japan
…established the Institute for Japanese Studies (Wagaku Kôdansho). In 1869, Emperor Meiji issued an Imperial rescript which explained the importance of historiography: Historiography is a for ever immortal state ritual (taiten) and a wonderful act of our ancestors. But after the Six National Histories it was interrupted…
Reproduction of part of a tenth-century copy of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
Reproduction of part of a tenth-century copy of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War
Bust of Thucydides, Hellenistic copy of a 4th-century BC work
Bust of Thucydides, Hellenistic copy of a 4th-century BC work
The Roman bust traditionally identified as Cato the Elder
The Roman bust traditionally identified as Cato the Elder
First page of the Shiji
First page of the Shiji