A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

by Schirokauer, Conrad; Lurie, David; Gay, Suzanne

Edition: 4th

ISBN13: 9780495913252

ISBN10: 0495913251

Format: Paperback

Pub. Date: 2012-01-01

Publisher(s): Cengage Learning

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This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through their economic, political, and social history.

Preface	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
About the Authors	p. xiv
Beginnings and Foundations	p. 1
The Prehistory of the Japanese Archipelago	p. 2
Geography	p. 3
Paleolithic Culture	p. 5
Jomon Culture (c.14,500-400b.c.e.)	p. 6
Yayoi Culture (c. 900 b.c.e-250 c.e.)	p. 8
Political and Social Developments	p. 10
The Tomb Period (Mid-Third to Late-Sixth Century c.e.)	p. 11
The Yamato Kings	p. 13
The Early State: Chinese and Korean Influences	p. 16
Chinese and Korean Backgrounds	p. 17
Overview	p. 17
Buddhism	p. 19
Buddhism and the State	p. 22
Emergence of the Early Japanese State	p. 23
The Late Tomb Period	p. 24
The Seventh-Century Transition (The Asuka Period)	p. 25
Nara as a Center and Symbol	p. 30
Nara as a Religious Center	p. 31
Documents and Structures	p. 33
Literature	p. 36
The Visual Arts	p. 39
The End of the Nara Period	p. 42
Aristocrats, Monks, and Samurai	p. 45
The Heian Period	p. 46
Early Heian and the Rise of the Fujiwara (794-930)	p. 47
Middle Heian-Fujiwara Dominance (930-1072)	p. 48
The Estates	p. 50
Late Heian: Rule by Retired Emperors	p. 52
The Warriors	p. 53
A World Permeated by Religion	p. 54
Heian Buddhism: Tendai	p. 54
Esoteric Buddhism: Shingon	p. 56
Pietism	p. 58
Literature	p. 58
The Visual Arts	p. 62
Painting	p. 67
The Phoenix Pavilion	p. 69
The Kamakura Period in Japan	p. 70
Triumph and Fall of the Taira (1156-1185)	p. 71
Establishment of the Kamakura Bakufu	p. 72
The Hojo Regents	p. 74
Local Governance, Economy, Society	p. 75
The Mongol Invasion and Its Aftermath	p. 76
The Warrior and His Ideals	p. 78
Religion in the Kamakura Period	p. 78
The Pure Land Schools	p. 79
Nichiren	p. 80
Zen	p. 81
Kami Worship	p. 83
Religious Art	p. 83
Literature	p. 88
Muromachi Japan	p. 91
The Kenmu Restoration (1333-1336)	p. 92
The Establishment of the Ashikaga Shogunate	p. 93
Government and Politics	p. 94
Economy and Society	p. 95
Japanese and Continental Culture	p. 97
Yoshimitsu and His Age	p. 98
The Noh Drama	p. 100
Political Decline and Cultural Brilliance	p. 102
Poetry and Painting	p. 105
War and the Rise of the Daimyo	p. 107
Early Modern/Late Traditional Japan
The Formation of a New Order	p. 112
Unification (1573-1600)	p. 113
Oda Nobunaga	p. 113
Toyotomi Hideyoshi	p. 114
The Invasion of Korea	p. 116
Grand Castles and the Arts	p. 117
Japan and Europe: First Encounters (1543-1630)	p. 119
The Portuguese in East Asia	p. 120
The Jesuits in Japan: Initial Success	p. 122
Persecution and Closure to the West	p. 126
Tokugawa Shogunate	p. 129
Founding and Consolidation	p. 130
Bakufu-Han Relations	p. 132
Economic and Social Change	p. 133
Classes and Values	p. 136
The Aesthetic Culture of the Aristocracy	p. 138
Genroku Urban Culture	p. 139
The Print	p. 140
Theater and Literature	p. 141
Intellectual Currents: Confucianism	p. 144
Historiography and Nativism	p. 146
Dutch Learning	p. 147
Reform and Its Limits	p. 148
Art and Literature after the Genroku Period	p. 149
Japan and the Modern World	p. 151
Endings and Beginnings: From Tokugawa to Meiji, 4787-4873	p. 452
Late Tokugawa	p. 153
The Bakufu (1787-1841)	p. 153
Economy and Society	p. 153
Reforms	p. 155
Intellectual Currents	p. 157
The Opening of Japan	p. 159
Domestic Politics	p. 162
Sonno Joi	p. 163
Mixed Responses to the West	p. 164
Last Years of the Shogunate (1860-1867)	p. 165
The Meiji Restoration	p. 167
Formation of a New Government	p. 167
The Charter Oath	p. 168
Dismantling the Old Order	p. 169
Disaffection and Opposition	p. 170
The Crisis of 1873	p. 171
The Meaning of the Restoration	p. 172
The Emergence of Modern Japan: 1874-1894	p. 174
Political Developments	p. 175
Formation of Parties	p. 177
The Emperor and the Constitution	p. 179
Western Influences on Values and Ideas	p. 181
"Civilization and Enlightenment"	p. 181
Social Darwinism	p. 183
The Arts	p. 184
Conservatism and Nationalism	p. 185
Education	p. 186
Modernizing the Economy	p. 188
The Zaibatsu	p. 189
The Military	p. 192
Korea and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895	p. 193
The Treaty of Shimonoseki (April 1895)	p. 194
Imperial Japan: 1895-1931	p. 196
Late Meiji (1895-1912)	p. 197
Foreign Policy and Empire Building	p. 197
Economic and Social Developments	p. 200
Politics	p. 201
Literature and the Arts	p. 203
The Taisho Period (1912-1926) and the 1920s	p. 207
The Taisho Political Crisis (1912-1913)	p. 207
Japan during World War I	p. 208
Politics and Policies (1918-1924)	p. 209
Party Government (1924-1931)	p. 211
Popular Culture	p. 213
Fine Arts	p. 213
Mingei	p. 215
Literature	p. 216
Intellectual Trends	p. 217
Militarism and War	p. 220
The Manchurian Incident: Causes and Consequences	p. 221
Japanese Politics and the Road to War	p. 223
War with China	p. 225
Expansion of the War into a Pacific War	p. 227
The Course of the War	p. 229
Japan at War	p. 230
Colonial East Asia during the War	p. 231
The End of the War	p. 232
The New Japan	p. 235
The Occupation (1945-1952)	p. 236
Means and Ends	p. 236
Social Policies	p. 238
Economic Policy	p. 239
The Korean War	p. 241
End of the Occupation	p. 242
Late Showa	p. 243
The Economy: Government and Politics	p. 243
The Iron Triangle: Politicians and Bureaucrats	p. 244
The Iron Triangle: Business	p. 247
The 1970s and 1980s	p. 248
Social Change and Quality of Life	p. 251
Film	p. 256
Intellectual Life and Literature	p. 257
The Visual Arts	p. 259
Early Heisei	p. 262
The Heisei Recession	p. 263
Geological Earthquakes and Political Tremors	p. 264
Intellectual Discourse	p. 267
Literary and Artistic Life	p. 267
Afterword	p. 271
International Tensions	p. 272
Economic Globalization	p. 273
Contending Trends	p. 275
Appendix: Suggestions for Further Study	p. 277
Notes	p. 290
Index	p. 299
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