Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 2Society, 1896 - Japan |
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| Title | Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, Volume 2 Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, William George Aston Transactions and proceedings, Japan Society of London |
| Translated by | William George Aston |
| Publisher | Society, 1896 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | May 30, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0524053472, 9780524053478 |
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