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A fascinating look at Japan from its early pre-history through the post-cold War period to the 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. Also included here is an in-depth analysis of the religion, arts and culture of the Japanese people form the 6th century B.C.E. to the present. This contemporary classic, now updated and revised, continues to be an essential text in Japanese studies.
The authors trace the intricate progress of Japan's civilization from the island's prehistory to the medieval period to modern day Japan.
| Pt. I | Archaic Japan | |
| 1 | Environment and Early Settlement | 19 |
| 2 | Yamato | 25 |
| Pt. II | Ancient Japan | |
| 3 | The Creation of a Unified State | 37 |
| 4 | Culture in the Nara Period | 52 |
| 5 | Government in the Heian Period | 64 |
| 6 | Heian Literature | 81 |
| 7 | Religion in the Heian Period | 98 |
| 8 | Architecture and Art in the Heian Period | 110 |
| Pt. III | Medieval Japan | |
| 9 | Rule by the Military Houses | 121 |
| 10 | The Failure of Ashikaga Rule: The Vigor of Economic and Cultural Life | 144 |
| 11 | Buddhism in the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods | 158 |
| Pt. IV | Early Modern Japan | |
| 12 | Sixteenth-Century Japan | 173 |
| 13 | Administration Under the Tokugawa | 190 |
| 14 | Society and Culture in Early Modern Japan | 220 |
Mason's look at Japan is great for anyone who wants to know the history of the country from the early period until today. I used it for a class and loved it.
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A fascinating look at Japan from its early pre-history through the post-cold War period to the 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. Also included here is an in-depth analysis of the religion, arts and culture of the Japanese people form the 6th century B.C.E. to the present. This contemporary classic, now updated and revised, continues to be an ...