Download or read book Population, Disease, and Land in Early Japan, 645-900 written by William Wayne Farris and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. Wayne Farris has developed the first systematic analysis of early Japanese population, the role of disease in economic development, and the impact of agricultural technology and practices. In doing so, he reinterprets the nature of ritsuryō institutions.