Take a step back in time to the origins of Japan's creation myth--told here for the very first time in illustrated form. In the beginning there was nothing--a v

Of all the mass of Japanese literature, which lies before us as the result of nearly twelve centuries of book-making, the most important Monument is the work en

Written in the early eighth century, the Kojiki is considered JapanÕs first literary and historical work. A compilation of myths, legends, songs, and genealogi

As the first book in English on the origins of Japanese historiography, using both archaeological and textual data, this book examines the connection between an

Also known as the ""Records of Ancient Matters,"" this is the ""official"" story of the Japanese peoples, first written down in the 8th century and documenting