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Japanese Culture /

For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Varley, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2000]
Edición:4. Auflage
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Major Periods and Cultural Epochs of Japanese History
  • Chinese Dynasties since the Time of Unification under the Han
  • Author's Notes
  • 1. The Emergence of Japanese Civilization
  • 2. The Introduction of Buddhism
  • 3. The Court at Its Zenith
  • 4. The Advent of a New Age
  • 5. The Canons of Medieval Taste
  • 6. The Country Unified
  • 7. The Flourishing of a Bourgeois Culture
  • 8. Heterodox Trends
  • 9. Encounter with the West
  • 10. The Fruits of Modernity
  • 11. Culture in the Present Age
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author