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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 : the Tokugawa Shogunate : part I, 1615-1715
11. The winds of change : the 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
Glossary
Chronology.
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 : the Tokugawa Shogunate : part I, 1615-1715
11. The winds of change : the 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
Glossary
Chronology.