Yoroi-kizome, Genbuku and taking the tonsure: rites of passage among the Bushi in Feudal Japan

The earliest written records extant in Japan were compiled during the Nara period (710-781 A.D.). They are the Kojiki, "Record of Ancient Matters", 712 A.D.; the Nihongi or Nihon Shoki, "Chronicle of Japan", 720 A.D.; and the Many ōshū,"Collection of a Myriad Leaves", a...

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Main Author: Catharina Blomberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 2003-01-01
Series:Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67279