Ross Bender
Ross Bender received a Ph.D. in pre-modern Japanese history from Columbia University in 1980 and is currently an independent scholar in Philadelphia. His research focuses on the history and religion of ancient Japan. His forthcoming publications include “Changing the Calendar: Royal Political Theology and the Suppression of the Tachibana Naramaro Conspiracy” in the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies.
Articles by Ross Bender
Performative Loci of the Imperial Edicts in Nara Japan, 749-70
Volume 24, Issue 1 (March, 2009)
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