Foreword / Marius B. Jansen
1. The origins and early history of the Japanese
2. The introduction of Chinese thought and culture
3. The stimulating effect of Chinese culture
Early Heian period : 794-857
Late Heian or Fujiwara period : 858-1158
5. The rise of the warrior class and the Gempei War
End of the Heian period : 1158-1185
6. Government by the military shogun
Kamakura period : 1185-1336
7. The Ashikaga Shogunate
8. The golden age of Japanese art
9. The unification of Japan
Sengoku-Jidai, the period of the country at war : 1534-1615
Tolugawa Shogunate : part I, 1615-1715
Tokugawa Shogunate : part II, 1716-1867
12. The Meiji restoration and the modernization of Japan
13. Expansion, liberalism, and militarism
14. Manchukuo, the China war, and World War II
16. Japan today - economy
17. Japan today - foreign affairs and political life
18. Contemporary Japanese society.