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References
- Hall, John Whitney. (1988–1999). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 17483588
- Macfarlane, Alan. "'Japan' in an English Mirror," Modern Asian Studies,Volume 31, Issue 4 (Oct., 1997), 763–806.