Books By Charlotte von Verschuer - Author

Charlotte von Verschuer, Professor of Japanese history and philology at Ãcole Pratique des Hautes Ãtudes in Paris, conducts research on ancient and medieval Japanese foreign relations and material culture. Her other books include Les relations officielles du Japon avec la Chine aux VIIIe et IXe siÃcles (Droz, 1985) and Le riz dans la culture de Heian, mythe et rÃalità (CollÃge de France, 2003). She is currently co-editing a forthcoming publication, Dictionary of Sources of Classical Japan, with Joan Piggott, Ineke Van Put, Ivo Smits and Michel Vieillard-Baron.
Kristen Lee Hunter authored the translation while she was a doctoral candidate in medieval Chinese history at Cornell University researching Chinese tributary diplomacy with Korea and Japan during the Tang dynasty.