ECCENTRIC SPACES, HIDDEN HISTORIES: NARRATIVE, RITUAL, AND ROYAL AUTHORITY FROM THE CHRONICLES OF JAPAN TO THE TALE OF THE HEIKE . By David T. Bialock . Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2007 . Pp xiv + 465. $67.00.
SHŌTOKU: ETHNICITY, RITUAL, AND VIOLENCE IN THE JAPANESE BUDDHIST TRADITION . By Michael I. Como . Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008 . Pp xi + 240. $45.00.
WEAVING AND BINDING: IMMIGRANT GODS AND FEMALE IMMORTALS IN ANCIENT JAPAN . By Michael Como . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2009 . Pp xxi + 306. $48.00.
HIMIKO AND JAPAN'S ELUSIVE CHIEFDOM OF YAMATAI: ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND MYTHOLOGY . By J. Edward Kidder, Jr. . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2009 . Pp xiii + 401. $60.00.
IMPERIAL POLITICS AND SYMBOLICS IN ANCIENT JAPAN: THE TENMU DYNASTY, 650-800 . By Herman Ooms . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2009 . Pp xxi + 353. $50.00.
