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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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About the Authors | |
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Beginnings and Foundations | |
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The Prehistory of the Japanese Archipelago | |
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Geography | |
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Paleolithic Culture | |
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Jomon Culture (c.14,500-400b.c.e.) | |
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Yayoi Culture (c. 900 b.c.e-250 c.e.) | |
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Political and Social Developments | |
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The Tomb Period (Mid-Third to Late-Sixth Century c.e.) | |
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The Yamato Kings | |
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The Early State: Chinese and Korean Influences | |
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Chinese and Korean Backgrounds | |
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Overview | |
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Buddhism | |
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Buddhism and the State | |
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Emergence of the Early Japanese State | |
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The Late Tomb Period | |
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The Seventh-Century Transition (The Asuka Period) | |
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Nara as a Center and Symbol | |
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Nara as a Religious Center | |
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Documents and Structures | |
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Literature | |
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The Visual Arts | |
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The End of the Nara Period | |
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Aristocrats, Monks, and Samurai | |
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The Heian Period | |
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Early Heian and the Rise of the Fujiwara (794-930) | |
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Middle Heian-Fujiwara Dominance (930-1072) | |
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The Estates | |
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Late Heian: Rule by Retired Emperors | |
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The Warriors | |
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A World Permeated by Religion | |
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Heian Buddhism: Tendai | |
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Esoteric Buddhism: Shingon | |
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Pietism | |
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Literature | |
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The Visual Arts | |
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Painting | |
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The Phoenix Pavilion | |
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The Kamakura Period in Japan | |
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Triumph and Fall of the Taira (1156-1185) | |
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Establishment of the Kamakura Bakufu | |
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The Hojo Regents | |
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Local Governance, Economy, Society | |
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The Mongol Invasion and Its Aftermath | |
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The Warrior and His Ideals | |
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Religion in the Kamakura Period | |
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The Pure Land Schools | |
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Nichiren | |
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Zen | |
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Kami Worship | |
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Religious Art | |
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Literature | |
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Muromachi Japan | |
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The Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336) | |
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The Establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate | |
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Government and Politics | |
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Economy and Society | |
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Japanese and Continental Culture | |
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Yoshimitsu and His Age | |
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The Noh Drama | |
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Political Decline and Cultural Brilliance | |
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Poetry and Painting | |
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War and the Rise of the Daimyo | |
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Early Modern/Late Traditional Japan | |
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The Formation of a New Order | |
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Unification (1573-1600) | |
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Oda Nobunaga | |
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi | |
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The Invasion of Korea | |
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Grand Castles and the Arts | |
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Japan and Europe: First Encounters (1543-1630) | |
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The Portuguese in East Asia | |
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The Jesuits in Japan: Initial Success | |
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Persecution and Closure to the West | |
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Tokugawa Shogunate | |
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Founding and Consolidation | |
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Bakufu-Han Relations | |
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Economic and Social Change | |
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Classes and Values | |
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The Aesthetic Culture of the Aristocracy | |
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Genroku Urban Culture | |
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The Print | |
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Theater and Literature | |
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Intellectual Currents: Confucianism | |
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Historiography and Nativism | |
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Dutch Learning | |
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Reform and Its Limits | |
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Art and Literature after the Genroku Period | |
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Japan and the Modern World | |
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Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji, 4787-4873 | |
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Late Tokugawa | |
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The Bakufu (1787-1841) | |
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Economy and Society | |
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Reforms | |
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Intellectual Currents | |
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The Opening of Japan | |
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Domestic Politics | |
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Sonno Joi | |
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Mixed Responses to the West | |
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Last Years of the Shogunate (1860-1867) | |
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The Meiji Restoration | |
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Formation of a New Government | |
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The Charter Oath | |
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Dismantling the Old Order | |
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Disaffection and Opposition | |
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The Crisis of 1873 | |
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The Meaning of the Restoration | |
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The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894 | |
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Political Developments | |
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Formation of Parties | |
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The Emperor and the Constitution | |
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Western Influences on Values and Ideas | |
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"Civilization and Enlightenment" | |
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Social Darwinism | |
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The Arts | |
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Conservatism and Nationalism | |
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Education | |
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Modernizing the Economy | |
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The Zaibatsu | |
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The Military | |
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Korea and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 | |
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The Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 1895) | |
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Imperial Japan: 1895-1931 | |
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Late Meiji (1895-1912) | |
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Foreign Policy and Empire Building | |
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Economic and Social Developments | |
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Politics | |
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Literature and the Arts | |
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The Taisho Period (1912-1926) and the 1920s | |
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The Taisho Political Crisis (1912-1913) | |
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Japan during World War I | |
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Politics and Policies (1918-1924) | |
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Party Government (1924-1931) | |
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Popular Culture | |
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Fine Arts | |
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Mingei | |
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Literature | |
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Intellectual Trends | |
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Militarism and War | |
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The Manchurian Incident: Causes and Consequences | |
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Japanese Politics and the Road to War | |
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War with China | |
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Expansion of the War into a Pacific War | |
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The Course of the War | |
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Japan at War | |
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Colonial East Asia during the War | |
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The End of the War | |
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The New Japan | |
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The Occupation (1945-1952) | |
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Means and Ends | |
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Social Policies | |
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Economic Policy | |
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The Korean War | |
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End of the Occupation | |
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Late Showa | |
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The Economy: Government and Politics | |
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The Iron Triangle: Politicians and Bureaucrats | |
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The Iron Triangle: Business | |
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The 1970s and 1980s | |
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Social Change and Quality of Life | |
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Film | |
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Intellectual Life and Literature | |
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The Visual Arts | |
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Early Heisei | |
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The Heisei Recession | |
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Geological Earthquakes and Political Tremors | |
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Intellectual Discourse | |
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Literary and Artistic Life | |
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Afterword | |
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International Tensions | |
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Economic Globalization | |
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Contending Trends | |
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Appendix: Suggestions for Further Study | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |