A History of Japan to 1334

George Sansom

Published by Stanford University Press 1958

A History of Japan to 1334

George Sansom

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503621145

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This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1334 by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan. Taken as a whole, the projected history represents the culmination of the life work of perhaps the most distinguished historian now writing on Japan. Unlike the renowned Short Cultural History, it is concerned mainly with political and social phenomena and only incidentally touches on religion, literature, and the arts. The treatment is primarily descriptive and factual, but the author offers some pragmatic interpretations and suggests comparisons with the history of other peoples. A History of Japan to 1334 describes the growth from tribal origins of an organized state on a Chinese model, gives a picture of the life of the Royal Court, and examines the conflict between a polished urban nobility and a warlike rural gentry. It traces the evolution of an efficient system of feudal government which deprived the sovereign of all but his ritual functions and the prestige of his ancestry. The structure of Japanese feudal society is depicted in some detail and explained in terms of its internal stresses and its behavior in peace and war, especially during the period of the Mongol attacks in the last decades of the thirteenth century. The volume ends with the collapse of the feudal government at Kamakura under the attack of ambitious rivals.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	v
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF PLATES Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
I. THE LAND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. THE PEOPLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	12
III. THE YAMATO STATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
IV. THE IMP ACT OF CHINESE CULTURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
V. THE CAPITAL CITY, 710-774 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	82
VI. THE NEW CAPITAL, 794-894 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
VII. REACTION AGAINST CHINESE INFLUENCE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
VIII. THE FUJIWARA REGENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
IX. THE RULE OF TASTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	178
X. GOVERNMENT BY CLOISTERED EMPERORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
XI. HEIAN SOCIETY. ITS BELIEFS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	212
XII. THE GROWTH OF A WARRIOR CLASS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
XIII. KIYOMORI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
XIV. THE GEMPEI WAR Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
XV. THE EASTERN WARRIORS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
XVI. THE FEUDAL STATE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
XVII. THE HŌJŌ REGENTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	371
XVIII. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND RELATIONS WITH THE COURT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	386
XIX. THE HŌJŌ REGENTS, 1242-84 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	409
XX. RELATIONS WITH THE ASIATIC MAINLAND Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	438
XXI. JAPAN AFTER THE MONGOL INVASIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	451
APPENDIXES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	471
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	485
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	489

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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Copyright year: 1958
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 512
Illustrations
- Other: illus
Keywords: Asian Studies; History -- World; History -- Asian

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Published: May 2, 2022
ISBN: 9781503621145