Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-433) and index
Teilw. zugl.: New York, NY, Columbia Univ., Diss., 2005
Chronology of major events in the Nihon Shoki and Shoku Nihongi narrativesPart One. The literary representation of empire -- Yamato as empire in the Sinoscript sphere -- The national imagining of early Japan -- The imperial configuration of Nihon -- Imperial historiography and the narrative politics of the Jinshin Rebellion -- Poetry anthology as imperial history -- Part Two. Imperial poetry and the politics of the first person -- The voice of all under heaven -- Tenmu and the Yoshino cult -- The Tenmu myth of heavenly descent -- The memory of the Omi capital -- The Fujiwara sovereign.
