Engaging Japanese philosophy : a short history

Engagement --
Blueprints for Japan : Shōtoku's Constitution and Shōmu's Nara (604/794) --
Kūkai (774/835) : the man who wanted to understand everything --
Shining prince, shining Buddha : Heian to Kamakura (794/1333) --
Shinran (1173/1262) : naming what comes naturally --
Dōgen (1200/1253) : nothing doing 
 everything counts --
Refuge from the storm : Muromachi to the Warring Domains (1333/1568) --
The open marketplace of ideas : unification and Edo thought (1568/1801) --
Ogyū Sorai (1666/1728) : the present wisdom of the past perfect --
Motoori Norinaga (1730/1801) : in touch with the spirit of words --
Black ships, black rain : the end of Edo to the end of war (1801/1945) --
Nishida Kitarō (1870/1945) : putting nothing in its place --
Watsuji Tetsurō (1889/1960) : philosophy in the midst --
Aftershocks and afterthoughts : postwar to the new century --
Conclusion.