bramsen

Updated: May 21, 2025

Kaempfer and even Rein were content to endorse the chronology of the Chronicles the Records avoid dates altogether but other Occidental scholars* have with justice been more sceptical, and their doubts have been confirmed by several eminent Japanese historians in recent times. Where, then, is collateral evidence to be found? *Notably Bramsen, Aston, Satow, and Chamberlain.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era

Hence the unbiassed student must depend on his own reading of and judgment upon the ancient records, assisted by the thorough work done by the English scholars Aston, Satow, Chamberlain, Bramsen and others.

William Elliot Griffis - The Religions of Japan: From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji