Mikado's Empire : A History of Japan from the

It is time that a writer treated Japan as something else than an Oriental Puzzle, a nation of recluses, a land of fabulous wealth, of universal licentiousness or of Edenic purity....It has been well said by a literary critic and reader of all the books on the subject that to write a good history of Japan is difficult, not so much from lack of materials, but from the differences in psychology. This I realize. My endeavor, during eight years' living contact with these people, has been, from their language, books, life, and customs, to determine their mental parallax, and find out how they think and feel.

The Orthography and Pronunciation of Japanese Words	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Preface to the Second Edition	p. xvii
The Background	p. 1
The Aborigines	p. 13
Materials of History	p. 25
Japanese Mythology	p. 33
The Twilight of Fable	p. 49
Sujin, the Civilizer	p. 57
Yamato-Dake, the Conqueror of the Kuanto	p. 67
The Introduction of Continental Civilization	p. 77
Life in Ancient Japan	p. 89
The Ancient Religion	p. 101
The Throne and the Noble Families	p. 109
The Beginning of Military Domination	p. 127
Yoritomo and the Minamoto Family	p. 139
Creation of the Dual System of Government	p. 157
The Glory and the Fall of the Hojo Family	p. 165
Buddhism in Japan	p. 181
The Invasion of the Mongol Tartars	p. 199
The Temporary Mikadoate	p. 205
The War of the Chrysanthemums	p. 211
The Ashikaga Period	p. 219
Life in the Middle Ages	p. 225
The Growth and Customs of Feudalism	p. 245
Nobunaga, the Persecutor of the Buddhists	p. 263
Hideyoshi's Enterprises.-The Invasion of Corea	p. 271
Christianity and Foreigners	p. 283
Iyeyasu, the Founder of Yedo	p. 305
The Perfection of Duarchy and Feudalism	p. 313
The Recent Revolutions in Japan	p. 339
Supplementary Chapter
Japan in 1883	p. 381
Japan in 1886	p. 415
Japan in 1890	p. 417
Japan in 1894	p. 433
The War with China	p. 449
Appendices
The Testament of Iyeyasu	p. 467
Notation of Time	p. 473
Enumeration of the Years by Year-Periods	p. 475
Index	p. 479
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Mikado's Empire : A History of Japan from the Age of the Gods to the Meiji ERA (660 B.C.-A.D. 1872)

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