A history of Japan
Explains the structure of the feudal society, describes the rise of economic life and tells of the impact of Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Bibliographical notes.
Print Book, English, 1958-63
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1958-63
History
3 volumes illustrations, maps, facsimiles 26 cm.
9780804705240, 9780804705257, 0804705240, 0804705259
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v. 1. The land
The people
The Yamato state
The impact of Chinese culture
The capital city, 710-774
The new capital, 794-894
Reaction against Chinese influence
The Fujiwara regents
The rule of taste
Government by the cloistered emperors
Heian society. Its beliefs
The growth of a warrior class
Kiyomori
The Gempei War
The Eastern warriors
The feudal state
The Hojo regents
Administrative reforms and relations with the court
The Hojo regents, 1242-84
Relations with the Asiatic mainland
Japan after the Mongol invasions. v. 2. The reign of Go-Daigo
The Kemmu restoration
The rise of Ashikaga Takauji
The Southern Court
Dissension in the Bakufu
The failure of the Southern Court
The end of the civil war
The life of the court
Ashikaga supremecy
Foreign relations under Yoshimitsu and Yoshimochi
Economic growth
Yoshimochi's successors
The Onin War
The capital and the provinces after The Onin War
Sengoku-Daimyo, the civil war barons
Seaborne trade
The road to unification
Christianity and Buddhism under Nobunaga
Nobunaga's last years
Hideyoshi's rise to power
Hideyoshi's political aims
The invasion of Korea
Hideyoshi's last years
Azuchi-Momoyama
Tokugawa ieyasu
The first years of the Tokugawa Kakufu. v. 3. The nature of the Tokugawa government
Hidetada and Iemitsu
The feudal society
Foreign relations
The government of the Fiefs
Ietsuna, Shogun 1651-80
Learning and the arts
Rural life
Urban life
The expanding economy
The Shogunate, 1680-1716
Genroku
A new regime
The Bakufu in decline
Economic development and scientific knowledge
The Kansei reform
The further decline of the Bakufu
Breaches in the seclusion policy
Includes indexes