Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850

by F. Friday,Karl

• ISBN13: 9780813344836
• ISBN10: 0813344832
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Japan Emergingprovides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in Japanese life through ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern periods. Instead of relying solely on lists of dates and prominent names, the authors focus on whyand howJapanese political, social, economic, and intellectual life evolved. Each part begins with a timeline and a set of guiding questions and issues to help orient readers and enhance continuity. Engaging, thorough, and accessible, this is an essential text for all students and scholars of Japanese history.

Author Biography

Karl F. Friday is the director of the IES Abroad Tokyo Center. His books include Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan and The First Samurai: The Life and Legend of the Warrior Rebel Taira Masakado.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. xi
Map: The Provinces of Premodern Japan	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
Landmarks, Eras, and Appellation in Japanese History
Japan's Natural Setting	p. 3
Sorting the Past	p. 16
Defining "Ancient" and "Classical,"	p. 21
Defining "Medieval,"	p. 32
Defining "Early Modern,"	p. 42
Part II
Timeline	p. 53
Origins of the Japanese People	p. 55
What Used to Be Called Shinto: The Question of Japans Indigenous Religion	p. 66
The Emergence of Political Rulership and the State in Early Japan	p. 77
Early Japan and the Continent	p. 89
Centralization and State Formation in Sixth-and Seventh-Century japan	p. 98
Court, Capital, and Countryside in the classical Age
Timeline	p. 109
Emperor, Aristocracy, and the Ritsuryo State: Court Politics in	p. 111
Oligarchy, Shared Rulership, and Power Blocs	p. 122
Aristocratic Buddhism	p. 135
The Canons of Courtly Taste	p. 146
The Provinces and the Public Economy, 700-1100	p. 157
The Shoen System	p. 167
The Dawn of the Samurai	p. 178
The Kamakura Shogunate and the Beginnings of Warrior Power	p. 189
Demesne, Dominion, and Diffusion in the Medieval Age
Timeline	p. 201
Kamakura and the Challenges of Governance	p. 203
Go-DaigM , Takauji, and the Muromachi Shogunate	p. 213
Medieval Religion	p. 224
Warriors, Warlords, and Domains	p. 233
Medieval Warfare	p. 244
Medieval Arts and Aesthetics	p. 254
Gender Relations in the Age of Violence	p. 267
The Rise of the Peasantry	p. 278
The Medieval Economy	p. 289
Diplomacy, Piracy, and the Space Between: Japan and East Asia in the Medieval Period	p. 299
Bureaucrats, Burghers, and Bailiwicks in the Early Modern Age
Timeline	p. 309
The Sixteenth-Century Reunification	p. 311
The Political Order	p. 321
A Whole New World (Order): Early Modern Japanese Foreign Relations, 1550-1850	p. 333
The New Warriors: Samurai in Early Modern Japan	p. 344
Urbanization, Trade; and Merchants	p. 356
Ukiyo asobi: Urban Arts and Entertainments in Early Modem Japan, Frank Chance	p. 366
Religion in Early Modern Japan	p. 378
Peace Dividend: Agrarian Developments in Tokugawa Japan	p. 391
Family, Gender, and Sex in Early Modern Japan	p. 402
Thought, Education, and Popular Literacies in Early Modern Japan	p. 413
Bibliography	p. 425
About the Authors	p. 455
Index	p. 461
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