Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women

GIANTS of JAPAN
	Contents
	Foreword
	by Walter F. Mondale
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	A Note on Names and Pronunciation
	The House of Mitsui
	Merchantsfor Four Centuries
	Iwasaki Yataro and the Growth of Mitsubishi
	The Founder
	The Brother
	The Son
	The Nephew
	Mitsubishi Since the War
	Matsushita Konosuke
	Founder of Matsushita Electric (Panasonic)
	Tashima Kazuo
	Founder of Minolta
	Honda Soichiro
	Founder qf Honda
	Kobayashi Koji
	The Man Who Turned NEC into a Global Computer Giant
	Morita Akio
	Co-founder of Sony
	Lady Murasaki
	Author of The Tale of Genji, the World\'s First Great Novel
	Grand Master of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
	Sen no Rikyu
	Izumo no Okuni
	The Actress and Dancer Who Created Kabuki Theater
	Matsuo Basho
	Japan s Great Haiku Poet
	Chikamatsu Monzaemon
	Japan’s Great Playwright
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	Katsushika Hokusai
	Master of theWood-block Print
	History
	Shinto Myths, the Imperial Lineage, and Shotoku, the PrinceWho Spread Buddhism
	Yoritomo, Hojo Masako, andYoshitsune
	The First Shogun, His Wife, and His Legendary Brother
	Oda Nobunaga
	TheWarriorWho United Half qf Japan
	Toyotomi Hideyoshi
	The Peasant Who United All of Japan
	Tokugawa Ieyasu
	The Shogun Who Began a Three-Century Dynasty
	Oishi Kuranosuke
	Leader of the Forty-Seven Ronin Who Avenged Their Master\'s Death
	Okubo Toshimichi
	The Bureaucrat Who Led Japan into the Modern World
	Tojo Hideki
	Japan s Wartime Prime Minister
	Yamamoto Isoroku
	The Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor
	Vrime Minister of Japan During the American Occupation
	Yoshida Shigeru
	Kata Shidzue
	Birth Control Pioneer
	Tanaka Kakuei
	Modern Japan ’s Most Powerful but Corrupt Prime Minister
	Natsume Soseki
	The Early Twentieth Century\'s Most Highly RegardedWriter
	Ibuse Masuji
	The Novelist from Hiroshima
	Hayashi Fumiko
	Modern Japan\'s Most Popular Woman Writer
	Mishima Yukio
	The Modern Novelist Inspired by the Samurai Tradition
	Ariyoshi Sawako
	TheWriterWho Gave Voice to SilentWomen
	Kawabata
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	Oh Sadaharu
	and Ueshiba Morihei
	Japan\'s Home Run King
	and His Teacher, the Founder ojAikido
	Ueshiba
	Selected Bibliography
	Chapter 1
	Chapter 8
	Chapter 9
	Chapter 16
	Chapter 17
	Chapter 19
	Chapter 20
	Chapter 21
	Chapter 23
	Chapter 24
	Chapter 25
	Chapter 2J
	Chapter 29
	Chapter 30
	Chapter 31
	Chapter 32
	Chapter 33
	Chapter 34
	Chapter SS
	Acknowledgment of Permissions
	Index
	About the Author