Japan: Its History and Culture

Once a star of postwar industrial production and methods,Japan has encountered serious trouble with market forces inrecent years. Social changes and departures from tradition arebecoming more common in this conservative country. Therevised edition of the popular work,Japan: Its History andCulture, Fourth Edition, documents and explains thesechanges. Seamlessly blending current events, politics, andcultural elements, the authors provide a riveting account ofa nation often misunderstood by the West.

W. Scott Morton (New York, NY) is a full professor emeritus in Chinese and Japanese history and culture and in ancient history at Seton Hall University, in New Jersey.

J. Kenneth Olenik, Ph.D. (Upper Montclair, NJ) is a professor of history at Montclair State University.

List of Illustrations

vii

Foreword

ix

Marius B. Jansen

Preface to the Fourth Edition

xi

Introduction

1

(3)

The Origins and Early History of the Japanese

4

(12)

The Introduction of Chinese Thought and Culture

16

(12)

Asuka Period: 552--710

The Stimulating Effect of Chinese Culture

28

(8)

Nara Period: 710--794

The Japanese Pattern

36

(16)

Early Heian Period: 794--857

Late Heian or Fujiwara Period: 858--1158

The Rise of the Warrior Class and the Gempei War

52

(16)

End of the Heian Period: 1158--1185

Government by the Military Shogun

68

(13)

Kamakura Period: 1185--1336

The Ashikaga Shogunate

81

(7)

Nambokucho: 1336--1392

Muromachi: 1392--1573

The Golden Age of Japanese Art

88

(13)

1378--1490

The Unification of Japan

101

(18)

Sengoku-Jidai, the Period of the Country at War: 1534--1615

Japan in Isolation

119

(15)

The Tokugawa Shogunate: Part 1, 1615--1715

The Winds of Change

134

(13)

The Tokugawa Shogunate: Part II, 1716--1867

The Meiji Restoration and the Modernization of Japan

147

(21)

1868--1914

Expansion, Liberalism, and Militarism

168

(10)

1914--1931

Manchukuo, the China War, and World War II

178

(12)

1931--1945

Postwar Japan

190

(9)

Japan Today---Economy

199

(32)

Japan Today---Foreign Affairs and Political Life

231

(30)

Contemporary Japanese Society

261

(36)

Glossary

297

(4)

Chronology

301

(20)

Bibliography

321

(4)

Index

325

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