Japan: its history and culture

Foreword / Marius B. Jansen

1. The origins and early history of the Japanese

2. The introduction of Chinese thought and culture

Asuka period : 552-710

3. The stimulating effect of Chinese culture

Nara period : 710-794

4. The Japanese pattern

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

Nambokucho : 1336-1392

Muromachi : 1392-1573

8. The golden age of Japanese art

1378-1490

9. The unification of Japan

Sengoku-Jidai, the period of the country at war : 1534-1615

10. Japan in isolation

Tolugawa Shogunate : part I, 1615-1715

11. The winds of change

Tokugawa Shogunate : part II, 1716-1867

12. The Meiji restoration and the modernization of Japan

1868-1914

13. Expansion, liberalism, and militarism

1914-1931

14. Manchukuo, the China war, and World War II

1931-1945

15. Postwar Japan

16. Japan today - economy

17. Japan today - foreign affairs and political life

18. Contemporary Japanese society.