Machine-generated Contents Note: Geographic Setting -- The Mythological Origins Of Japan -- Japanese Prehistory -- Japan's Neighbour: Korea -- Early Yamato Society: Fourth And Fifth Centuries -- The Indigenous Cults -- Social Practices And Conditions -- Architecture -- The Introduction Of Chinese Civilization -- Buddhism -- Prince Shotoku -- The Taika Reforms -- Culture Of The Seventh And Eighth Centuries -- Social And Economic Conditions -- Marriage And Gender Relations -- Internal And External Foes -- The Age Of Court Aristocracy -- The Central Government -- Culture -- Nara-heian Buddhism -- The Rise Of Shoen -- The Emergence Of The Warrior Class (samurai) -- The Triumph Of The Samurai -- The Rivalry Of The Taira And Minamoto Clans -- The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333) -- The Floy5 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 -- Political Developments -- Ashikaga Rule -- The Decline Of The Shoen -- The Onset Of The Time Of Troubles -- The Rise Of The Daimyo And The Warring States -- The Peasantry -- Economic Growth -- The Influence Of Zen Buddhism On Culture -- Other Cultural Developments -- 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 -- The Triumph Of Tokugawa Ieyasu -- The Power Structure -- Administrative Structure -- The Administration Of Justice -- Social Structure -- The Samurai -- The Peasants -- The Townspeople -- Other Classes -- Family Hierarchy And Women -- 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 -- Theatre -- Woodblock Printing And Painting -- Haiku -- Education -- The State Of Buddhism -- Political Developments -- Economic Problems -- The Pleasure Quarters -- The Lot Of The Peasants -- Population Control -- Peasant Uprisings -- Agricultural Improvements -- Forestry -- Intellectual Currents: Reformers And Critics -- Sakoku -- The Arrival Of Commodore Perry -- The Immediate Consequences -- The Mentality Of Sonno Jai -- The Rise Of The Anti-bakufu Forces -- The Meiji Restoration. Mikiso Hane, Late Of Knox College, Louis G. Perez, Illinois State University. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 327-377) And Index.

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