Premodern Japan : A historical survey / Mikiso Hane, Louis G. Perez.

Includes bibliogr. references and index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 THE EARLY YEARS -- Geographic Setting -- The Mythological Origins of Japan -- Japanese Prehistory -- Japan's Neighbor: Korea -- Early Yamato Society: Fourth and Fifth Centuries -- The Indigenous Cults -- Social Practices and Conditions -- Architecture -- 2 THE ADVENT AND ASSIMILATION OF CHINESE CIVILIZATION -- The Introduction of Chinese Civilization -- Buddhism -- Prince Shōtoku -- The Taika Reforms -- Culture of the Seventh and Eighth Centuries -- Social and Economic Conditions -- Marriage and Gender Relations -- Internal and External Foes -- 3 THE HEIAN PERIOD -- The Age of Court Aristocracy -- The Central Government -- Culture -- Nara-Heian Buddhism -- The Rise of Shōen -- The Emergence of the Warrior Class (Samurai) -- The Triumph of the Samurai -- The Rivalry of the Taira and Minamoto Clans -- 4 THE KAMAKURA PERIOD -- The Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333) -- The Hōjō Regency -- Foreign Relations: The Asian Continent -- The Mongol Invasions and the Decline of the Kamakura Bakufu -- The Ethos of the Samurai -- Women and Inheritance -- Kamakura Buddhism -- Culture -- 5 THE ASHIKAGA PERIOD AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE DAIMYŌ -- Political Developments -- Ashikaga Rule -- The Decline of the Shōen -- The Onset of the Time of Troubles -- The Rise of the Daimyō and the Warring States -- The Peasantry -- Economic Growth -- The Influence of Zen Buddhism on Culture -- Other Cultural Developments -- 6 THE RESTORATION OF ORDER -- Oda Nobunaga -- Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- Hideyoshi's Domestic Policies -- The Ninja -- Azuchi-Momoyama Culture -- Gender and Sexuality -- Contact with the West -- Christianity in Japan -- The Introduction of Western Things -- 7 THE EARLY TOKUGAWA PERIOD -- The Triumph of Tokugawa Ieyasu -- The Power Structure

Administrative Structure -- The Administration of Justice -- Social Structure -- The Samurai -- The Peasants -- The Townspeople -- Other Classes -- Family Hierarchy and Women -- 8 INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TOKUGAWA JAPAN -- Neo-Confucianism -- The Zhu Xi School in Japan -- The Wang Yang-Ming School -- Ancient Learning -- National Learning -- Agrarian Egalitarianism -- The Culture of the Townspeople -- Prose Fiction -- Theater -- Woodblock Printing and Painting -- Haiku -- Education -- The State of Buddhism -- 9 THE LATE TOKUGAWA PERIOD -- Political Developments -- Economic Problems -- The Pleasure Quarters -- The Lot of the Peasants -- Population Control -- Peasant Uprisings -- Agricultural Improvements -- Forestry -- Intellectual Currents: Reformers and Critics -- 10 THE FALL OF THE TOKUGAWA BAKUFU -- Sakoku -- The Arrival of Commodore Perry -- The Immediate Consequences -- The Mentality of Sonnō Jōi -- The Rise of the Anti-Bakufu Forces -- The Meiji Restoration -- Appendix A: The Internet -- Appendix B: Chronological Chart -- Appendix C: List of Shōguns -- Selected Bibliography -- Index