Chronological table -- Origins. The geography of Japan -- The archaeological origins of Japanese culture and society -- The Ainu of Hokkaido -- Toro -- Art of the great tombs. -- The Historical Period. The ancient world -- Ise -- A Shinto pantheon -- the Horyuji at Nara -- Asuka -- Heijo -- The Todaiji at Nara -- The courtly age of Heian -- Heian -- Mandalas and Shingon art -- The Byodoin at Uji -- Paradise and hell in Buddhist theology -- Samurai society in the medieval age -- Culture and society in the medieval age -- Kamakura -- The Kumano shrines -- The Zen gardens of Kyoto -- Japanese gardens -- Noh drama -- Castles in war and peace -- Kabuki theater -- The Edo period -- Edo -- the tea ceremony -- Everyday life in the Edo period -- Japanese ceramics -- Netsuke -- The floating world -- Pilgrimage and travel. -- Modern Japan. The Meiji restoration and its legacy -- Japan and the West -- Japonisme -- Imperial Japan -- Reform and reconstruction -- Japan today -- The rulers of Japan
Summary
An account of Japanese culture and society from earliest times to the present day
Analysis
Japan Civilization
Japan Civilization Maps
Notes
"An Equinox book--P. [1]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index
