A History of Japan to 1334

A History of Japan to 1334

Author: Sir George Bailey Sansom

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1958

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780804705233

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Explains the structure of the feudal society, describes the rise of economic life and tells of the impact of Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Bibliographical notes


The Cambridge History of Japan

The Cambridge History of Japan

Author: John Whitney Hall

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 9780521223546

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Survey of the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society and culture.


Japan in the Muromachi Age

Japan in the Muromachi Age

Author: John Whitney Hall

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 0520325524

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.


A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901

A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901

Author: 浩·渡辺

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 9784924971325

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In 1853 a flotilla of U.S. Navy warships led by Commodore Matthew C. Perry arrived in Japan. A scant fourteen years later the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had lasted two and a half centuries, was at an end. What lay behind the sudden collapse of samurai rule? Watanabe Hiroshi traces the quiet changes in political thought that culminated in the dramatic events of the Meiji Revolution in 1868. Confucian ideals such as a universal Way and benevolent government under a virtuous ruler possessing the mandate of heaven were taught by successive Japanese Confucians and came to permeate the country, posing an implicit threat to military rule. Over time the development of a national consciousness, the rising prestige of the imperial court in Kyoto, and increased knowledge of the Western world created the conditions for a national debate over opening up to the West and for radical political change.


The Origins of Japan’s Medieval World

The Origins of Japan’s Medieval World

Author: Jeffrey P. Mass

Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9780804743792

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This pioneering collection of 15 essays argues that Japan's medieval age began in the 14th century rather than the 12th, and marks the beginning of a fundamentally new debate about how Japan's lengthy classical period finally ended.


Women on the Verge

Women on the Verge

Author: Karen Kelsky

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2001-11-21

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780822328162

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DIVExplores issues of gender, race and national identity in Japan, by taking up for critical analysis an emergent national trend, in which some urban Japanese women turn to the West--through study abroad, work abroad, and romance with Westerners-- in order/div