H. Paul Varley

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