Ancient Japan

6 books

I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan cover
I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan Shumengshi Qidian · 2020 I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan is a long web novel by Shu Mengshi, serialized on Qidian from October 6, 2020, and completed on April 23, 2022. It …
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Rating 3.9
Taira no Masakado Eiji Yoshikawa / 松月白 · 2025 Japan's greatest rebel—the only man to ever declare himself "a new emperor"! The author is so fascinated by Taira no Masakado that he cannot resist tr…
A Minimalist History of Japan You Will Surely Love to Read cover
Rating 3.4
A Minimalist History of Japan You Will Surely Love to Read 孙秀玲 Beijing United Publishing Co., Ltd. · 2026 In 210 BCE, Xu Fu sailed east, bringing shipbuilding, metallurgy, and textile techniques that moved Japan from a gathering economy into an agricultura…
Waseda University History of Japan (12 Volumes) cover
Rating 4.2
Waseda University History of Japan (12 Volumes) 池田晃渊 / 久米邦武 Sino-Culture Press · 2026 *A History of Japan from Waseda University (Volume I): The Yayoi and Kofun Periods* covers Japanese history from prehistoric society through the reign…
The Asuka and Nara Periods (Iwanami History of Japan, Volume 2) cover
Rating 4.2
The Asuka and Nara Periods (Iwanami History of Japan, Volume 2) 吉田孝 / 刘德润 New Star Press · 2020 In 607 AD, Empress Suiko formally dispatched Ono no Imoko and others as envoys to Sui China. From then on, Japan, against the turbulent backdrop of Ea…
Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan) cover
Rating 4.0
Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan) 舍人亲王 Sichuan People's Publishing House · 2020 As the first of Japan's official histories and the first of the officially commissioned "Six National Histories," this work covers Japanese myth and h…