... information does exist to permit independent testing of the validity of conclusions that have been based on the historian's examination of the archival record—for example, the lower bureaucracy during the Muromachi period (1336–1573), which consisted of a group of officials known as the bugyōnin . Copyright...

.... The lack of glossary with Chinese characters and a weak index are regrettable. It is difficult to distinguish many Korean personalities and institutions given only transliterations and translations and foreign terms such as the Japanese gokenin and bugyonin are hard to comprehend without their Chinese...

... would have made this book much more valuable. The lack of glossary with Chinese characters and a weak index are regrettable. It is difficult to distinguish many Korean personalities and institutions given only transliterations and translations and foreign terms such as the Japanese gokenin and bugyonin...

.... William Norman Brown (1892-197)) NEHER, CLARK D. Gerald S. Maryanov (1927-197)) Research Note 265 461 101 99 462 GROSSBERG, KENNETH A. Bakufu Bugyonin: The Size of the Lower Bureaucracy in Muromachi Japan 651 ii THE JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES Review Articles BEAL, EDVCIN G., JR. The "Skinner Bibliography...