- 256 pages
- English
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About this book
What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and its history surveys nearly 10,000 years of society, culture, economics and politics. Balancing economic and political information with new insights into the twin spheres of art and religion, Mikiso Hane offers authoritative coverage of all aspects of Japanese life. With a particular focus on the key events of the last 200 years, the author also pays special attention to the changing conditions of those whose history has been so frequently neglected - the women, the peasants, and the lowest order of untouchables. Well-rounded and enlightening, this informative account of Japan and its people will be greatly appreciated by historians, students and all those with an interest in this diverse and enigmatic country.
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Index
agriculture 13, 27, 82–3, 190–1
Ainu 6, 200
Aizawa Seishisai 51, 63
Aizu clan 65, 67, 70
Akihito, Emperor 196, 212
Akutagawa Ryunosuke 131
Amakusa Shirō 35
Amur River Society 140
anarchism 113, 122, 126–7
Andō Shōeki 52
Andō Tadao 210
Arahata Kanson 101
Araki Sadao 144, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152
architecture 19, 32, 210
Arishima Takeo 130–1
army see military
art 19, 32, 33–4, 55, 90–1, 210–11
Ashikaga shogunate 1, 23, 24–5
arts and literature 33–4
economy 27–8
peasants 25–6
political developments 21
Ashikaga Takauji 23, 24
Ashio Copper Mine 124, 125
assassinations 120–1, 139, 144–5, 148
Australia 196
automobile industry 189, 190, 194
Bakufu 20–1, 39, 49
criticism 23, 26, 50–1
demise 63, 64–7
foreign relations 45–6, 60–1
intellectual developments 46, 86
banks 81, 82, 138
Blood Brotherhood League 141, 144
brothels 44–5, 102–3, 114, 182
Buddhism 4, 5, 206
Kamakura-Muromachi years 29–32
samurai ascendancy 22, 26, 27, 32
Tokugawa shogunate 87
Yamato and Heian eras 14, 16–17, 19
burakumin 42, 43, 124–5, 199–200
see also outcastes
bureaucracy 186
Burma 169, 176
bushidō 5
California 117
calligraphy 19
ceramic art 3...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- One From Early Years to the Heian Era
- Two The Age of Samurai Ascendancy, 1185–1600
- Three Tokugawa Rule
- Four Establishment of the Meiji Regime
- Five Developments in Later Meiji
- Six The Taishō Years: the Road to Democracy
- Seven The Road to War
- Eight Postwar Reform and Reconstruction
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index