This is the annotated edition including* an extensive annotation of more than 10.000 words about the history and basics of Buddhism, written by Thomas William Rhys DavidsThe results of Mr. Okakura''s visits to China and India, where he made exhaustive studies, are brilliantly set forth in this book, '''' The Ideals of the East ", explaining his important and now generally accepted analysis of the movements of thought and art throughout Asia.Contents: IntroductionThe Range Of IdealsThe Primitive Art Of JapanConfucianism-Northern ChinaLaoism And Taoism-Southern ChinaBuddhism And Indian ArtThe Asuka Period - 550 To 700 A.D.The Nara Period - 700 To 800 A.D.The Heian Period - 800 To 900 A.D.The Fujiwara Period - 900 To 1200 A.D.The Kamakura Period - 1200-1400 A.D.Toyotomi And Early Tokugawa Period - 1600-1700 A.D.Later Tokugawa Period - 1700-1850 A.D.The Meiji Period - 1850 To The Present DayThe Vista
