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It was only at the onset of the Tokugawa period (1602- 1868) that formal political thought emerged in Japan. Prior to that time Japanese scholars had concentrated, rather, on questions of legitimacy and authority in historical writing., producing a stream of works. Brownlee's illuminating study describes twenty of these important historical works commencing with Kojiki (712) and Nihon Shoki (720) and ending with Tokushi Yoron (1712) by Arai Hakuseki. Historical writing would cease to be the sole vehicle for political discussion in Japan in the eighteenth century as Chinese Confucian thought became dominant.Brownlee, John S. is the author of 'Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing from Kojiki 712 to Tokushi Yoron 1712' with ISBN 9780889209978 and ISBN 0889209979.
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