Herbert Paul Varley (February 8, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an American academic, historian, author, and Japanologist. He was a professor at Columbia University and Sen Sōshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History at the University of Hawaii.[1]
Varley's early work was influenced by Kan'ichi Asakawa at Yale University.[2]
Among other interests, his research focused on the Kamakura period and Muromachi period in the history of Japan.[3]
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.[4]