Japan: Its History and Culture

W. Scott Morton (New York, NY) is a full professor emeritus inChinese and Japanese history and culture and in ancient historyat Seton Hall University, in New Jersey. J. Kenneth Olenik, Ph.D. (Upper Montclair, NJ) is a professor ofhistory at Montclair State University.

• List of IllustrationsForeword by Marius B. JansenPreface to the Fourth EditionIntroduction1 The Origins and Early History of the Japanese2 The Introduction of Chinese Thought and CultureAsuka Period: 552–7103 The Stimulating Effect of Chinese CultureNara Period: 710–7944 The Japanese PatternEarly Heian Period: 794–857Late Heian or Fujiwara Period: 858–11585 The Rise of the Warrior Class and the Gempei WarEnd of the Heian Period: 1158–11856 Government by the Military ShogunKamakura Period: 1185–13367 The Ashikaga ShogunateNambokucho: 1336–1392Muromachi: 1392–15738 The Golden Age of Japanese Art1378–14909 The Unification of JapanSengoku-Jidai, the Period of the Country at War: 1534–161510 Japan in IsolationThe Tokugawa Shogunate: Part I, 1615–171511 The Winds of ChangeThe Tokugawa Shogunate: Part II, 1716–186712 The Meiji Restoration and the Modernization of Japan1868–191413 Expansion, Liberalism, and Militarism1914–193114 Manchukuo, the China War, and World War II1931–194515 Postwar Japan16 Japan Today—Economy17 Japan Today—Foreign Affairs and Political Life18 Contemporary Japanese SocietyGlossaryChronologyBibliographyIndex