Comments on: Prince Shotoku and the Twelve Cap Ranking system

By: Doug 陀愚

Doug 陀愚 — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 22:42:14 +0000

Hi Stefy, and welcome to the JLR! Gooc luck on the exam!

By: StefyC.

StefyC. — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:03:12 +0000

Thank you very much! I’m studying for my history of japan exam and your post helped me a lot!

By: Doug M

Doug M — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 05:26:27 +0000

Glad to be of help.

By: johnl

johnl — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:24:52 +0000

I am currently enjoying the translation of Heike Monogatari. The cultural differences are daunting, but this kind of background info is helpful. There are many characters whose court rank is part of their description in the text. This detail is one that is not covered by the otherwise exhaustive foot notes. (I am reading ‘The Tale of the Heike’ translated by Hiroshi Kitagawa and Bruce T. Tsuchida.)