Companion to Japanese History

William M. Tsutsui is Professor of History at the University of Kansas. He is the author of Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters (2004), Manufacturing Ideology: Scientific Management in Twentieth-Century Japan (1998), and Banking Policy in Japan: American Efforts at Reform During the Occupation (1988).

"William M. Tsutsui introduces A C:oml~anion to Japanese History as an ambitious snapshot of Japan studies since the breakdown of the authority of modernization theory in the last half of the twentieth century." (Journal of World History, June 2010) “The well-written contributions, which blend together skillfully to form a unified whole, reflect the authors’ authoritative knowledge of Japan … As a one-volume tour-de-force of Japanese history, this book stands out.” (American Reference Books Annual)A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007“Tsutsui has edited an invaluable and authoritative overview of current scholarship on the history of Japan. The 30 chapters, written by an international group of scholars, provide balanced treatment of traditional themes with coverage of recent trends, debates, and emerging perspectives … Essential. All levels/libraries.” (Choice)"A vital reference tool for a large reference or academic library, providing a much needed fresh approach to the subject areas covered." (Reference Reviews)

• List of Maps viiiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction 1William M. TsutsuiPART I JAPAN BEFORE 1600 111 Japanese Beginnings 13Mark J. Hudson2 The Heian Period 30G. Cameron Hurst III3 Medieval Japan 47Andrew Edmund GoblePART II EARLY MODERN JAPAN 674 Unification, Consolidation, and Tokugawa Rule 69Philip C. Brown5 Social and Economic Change in Tokugawa Japan 86Edward E. Pratt6 Intellectual Change in Tokugawa Japan 101Peter Nosco7 Cultural Developments in Tokugawa Japan 117Lawrence E. MarceauPART III MODERN JAPAN: FROM THE MEIJI RESTORATION THROUGH WORLD WAR II 1378 Restoration and Revolution 139James L. Huffman9 Oligarchy, Democracy, and Fascism 156Stephen S. Large10 Social and Economic Change in Prewar Japan 172Mark Jones and Steven Ericson11 Intellectual Life, Culture, and the Challenge of Modernity 189Elise K. Tipton12 External Relations 207Frederick R. Dickinson13 The Japanese Empire 224Y. Tak Matsusaka14 The Fifteen-Year War 241W. Miles Fletcher IIIPART IV JAPAN SINCE 1945 26315 The Occupation 265Mark Metzler16 Postwar Politics 281Ray Christensen17 The Postwar Japanese Economy 299Bai Gao18 Postwar Society and Culture 315Wesley Sasaki-Uemura19 Japan in the World 333Glenn D. HookPART V THEMES IN JAPANESE HISTORY 34920 Women and Sexuality in Premodern Japan 351Hitomi Tonomura21 Gender and Sexuality in Modern Japan 372Sally A. Hastings22 Class and Social Stratification 389Ian Neary23 Japan in Asia 407Leo Ching24 Center and Periphery in Japanese Historical Studies 424Michael Lewis25 Modernity, Water, and the Environment in Japan 443Gavan McCormack26 Popular Culture 460E. Taylor Atkins27 Rural Japan and Agriculture 477Eric C. Rath28 Business and Labor 493Charles Weathers29 Authority and the Individual 511J. Victor Koschmann30 National Identity and Nationalism 528Kevin M. DoakConsolidated Bibliography 545Index 593