Description
Book SynopsisOnce a star of postwar industrial production and methods,Japan has encountered serious trouble with market forces in recent years. Social changes and departures from tradition are becoming more common in this conservative country. The revised edition of the popular work, Japan: Its History and Culture, Fourth Edition, documents and explains these changes. Seamlessly blending current events, politics, and cultural elements, the authors provide a riveting account of a nation often misunderstood by the West.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations
Foreword by Marius B. Jansen
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Introduction
1 The Origins and Early History of the Japanese2 The Introduction of Chinese Thought and CultureAsuka Period: 552–710
3 The Stimulating Effect of Chinese CultureNara Period: 710–794
4 The Japanese PatternEarly Heian Period: 794–857
Late Heian or Fujiwara Period: 858–1158
5 The Rise of the Warrior Class and the Gempei WarEnd of the Heian Period: 1158–1185
6 Government by the Military ShogunKamakura Period: 1185–1336
7 The Ashikaga ShogunateNambokucho: 1336–1392
Muromachi: 1392–1573
8 The Golden Age of Japanese Art1378–1490
9 The Unification of JapanSengoku-Jidai, the Period of the Country at War: 1534–1615
10 Japan in IsolationThe Tokugawa Shogunate: Part I, 1615–1715
11 The Winds of ChangeThe Tokugawa Shogunate: Part II, 1716–1867
12 The Meiji Restoration and the Modernization of Japan1868–1914
13 Expansion, Liberalism, and Militarism1914–1931
14 Manchukuo, the China War, and World War II1931–1945
15 Postwar Japan16 Japan Today—Economy17 Japan Today—Foreign Affairs and Political Life18 Contemporary Japanese SocietyGlossary
Chronology
Bibliography
Index
