Efnisyfirlit

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Part 1: Beginnings and Foundations
  • Ch 1: The Prehistory of the Japanese Archipelago
    • Geography
    • Paleolithic Culture
    • Jomon Culture (c. 14,500-400 B.C.E.)
    • Yayoi Culture (c. 900 B.C.E.-250 C.E.)
    • Political and Social Developments
    • The Tomb Period (Mid-Third to Late-Sixth Century C.E.)
    • The Yamato Kings
  • Ch 2: The Early State: Chinese and Korean Influences
    • Overview
    • Buddhism
    • Buddhism and the State
    • The Late Tomb Period
    • The Seventh-Century Transition (The Asuka Period)
    • Nara as a Center and Symbol
    • Nara as a Religious Center
    • Documents and Structures
    • Literature
    • The Visual Arts
    • The End of the Nara Period
• Part 2: Aristocrats, Monks, and Samurai
  • Ch 3: The Heian Period
    • Early Heian and the Rise of the Fujiwara (794-930)
    • Middle Heian-Fujiwara Dominance (930-1072)
    • The Estates
    • Late Heian: Rule by Retired Emperors
    • The Warriors
    • A World Permeated by Religion
    • Heian Buddhism: Tendai
    • Esoteric Buddhism: Shingon
    • Pietism
    • Literature
    • The Visual Arts
    • Painting
    • The Phoenix Pavilion
  • Ch 4: The Kamakura Period in Japan
    • Triumph and Fall of the Taira (1156-1185)
    • Establishment of the Kamakura Bakufu
    • The Hojo Regents
    • Local Governance, Economy, Society
    • The Mongol Invasion and Its Aftermath
    • The Warrior and His Ideals
    • Religion in the Kamakura Period
    • The Pure Land Schools
    • Nichiren
    • Zen
    • Kami Worship
    • Religious Art
    • Literature
  • Ch 5: Muromachi Japan
    • The Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)
    • The Establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate
    • Government and Politics
    • Economy and Society
    • Japanese and Continental Culture
    • Yoshimitsu and His Age
    • The Noh Drama
    • Political Decline and Cultural Brilliance
    • Poetry and Painting
    • War and the Rise of the Daimyo
• Part 3: Early Modern/Late Traditional Japan
  • Ch 6: The Formation of a New Order
    • Oda Nobunaga
    • Toyotomi Hideyoshi
    • The Invasion of Korea
    • Grand Castles and the Arts
    • The Portuguese in East Asia
    • The Jesuits in Japan: Initial Success
    • Persecution and Closure to the West
  • Ch 7: Tokugawa Shogunate
    • Founding and Consolidation
    • Bakufu-Han Relations
    • Economic and Social Change
    • Classes and Values
    • The Aesthetic Culture of the Aristocracy
    • Genroku Urban Culture
    • The Print
    • Theater and Literature
    • Intellectual Currents: Confucianism
    • Historiography and Nativism
    • Dutch Learning
    • Reform and Its Limits
    • Art and Literature after the Genroku Period
• Part 4: Japan and the Modern World
  • Ch 8: Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji, 1787-1873
    • The Bakufu (1787-1841)
    • Economy and Society
    • Reforms
    • Intellectual Currents
    • The Opening of Japan
    • Domestic Politics
    • Sonno Joi
    • Mixed Responses to the West
    • Last Years of the Shogunate (1860-1867)
    • Formation of a New Government
    • The Charter Oath
    • Dismantling the Old Order
    • Disaffection and Opposition
    • The Crisis of 1873
    • The Meaning of the Restoration
  • Ch 9: The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894
    • Political Developments
    • Formation of Parties
    • The Emperor and the Constitution
    • Western Influences on Values and Ideas
    • "Civilization and Enlightenment"
    • Social Darwinism
    • The Arts
    • Conservatism and Nationalism
    • Education
    • Modernizing the Economy
    • The Zaibatsu
    • The Military
    • Korea and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895
    • The Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 1895)
  • Ch 10: Imperial Japan: 1895-1931
    • Foreign Policy and Empire Building
    • Economic and Social Developments
    • Politics
    • Literature and the Arts
    • The Taisho Political Crisis (1912-1913)
    • Japan during World War I
    • Politics and Policies (1918-1924)
    • Party Government (1924-1931)
    • Popular Culture
    • Fine Arts
    • Mingei
    • Literature
    • Intellectual Trends
  • Ch 11: Militarism and War
    • The Manchurian Incident: Causes and Consequences
    • Japanese Politics and the Road to War
    • War with China
    • Expansion of the War into a Pacific War
    • The Course of the War
    • Japan at War
    • Colonial East Asia during the War
    • The End of the War
  • Ch 12: The New Japan
    • Means and Ends
    • Social Policies
    • Economic Policy
    • The Korean War
    • End of the Occupation
    • The Economy: Government and Politics
    • The Iron Triangle: Politicians and Bureaucrats
    • The Iron Triangle: Business
    • The 1970s and 1980s
    • Social Change and Quality of Life
    • Film
    • Intellectual Life and Literature
    • The Visual Arts
    • The Heisei Recession
    • Geological Earthquakes and Political Tremors
    • Intellectual Discourse
    • Literary and Artistic Life
• Afterword
  • International Tensions
  • Economic Globalization
  • Contending Trends
• Appendix: Suggestions for Further Study
• Notes
• Index

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