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Tables of Contents for The Japanese Experience
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of maps
ix
List of illustrations
xi
Japanese words, names and dates
xiii
Introduction: Patterns and Periods
xv
Origins
1
18
Myths
2
5
Archaeology
7
4
The Yamato state
11
5
Primitive religion
16
3
The Making of a Monarchy
19
22
Chinese-style government
20
10
Capital cities
30
4
The Fujiwara regents
34
7
Buddhism and Chinese Culture
41
20
Buddhism and Shinto
42
6
Tribute missions and Chinese learning
48
6
Literature, art and music
54
7
The Ebbing of the Chinese Tide
61
17
Public land, private land
62
4
The rise of a warrior class after 800
66
3
Heian culture
69
9
Japanese Feudalism
78
20
The Kamakura Bakufu (1185--1333)
80
9
Feudalism in the Muromachi period (1336--1460)
89
9
Medieval Culture 1200--1450
98
18
Buddhism
100
4
Prose literature and drama
104
6
Chinese influence on the arts
110
6
The Unifiers
116
18
Warfare and warlords (1460--1560)
117
5
Nobunaga and Hideyoshi (1560--1598)
122
6
The Tokugawa settlement (1600--1650)
128
6
Relations with Asia and Europe 1500--1700
134
18
The China trade
135
6
Korea and Ryukyu
141
6
Christianity and seclusion
147
5
Edo Society
152
19
The ruling class
153
8
The village and the town
161
10
Edo Culture
171
17
Chinese thought, Japanese thought
172
6
Literature and the arts
178
10
The Coming of the West 1840--1873
188
22
Unequal treaties
189
7
Nationalism and politics
196
7
Study of the West
203
7
The Modern State
210
20
Political institutions
211
8
Social change
219
6
Tradition and modernity
225
5
Fifty Years of Foreign Wars 1894--1945
230
21
Industry and empire
231
10
The struggle for Greater East Asia
241
10
Postwar Japan
251
18
Glossary
269
6
Bibliography
275
12
Index
287