Part 3 of our Revised Introduction to Japanese History: the emergence of recorded history in Japan brings with it some more clarity on what’s happening, but also new uncertainties.
Sources
Brown, Delmer M, “The Yamato Kingdom”, and Inoue Mitsusada, “The Century of Reform”, in The Cambridge History of Japan, Vol 1: Ancient Japan
Fuqua, Douglass. “Centralization and State Formation in Sixth- and Seventh-century Japan” in Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850. ed. Karl Friday
Kakubayashi, Fumio. “Re-examination of the Political History around Early 6th Century Japan.” Shigaku Zasshi 88 no 11 (1979) (Japanese language)
The JHTI Nihon Shoki translation
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