Japan: Its History and Culture

List of Illustrations<br>Foreword by Marius B. Jansen<br>Preface to the Fourth Edition<br>Introduction<br>1 The Origins and Early History of the Japanese<br>2 The Introduction of Chinese Thought and Culture<br>Asuka Period: 552–710<br>3 The Stimulating Effect of Chinese Culture<br>Nara Period: 710–794<br>4 The Japanese Pattern<br>Early Heian Period: 794–857<br>Late Heian or Fujiwara Period: 858–1158<br>5 The Rise of the Warrior Class and the Gempei War<br>End of the Heian Period: 1158–1185<br>6 Government by the Military Shogun<br>Kamakura Period: 1185–1336<br>7 The Ashikaga Shogunate<br>Nambokucho: 1336–1392<br>Muromachi: 1392–1573<br>8 The Golden Age of Japanese Art<br>1378–1490<br>9 The Unification of Japan<br>Sengoku-Jidai, the Period of the Country at War: 1534–1615<br>10 Japan in Isolation<br>The Tokugawa Shogunate: Part I, 1615–1715<br>11 The Winds of Change<br>The Tokugawa Shogunate: Part II, 1716–1867<br>12 The Meiji Restoration and the Modernization of Japan<br>1868–1914<br>13 Expansion, Liberalism, and Militarism<br>1914–1931<br>14 Manchukuo, the China War, and World War II<br>1931–1945<br>15 Postwar Japan<br>16 Japan Today—Economy<br>17 Japan Today—Foreign Affairs and Political Life<br>18 Contemporary Japanese Society<br>Glossary<br>Chronology<br>Bibliography<br>Index<br>