Bruce L. Batten

Bruce L. Batten is Professor of Japanese History at J. F. Oberlin University in Tokyo and the former director of the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama. He is a specialist on ancient and medieval Japan and is the author of To the Ends of Japan: Premodern Frontiers, Boundaries, and Interactions and Gateway to Japan: Hakata in War and Peace, 500-1300

Books by this Author

Environment and Society in the Japanese Islands

Over the long course of Japan's history, its rich natural environment simultaneously supported its human inhabitants and created significant hazards and challenges. The Japanese have...

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