{"product_id":"reading-the-nihon-shoki-robert-f-wittkamp-9783695198436","title":"Reading the Nihon Shoki: Chinese Encyclopedias, Source Criticism and Historical Writing in Old Japan","description":"This volume brings together two treatises that differ in kind but converge in theme. The first, originally published in \"Orientierungen\", offers a historical survey of source research on Chinese encyclopedias. The second, presented here for the first time, is a detailed response to John R. Bentley's 2021 monograph \"The Birth of Japanese Historiography\". Despite their distinct purposes, both studies share a common intellectual terrain, engaging with questions of Chinese encyclopedias, the practice of source criticism, reception history, and the shaping of historical writing in early Japan. The identification of Chinese texts also pertains to the annotations in Bentley's 2025 Nihon Shoki translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert F. Wittkamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3695198435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783695198436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bod - Books on Demand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.36d","brand":"Robert F. Wittkamp","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48174863679743,"sku":"9783695198436","price":16.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c922b07e-7ccc-4add-80c0-51d2308dc548.jpg?v=1771331016","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-the-nihon-shoki-robert-f-wittkamp-9783695198436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}