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Premodern Japan : a historical survey /
Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern period, including the establishment of the im...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder, CO :
Westview Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Early Years; Geographic Setting; The Mythological Origins of Japan; Japanese Prehistory; Japan's Neighbor: Korea; Early Yamato Society: Fourth and Fifth Centuries; The Indigenous Cults; Social Practices and Conditions; Architecture; 2. The Advent and Assimilation of Chinese Civilization; The Introduction of Chinese Civilization; Buddhism; Prince Shōtoku; The Taika Reforms; Culture of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries; Social and Economic Conditions; Marriage and Gender Relations; Internal and External Foes.
- 3. The Heian PeriodThe Age of Court Aristocracy; The Central Government; Culture; Nara-Heian Buddhism; The Rise of Shōen; The Emergence of the Warrior Class (Samurai); The Triumph of the Samurai; The Rivalry of the Taira and Minamoto Clans; 4. The Kamakura Period; The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333); The Hōjō Regency; Foreign Relations: The Asian Continent; The Mongol Invasions and the Decline of the Kamakura Bakufu; The Ethos of the Samurai; Women and Inheritance; Kamakura Buddhism; Culture; 5. The Ashikaga Period and the Emergence of the Daimyō; Political Developments; Ashikaga Rule.
- The Decline of the ShōenThe Onset of the Time of Troubles; The Rise of the Daimyō and the Warring States; The Peasantry; Economic Growth; The Influence of Zen Buddhism on Culture; Other Cultural Developments; 6. The Restoration of Order; Oda Nobunaga; Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Hideyoshi's Domestic Policies; The Ninja; Azuchi-Momoyama Culture; Gender and Sexuality; Contact with the West; Christianity in Japan; The Introduction of Western Things; 7. The Early Tokugawa Period; The Triumph of Tokugawa Ieyasu; The Power Structure; Administrative Structure; The Administration of Justice; Social Structure.
- The SamuraiThe Peasants; The Townspeople; Other Classes; Family Hierarchy and Women; 8. Intellectual and Cultural Developments in Tokugawa Japan; Neo-Confucianism; The Zhu Xi School in Japan; The Wang Yang-Ming School; Ancient Learning; National Learning; Agrarian Egalitarianism; The Culture of the Townspeople; Prose Fiction; Theater; Woodblock Printing and Painting; Haiku; Education; The State of Buddhism; 9. The Late Tokugawa Period; Political Developments; Economic Problems; The Pleasure Quarters; The Lot of the Peasants; Population Control; Peasant Uprisings; Agricultural Improvements.
- ForestryIntellectual Currents: Reformers and Critics; 10. The Fall of the Tokugawa Bakufu; Sakoku; The Arrival of Commodore Perry; The Immediate Consequences; The Mentality of Sonnō Jōi; The Rise of the Anti-Bakufu Forces; The Meiji Restoration; Appendix A: The Internet; Appendix B: Chronological Chart; Appendix C: List of Shōguns; Selected Bibliography; Index.