Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese

<p><em>A Practical Guide for Scholarly Reading in Japanese</em> is an innovative textbook for students specializing in scholarly Japanese for Asian studies. This book is aimed at scholars in any Asian Studies field in which Japanese scholarship is extremely important.</p><p>The book can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian studies as well as students who need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.</p><p>The book contains concise descriptions of grammar points essential for reading scholarly writings in Japanese and exercises based on excerpts taken from prominent Japanese scholarly texts. Each exercise reading provides a list of vocabulary and explanations of expressions. The reading materials provided mainly cover Chinese history comparative literature religion and culture. </p><p>The book can be used as a textbook or self-study guide for scholars of Asian studies as well as students who have completed two years of basic language learning and need to learn to read scholarly Japanese.</p>