"The Formation of the Medieval World" Masao Ishimoda Price: - University of Tokyo Press 1957, 1st Edition The author, through a meticulous analysis of the history of Todai-ji Temple's shōen (manor) from the 10th to the 16th centuries, brilliantly reconstructs "a world where people lived, fought, and thus formed history." The ancient rulers—Todai-ji Temple—and the people who repeatedly clashed with them, experiencing setbacks and defeats. These also represent the very Japanese society of the dark valley that the author himself faced. One of the greatest masterpieces of medieval historical studies. *First edition. With slipcase. Some stains. The contents are relatively clean. #Masao Ishimoda #Mitsusada Inoue #Kojiro Naoki #Arata Matsumoto #Sadao Nishijima #Moriaki Yarashiro #Kazuo Aoki #Keiji Nagahara #Yoshimi Toda #Susumu Ishii"