A History of Japan : Revised Edition.
Title:
A History of Japan : Revised Edition.
Author:
Mason, Richard.
ISBN:
9781462900978
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Edition:
2nd ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (313 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword to the first edition -- Preface to the revised edition -- PART I Archaic Japan -- CHAPTER ONE: Environment and Early Settlement -- CHAPTER TWO: Yamato -- The Beginnings of Political Unity -- Government and Religion -- PART II Ancient Japan -- CHAPTER THREE: The Creation of a Unified State -- The Soga Victory -- Prince Shotoku -- The Taika ~eform -- Buddhism and the Centralized Imperial State -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER FOUR: Culture in the Nara Period -- Material Culture -- Writings -- CHAPTER FIVE: Government in the Heian Period -- Emperor Kammu and His Successors, 781-850 -- Rule by the Fujiwara, 850-1068 -- The Development of Shoen -- Rule by Cloistered Emperors (lnsei), 1068-1156 -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SIX: Heian Literature -- Poetry -- Early Prose and Uta-monogatari -- Court Diaries (nikki) -- Two Heian Masterpieces-"Makura no Soshi" and "Genji Monogatari" -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Religion in the Heian Period -- Tendai Buddhism -- Shingon Buddhism -- Religion and Society -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Architecture and Art in the Heian Period -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Painting -- Music -- PART Ill Medieval Japan -- CHAPTER NINE: Rule by the Military Houses -- The Rise and Fall of the House of Taira -- The Heike Monogatari -- The Success of the Minamoto Under Yoritomo -- The Hojo Regency -- The Mongol Invasions -- The Decline of the Kamakura Bakufu -- The House of Ashikaga -- The Muromachi Bakufu at Its Height -- CHAPTER TEN: The Failure of Ashikaga Rule: The Vigor of Economic and Cultural Life -- The Collapse of Central Government -- The Vigor of Economic Life -- Cultural Life in the Period of the Country at War -- Funa Benkei -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Buddhism in the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods -- Honen (1133-1212), Shinran (1173-1262), and the Spread of Amidism -- Nichiren (1222-82).
Dogen (1200-1253) and Other Zen Monks -- PART IV Early Modern ]apan -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Sixteenth-Century Japan -- Nobunaga and Hideyoshi -- Castles, Palaces, and Decorative Arts in the Momoyama Period -- Contact with the Outside World -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Administration Under the Tokugawa -- The New Bakufu -- Regulation of Elites: Buddhist Sects and the Imperial Court -- Central Government and Local Autonomy: The Baku-Han System -- Foreign Policy: "Closure" of the Country and Relations with Neighboring States -- Bureaucratization and the Changing Role of the Samurai -- Taxation and Fiscal Problems -- The Bakufu, 1651-1841 -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Society and Culture in Early Modern Japan -- Monetization and the Development of a Market Economy -- Villages Drawn into the National Economy -- City Life and City Culture -- Intellectual Life and Education -- The Japanese "Family System" -- Conclusion -- PART V Modern Japan -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Meiji Era and Policies for Modernization -- The Restoration -- Meiji Foreign Policy -- Economic Policies and the Beginnings of Industrialization -- Domestic Politics and the Transition to Constitutional Rule -- Formation and Development of Political Parties -- The Constitution and the Ideology of Kokutai -- Meiji Society -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: From Consensus to Crisis, 1912-37 -- Painting -- Music -- Dramatic Entertainments -- Literature -- Ideology -- Politics and the Economy -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Solutions Through Force -- War in China -- The Pacific War -- The Occupation -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Archaic Japan -- Ancient Japan -- Medieval Japan -- Early Modern Japan -- Modern Japan -- Index -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
Abstract:
A classic of Japanese history, this book is still the preeminent work on the history of Japan. Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a fascinating look at the nation of Japan throughout history. Starting in ancient Japan during its early pre-history period A History of Japan covers every important aspect of history and culture through feudal Japan to the post-cold War period and collapse of the Bubble Economy in the early 1990's. Recent findings shed additional light on the origins of Japanese civilization and the birth of Japanese culture. Classic illustrations and unique pictures are dispersed throughout the book. A History of Japan, Revised Edition includes: Archaic Japanincluding Yamato, the creation of a unified state, the Nana Period, and the Heian period Medieval Japan including rule by the military houses, the failure of Ashikaga Rule, Buddhism, and the Kamakura and Muroachi Periods periods Ealy Modern Japanincluding Japanese feudalism, administration under the Tokugawa, and society and culture in early modern Japan Modern Japanincluding The Meiji Era and policies for modernization, from consensus to crisis (1912-1937), and solutions through forceThis contemporary classic continues to be a central book in Japanese studies.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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