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- ISBN: 9780495913252 | 0495913251
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/2012
This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history.
Preface | p. x |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
About the Authors | p. xiv |
Beginnings and Foundations | p. 1 |
The Prehistory of the Japanese Archipelago | p. 2 |
Geography | p. 3 |
Paleolithic Culture | p. 5 |
Jomon Culture (c.14,500-400b.c.e.) | p. 6 |
Yayoi Culture (c. 900 b.c.e-250 c.e.) | p. 8 |
Political and Social Developments | p. 10 |
The Tomb Period (Mid-Third to Late-Sixth Century c.e.) | p. 11 |
The Yamato Kings | p. 13 |
The Early State: Chinese and Korean Influences | p. 16 |
Chinese and Korean Backgrounds | p. 17 |
Overview | p. 17 |
Buddhism | p. 19 |
Buddhism and the State | p. 22 |
Emergence of the Early Japanese State | p. 23 |
The Late Tomb Period | p. 24 |
The Seventh-Century Transition (The Asuka Period) | p. 25 |
Nara as a Center and Symbol | p. 30 |
Nara as a Religious Center | p. 31 |
Documents and Structures | p. 33 |
Literature | p. 36 |
The Visual Arts | p. 39 |
The End of the Nara Period | p. 42 |
Aristocrats, Monks, and Samurai | p. 45 |
The Heian Period | p. 46 |
Early Heian and the Rise of the Fujiwara (794-930) | p. 47 |
Middle Heian-Fujiwara Dominance (930-1072) | p. 48 |
The Estates | p. 50 |
Late Heian: Rule by Retired Emperors | p. 52 |
The Warriors | p. 53 |
A World Permeated by Religion | p. 54 |
Heian Buddhism: Tendai | p. 54 |
Esoteric Buddhism: Shingon | p. 56 |
Pietism | p. 58 |
Literature | p. 58 |
The Visual Arts | p. 62 |
Painting | p. 67 |
The Phoenix Pavilion | p. 69 |
The Kamakura Period in Japan | p. 70 |
Triumph and Fall of the Taira (1156-1185) | p. 71 |
Establishment of the Kamakura Bakufu | p. 72 |
The Hojo Regents | p. 74 |
Local Governance, Economy, Society | p. 75 |
The Mongol Invasion and Its Aftermath | p. 76 |
The Warrior and His Ideals | p. 78 |
Religion in the Kamakura Period | p. 78 |
The Pure Land Schools | p. 79 |
Nichiren | p. 80 |
Zen | p. 81 |
Kami Worship | p. 83 |
Religious Art | p. 83 |
Literature | p. 88 |
Muromachi Japan | p. 91 |
The Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336) | p. 92 |
The Establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate | p. 93 |
Government and Politics | p. 94 |
Economy and Society | p. 95 |
Japanese and Continental Culture | p. 97 |
Yoshimitsu and His Age | p. 98 |
The Noh Drama | p. 100 |
Political Decline and Cultural Brilliance | p. 102 |
Poetry and Painting | p. 105 |
War and the Rise of the Daimyo | p. 107 |
Early Modern/Late Traditional Japan | |
The Formation of a New Order | p. 112 |
Unification (1573-1600) | p. 113 |
Oda Nobunaga | p. 113 |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi | p. 114 |
The Invasion of Korea | p. 116 |
Grand Castles and the Arts | p. 117 |
Japan and Europe: First Encounters (1543-1630) | p. 119 |
The Portuguese in East Asia | p. 120 |
The Jesuits in Japan: Initial Success | p. 122 |
Persecution and Closure to the West | p. 126 |
Tokugawa Shogunate | p. 129 |
Founding and Consolidation | p. 130 |
Bakufu-Han Relations | p. 132 |
Economic and Social Change | p. 133 |
Classes and Values | p. 136 |
The Aesthetic Culture of the Aristocracy | p. 138 |
Genroku Urban Culture | p. 139 |
The Print | p. 140 |
Theater and Literature | p. 141 |
Intellectual Currents: Confucianism | p. 144 |
Historiography and Nativism | p. 146 |
Dutch Learning | p. 147 |
Reform and Its Limits | p. 148 |
Art and Literature after the Genroku Period | p. 149 |
Japan and the Modern World | p. 151 |
Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji, 4787-4873 | p. 452 |
Late Tokugawa | p. 153 |
The Bakufu (1787-1841) | p. 153 |
Economy and Society | p. 153 |
Reforms | p. 155 |
Intellectual Currents | p. 157 |
The Opening of Japan | p. 159 |
Domestic Politics | p. 162 |
Sonno Joi | p. 163 |
Mixed Responses to the West | p. 164 |
Last Years of the Shogunate (1860-1867) | p. 165 |
The Meiji Restoration | p. 167 |
Formation of a New Government | p. 167 |
The Charter Oath | p. 168 |
Dismantling the Old Order | p. 169 |
Disaffection and Opposition | p. 170 |
The Crisis of 1873 | p. 171 |
The Meaning of the Restoration | p. 172 |
The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894 | p. 174 |
Political Developments | p. 175 |
Formation of Parties | p. 177 |
The Emperor and the Constitution | p. 179 |
Western Influences on Values and Ideas | p. 181 |
"Civilization and Enlightenment" | p. 181 |
Social Darwinism | p. 183 |
The Arts | p. 184 |
Conservatism and Nationalism | p. 185 |
Education | p. 186 |
Modernizing the Economy | p. 188 |
The Zaibatsu | p. 189 |
The Military | p. 192 |
Korea and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 | p. 193 |
The Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 1895) | p. 194 |
Imperial Japan: 1895-1931 | p. 196 |
Late Meiji (1895-1912) | p. 197 |
Foreign Policy and Empire Building | p. 197 |
Economic and Social Developments | p. 200 |
Politics | p. 201 |
Literature and the Arts | p. 203 |
The Taisho Period (1912-1926) and the 1920s | p. 207 |
The Taisho Political Crisis (1912-1913) | p. 207 |
Japan during World War I | p. 208 |
Politics and Policies (1918-1924) | p. 209 |
Party Government (1924-1931) | p. 211 |
Popular Culture | p. 213 |
Fine Arts | p. 213 |
Mingei | p. 215 |
Literature | p. 216 |
Intellectual Trends | p. 217 |
Militarism and War | p. 220 |
The Manchurian Incident: Causes and Consequences | p. 221 |
Japanese Politics and the Road to War | p. 223 |
War with China | p. 225 |
Expansion of the War into a Pacific War | p. 227 |
The Course of the War | p. 229 |
Japan at War | p. 230 |
Colonial East Asia during the War | p. 231 |
The End of the War | p. 232 |
The New Japan | p. 235 |
The Occupation (1945-1952) | p. 236 |
Means and Ends | p. 236 |
Social Policies | p. 238 |
Economic Policy | p. 239 |
The Korean War | p. 241 |
End of the Occupation | p. 242 |
Late Showa | p. 243 |
The Economy: Government and Politics | p. 243 |
The Iron Triangle: Politicians and Bureaucrats | p. 244 |
The Iron Triangle: Business | p. 247 |
The 1970s and 1980s | p. 248 |
Social Change and Quality of Life | p. 251 |
Film | p. 256 |
Intellectual Life and Literature | p. 257 |
The Visual Arts | p. 259 |
Early Heisei | p. 262 |
The Heisei Recession | p. 263 |
Geological Earthquakes and Political Tremors | p. 264 |
Intellectual Discourse | p. 267 |
Literary and Artistic Life | p. 267 |
Afterword | p. 271 |
International Tensions | p. 272 |
Economic Globalization | p. 273 |
Contending Trends | p. 275 |
Appendix: Suggestions for Further Study | p. 277 |
Notes | p. 290 |
Index | p. 299 |
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