What is H. Paul Varley?
'''Herbert Paul Varley''' (February 8, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] [[academic]], [[historian]], [[author]], and [[Japan studies|Japanologist]]. He was a professor at [[Columbia University]] and [[Sen Sōshitsu XV]] Professor of Japanese Cultural History at the [[University of Hawaii]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://authortree.com/9780231121392 |title=AuthorTree.com |access-date=2012-11-01 |archive-date=2011-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812013454/http://authortree.com/9780231121392 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Career== Varley's early work was influenced by [[Kan'ichi Asakawa]] at [[Yale University]].<ref>[[Jeffrey Mass|Mass, Jeffrey P.]] (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=42g6lMEVymAC&dq=kanichi+asakawa&pg=PA15 ''Antiquity and Anachronism in Japanese History,'' p. 15.]</ref> Among other interests, his research focused on the [[Kamakura period]] and [[Muromachi period]] in the [[history of Japan]].<ref>[[Helen Hardacre|Hardacre, Helen]]. (1998). [https://books.google.com/books?id=dS7DwqiUKnwC&dq=i&pg=PA57 ''The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States,'' p. 57].</ref> ==Selected works== In an overview of writings by and about Varley, [[OCLC]]/[[WorldCat]] lists roughly 30+ works in 120+ publications in 6 languages and 8,200+ library holdings.<ref>[http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities]: [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50-44972 Varley, H. Paul]; retrieved 2012-11-1.</ref> :''This list is not finished; you can help Wikipedia by adding to it.'' * ''The Onin War; history of its origins and background with a selective translation of the Chronicle of Onin,'' 1967 * ''A Syllabus of Japanese Civilization,'' 1968 * ''Imperial Restoration in Medieval Japan,'' 1971 * ''Japanese Culture: a Short History,'' 1973 * ''A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns: Jinnō Shōtōki of Kitabatake Chikafusa,'' 1980 * ''Warriors of Japan as Portrayed in the War Tales,'' 1994 ==Honors== * [[Order of the Rising Sun