Ekkyo No Kodai Shi (Kadokawa Sofuia Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The direct interactions between the chiefs of various regions of Japan and other Asian countries, the rise and fall of the international connections of the Silla merchants, and the relationship with Kaya in southern Korea, which was a key point of international exchange for the Japanese people. Ancient peoples possessed an astonishingly diverse array of social devices that connected them to each other, and they made full use of them and used them differently to set their transboundary networks in motion. This book recreates the history of exchanges among ancient archipelagic societies from the Yamato period to the establishment of the Ritsuryo state and beyond, providing empirical evidence of the history of exchanges. The history of relations between ancient Japan and Asia, which has been portrayed as relations between nations, is reexamined.

日本各地の首長層とアジア諸地域との直接的な交流、新羅商人の国際的人脈の盛衰、倭人の国際交流の要所だった朝鮮半島南部・加耶との関わり。古代人は、互いをつなぐ驚くほど多様な社会的装置を持ち、それを駆使し、使い分けて、越境的なネットワークを動かしていた。倭国時代から律令国家成立以降まで、古代の列島社会の交流の歴史を実証しながら再現。国家間の関係として描かれてきた古代日本とアジアの関係史を見つめ直す。