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| Preface | |
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| Map of Japan | |
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| The Birth of Japan | |
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| The Neolithic Jomon and the Protohistoric | |
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| Yayoi and Kofun Periods | |
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| Out of Myth and into the Archaeological Record | |
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| The Jomon Period (c. 11,000-400 B.C.E.) | |
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| Incipient (c. 11.0008.000 B.C.E.) and Initial Jomon (c. 8000-5000 B.C.E.) phases | |
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| Early Jomon (c. 5000-2500 B.C.E.) phase | |
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| Middle Jomon (c. 2500-1500 B.C.E.) phase | |
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| Late (c.1500-1000 B.C.E.) and Final Jomon (c. 1000-400 B.C.E.) phases | |
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| The Yayoi Period (c. 400 B.C.E.-300 C.E.) | |
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| The Three Sacred Treasures | |
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| Dotaku | |
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| Ceramics | |
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| The Kofun Period (300-710 C.E.) | |
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| Haniwa | |
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| Mirrors | |
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| Other Grave Goods | |
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| Ornamented Tombs | |
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| Imperial Models | |
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| The Impact of China and Buddhisni ofro Japan | |
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| Centralization of Power | |
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| Beginnings of a Metropolitan Court Culture | |
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| The Creation of an Imperial City | |
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| The Introduction of Writing | |
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| Silk Roads to Japan | |
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| Decorative Arts (sixth to eighth centuries) | |
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| Shinto | |
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| Shinto Architecture | |
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| Buddhism | |
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| Buddhism's Introduction to Japan | |
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| Architecture | |
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| Horyuji | |
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| Yakushiji | |
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| Kofukuji | |
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| Todaiji: The Nation's Temple | |
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| Toshodaiji | |
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| Tori Busshi and Asuka-Period Sculpture (552-645) | |
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| Asuka Painting: The Tamamushi Shrine | |
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| Hakuho Sculpture: Horyuji | |
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| Hakuho Painting | |
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| HakuhM Sculpture: Yakushiji | |
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| Early Nara Sculpture and Painting | |
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| Mid-Nara Sculpture: Todaiji | |
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| Dry-Lacquer and Clay Sculpture | |
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| Arts of the Late-Nara Period | |
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| Capital of Peace and Tranquillity | |
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| The Heian Period anti the Caning of Age of a Native Aesthetic | |
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| Overbearing Monks and Vengeful Ghosts | |
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| Early Heian Period | |
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| Middle Heian or Fujiwara Period | |
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| Late Heian or Insei Period | |
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| Rebellion | |
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| The Arts in the Late Heian Period | |
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| Heian and the Imperial Palace | |
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| Life at Court | |
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| Shinden | |
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| Interior Decoration | |
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| Gardens | |
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| Literature and Calligraphy | |
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| Poetry | |
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| Women of Letters | |
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| The Rise of Yamato-e | |
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| Emakimono and Papermaking | |
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| Emakimono | |
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| The Genji Monagatari emaki | |
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| The Choju jinbutsu | |
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| The Shigisan engi emaki | |
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| The Ban Dainagon ekotoba | |
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| Buddhist Arts | |
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| Buddhism of the Tendai and Shingon Schools | |
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| Shingon Architecture | |
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| Shingon Mandala Paintings | |
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| Early Portrait Painting | |
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| Sculpture | |
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| Temple Architecture | |
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| Jinoji | |
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| Single-Block and Multiple-Block Wood Sculpture | |
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| Muroji | |
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| Daigoji | |
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| Fuda and the Godairiki Bosatsu | |
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| Architecture of the Middle Heian | |
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| The Phoenix Hall | |
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| Independent Raigo Paintings | |
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| Shaka Paintings | |
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| Buddhist Temples of the Late Heian Period | |
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| Joruriji | |
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| Chusonji | |
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| Sanju sangendo | |
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| Late Heian Hanging Scrolls and Illustrated Sutras | |
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| Shinto Arts | |
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| Changing of the Guard | |
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| The Rise of the Samurai and theTwiiight of the Imperial Order | |
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| Cultural Flowering from Chaos and Upheaval | |
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| End of an Epoch: The Hogen, Heiji, and Genpei Wars | |
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| The First Shogun: Minamoto no Yoritomo | |
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| Repairing the Damage: Cultural Revival in the Early Kamakura Period | |
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| Decline into Perpetual Civil War: The Nambokucho and Muromachi Periods | |
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| Rakucha Rakugai | |
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| Decorative and Applied Arts | |
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| Armor and Lacquerware | |
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| Textiles | |
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| Ceramics | |
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| Literary and Calligraphic Arts of the Imperial Court | |
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| Emakimono of the Medieval Period | |
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| The Rebuilding of Todaiji and Kofukuji | |
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| The Kei School of Sc | |