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Author Van Goethem, Ellen

Title Nagaoka : Japan's forgotten capital / by Ellen Van Goethem
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 368 pages) : illustrations
Series Brill's Japanese studies library, 0925-6512 ; v. 29
Brill's Japanese studies library ; v. 29.
Contents Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Tables; Explanatory Notes; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part One The Founding of a New Capital; Chapter One Prince Yamabe's Rise to Prominence; Chapter Two Why Establish a New Capital?; Chapter Three The Search for a Suitable Site; Part Two The Construction of the Nagaoka Capital; Chapter Four The First Phase of Construction; Chapter Five The Assassination of Fujiwara no Tanetsugu; Chapter Six The Second Phase of Construction; Part Three The Layout of the Nagaoka Capital; Chapter Seven The Basic Plan of a Chinese-style Capital City
Summary This is the first work dealing comprehensively with the historical and physical aspects of the Nagaoka palace and capital, constructed in the eighth century at the order of Kanmu Tenno, but abruptly abandoned after only ten years
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-356) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject HISTORY.
HISTORY / Asia / General
SUBJECT Nagaokakyō (Extinct city) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001405
Japan -- History -- Nara period, 710-794. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069442
Subject Japan
Japan -- Nagaokakyō (Extinct city)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789047433255
9047433254