« The Bîsotûn Inscription and the Persians: The Place of Gods, Romance, and ‘Historicity’ ». The Journal of Sophia Asian Studies, 25, 2007, pp. 1-48. [in Japanese]

This impressive article traces the historical evolution of images and representations of the Bisutun site, particularly its most important monument, the bas-relief and cuneiform inscription ordered by Darius the Great. According to the author, the monument’s origin and meaning became lost in oblivion by the beginning of Islamic period and geographers of early Islamic period often came to confuse it with the more picturesque Sasanian monument of Ṭāq-i Bustān, located 20 km. west. It is Niẓāmī ..