A History of Japan: Revised Edition

Contents......Page 6
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Foreword to the first edition......Page 14
Preface to the revised edition......Page 16
PART I • Archaic Japan......Page 18
CHAPTER ONE: Environment and Early Settlement......Page 20
The Beginnings of Political Unity......Page 26
Government and Religion......Page 33
PART II • Ancient Japan......Page 36
CHAPTER THREE: The Creation of a Unified State......Page 38
The Soga Victory......Page 39
Prince Shotoku......Page 41
The Taika ~eform......Page 43
Buddhism and the Centralized Imperial State......Page 48
Conclusion......Page 51
CHAPTER FOUR: Culture in the Nara Period......Page 53
Material Culture......Page 54
Writings......Page 56
CHAPTER FIVE: Government in the Heian Period......Page 65
Emperor Kammu and His Successors, 781-850......Page 67
Rule by the Fujiwara, 850-1068......Page 69
The Development of Shoen......Page 77
Rule by Cloistered Emperors (lnsei), 1068-1156......Page 80
Conclusion......Page 82
CHAPTER SIX: Heian Literature......Page 84
Poetry......Page 86
Early Prose and Uta-monogatari......Page 88
Court Diaries (nikki)......Page 91
Two Heian Masterpieces-"Makura no Soshi" and "Genji Monogatari"......Page 96
Tendai Buddhism......Page 103
Shingon Buddhism......Page 109
Religion and Society......Page 111
Architecture......Page 115
Sculpture......Page 119
Painting......Page 120
Music......Page 121
PART Ill • Medieval Japan......Page 124
CHAPTER NINE: Rule by the Military Houses......Page 126
The Rise and Fall of the House of Taira......Page 129
The Heike Monogatari......Page 131
The Success of the Minamoto Under Yoritomo......Page 133
The Hojo Regency......Page 137
The Mongol Invasions......Page 140
The Decline of the Kamakura Bakufu......Page 141
The House of Ashikaga......Page 143
The Muromachi Bakufu at Its Height......Page 145
The Collapse of Central Government......Page 149
The Vigor of Economic Life......Page 152
Cultural Life in the Period of the Country at War......Page 153
Funa Benkei......Page 159
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Buddhism in the Kamakura and Muromachi Periods......Page 163
Honen (1133-1212), Shinran (1173-1262), and the Spread of Amidism......Page 166
Nichiren (1222-82)......Page 172
Dogen (1200-1253) and Other Zen Monks......Page 174
PART IV • Early Modern ]apan......Page 178
CHAPTER TWELVE: Sixteenth-Century Japan......Page 180
Nobunaga and Hideyoshi......Page 181
Castles, Palaces, and Decorative Arts in the Momoyama Period......Page 193
Contact with the Outside World......Page 196
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Administration Under the Tokugawa......Page 199
The New Bakufu......Page 200
Regulation of Elites: Buddhist Sects and the Imperial Court......Page 204
Central Government and Local Autonomy: The Baku-Han System......Page 205
Foreign Policy: "Closure" of the Country and Relations with Neighboring States......Page 211
Bureaucratization and the Changing Role of the Samurai......Page 218
Taxation and Fiscal Problems......Page 223
The Bakufu, 1651-1841......Page 226
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Society and Culture in Early Modern Japan......Page 229
Monetization and the Development of a Market Economy......Page 231
Villages Drawn into the National Economy......Page 235
City Life and City Culture......Page 240
Intellectual Life and Education......Page 253
The Japanese "Family System"......Page 258
Conclusion......Page 263
PART V • Modern Japan......Page 266
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Meiji Era and Policies for Modernization......Page 268
The Restoration......Page 269
Meiji Foreign Policy......Page 275
Economic Policies and the Beginnings of Industrialization......Page 281
Domestic Politics and the Transition to Constitutional Rule......Page 293
Formation and Development of Political Parties......Page 302
The Constitution and the Ideology of Kokutai......Page 307
Meiji Society......Page 312
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: From Consensus to Crisis, 1912-37......Page 317
Painting......Page 318
Music......Page 321
Dramatic Entertainments......Page 323
Literature......Page 328
Ideology......Page 331
Politics and the Economy......Page 340
Conclusion......Page 355
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Solutions Through Force......Page 359
War in China......Page 360
The Pacific War......Page 366
The Occupation......Page 371
Postscript......Page 378
Archaic Japan......Page 392
Ancient Japan......Page 393
Medieval Japan......Page 395
Early Modern Japan......Page 396
Modern Japan......Page 398
Index......Page 402
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 425