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The Japanese Experience is an authoritative history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. Only a writer of W.G. Beasley's stature could render Japan's complicated past so concisely and elegantly. This is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times (until the twentieth century) and the home of the longest-reigning imperial dynasty that still survives. The Japanese have always occupied part or all of the same territory, its borders defined by the sea. They have spoken and written a common language, (once it had taken firm shape in about the tenth century) and their population has been largely homogeneous, little touched by immigration except in very early periods. Yet Japanese society and culture have changed more through time than these statements seem to imply. Developments within Japan have been greatly influenced by ideas and institutions, art and literature, imported from elsewhere. In this work Beasley, a leading authority on Japan and the author of a number of acclaimed works on Japanese history, examines the changing society and culture of Japan and considers what, apart from the land and the people, is specifically Japanese about the history of Japan. The arrival of Buddhism in the sixth century brought a substantially Chinese-style society to Japan, not only in religion but in political institutions, writing system, and the lifestyle of the ruling class. By the eleventh century the Chinese element was waning and the country was entering a long and essentially "Japanese" feudal period--with two rulers, an emperor and a Shogun--which was to last until the nineteenth century. Under the Togukawa shogunate (1600-1868), Chinese culture enjoyed something of a renaissance, though popular culture owed more to Japanese urban taste and urban wealth. In 1868 the Meiji Restoration brought to power rulers dedicated to the pursuit of national wealth and strength, and Japan became a world power. Although a bid for empire ended in disaster, the years after 1945 saw an economic miracle that brought spectacular wealth to Japan and the Japanese people, as well as the westernization of much of Japanese life.

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University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520225600
ISBN-13
9780520225602
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Book Title
Japanese Experience : a Short History of Japan
Author
w. G. Beasley
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asia / Japan, Asia / General
Publication Year
2000
Genre
History
Number of Pages
317 Pages

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9.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz

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Table of Content
List of maps List of illustrations Japanese words, names and dates Introduction: Patterns and Periods 1 Origins Myths Archaeology The Yamato state Primitive religion 2 The Making of a Monarchy Chinese-style government Capital cities The Fujiwara regents 3 Buddhism and Chinese Culture Buddhism and Shinto Tribute missions and Chinese learning Literature, art and music 4 The Ebbing of the Chinese Tide Public land, private land The rise of a warrior class after 800 Heian culture 5 Japanese Feudalism The Kamakura Bakufu (1185-1333) Feudalism in the Muromachi period (1336-1460) 6 Medieval Culture 1200-1450 Buddhism Prose literature and drama Chinese influence on the arts 7 The Unifiers Warfare and warlords (1460-1560) Nobunaga and Hideyoshi (1560-1598) The Tokugawa settlement (1600-1650) 8 Relations with Asia and Europe 1500-1700 The China trade Korea and Ryukyu Christianity and seclusion 9 Edo Society The ruling class The village and the town 10 Edo Culture Chinese thought, Japanese thought Literature and the arts 11 The Coming 0f the West 1840- 1873 Unequal treaties Nationalism and politics Study of the West 12 The Modern State Political institutions Social change Tradition and modernity 13 Fifty Years of Foreign Wars 1894-1945 Industry and empire The struggle for Greater East Asia 14 Postwar Japan Glossary Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1999
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
99-202382
Dewey Decimal
952
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes

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