Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM 660 B.C. TO 1872 A.D.
- CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER II THE ABORIGINES
- CHAPTER III MATERIALS OF HISTORY
- CHAPTER IV JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
- CHAPTER V THE TWILIGHT OF FABLE
- CHAPTER VI SŪJIN, THE CIVILIZER
- CHAPTER VII YAMATO-DAKÉ, THE CONQUEROR OF THE KUANTŌ
- CHAPTER VIII THE INTRODUCTION OF CONTINENTAL CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN ANCIENT JAPAN
- CHAPTER X THE ANCIENT RELIGION
- CHAPTER XI THE THRONE AND THE NOBLE FAMILIES
- CHAPTER XII THE BEGINNING OF MILITARY DOMINATION
- CHAPTER XIII YORITOMO AND THE MINAMOTO FAMILY
- CHAPTER XIV CREATION OF THE DUAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XV THE GLORY AND THE FALL OF THE HŌJŌ FAMILY
- CHAPTER XVI BUDDHISM IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVII THE INVASION OF THE MONGOL TARTARS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE TEMPORARY MIKADOATE
- CHAPTER XIX THE WAR OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
- CHAPTER XX THE ASHIKAGA PERIOD
- CHAPTER XXI LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER XXII THE GROWTH AND CUSTOMS OF FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XXIII NOBUNAGA, THE PERSECUTOR OF THE BUDDHISTS
- CHAPTER XXIV HIDÉYOSHI'S ENTERPRISES.—THE INVASION OF COREA
- CHAPTER XXV CHRISTIANITY AND FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER XXVI IYÉYASŬ, THE FOUNDER OF YEDO
- CHAPTER XXVII THE PERFECTION OF DUARCHY AND FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XXVII THE RECENT REVOLUTIONS IN JAPAN
- BOOK II PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND STUDIES IN JAPAN, 1870–1875
- NOTES AND APPENDICES
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - THE BACKGROUND
from BOOK I - HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM 660 B.C. TO 1872 A.D.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- BOOK I HISTORY OF JAPAN FROM 660 B.C. TO 1872 A.D.
- CHAPTER I THE BACKGROUND
- CHAPTER II THE ABORIGINES
- CHAPTER III MATERIALS OF HISTORY
- CHAPTER IV JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
- CHAPTER V THE TWILIGHT OF FABLE
- CHAPTER VI SŪJIN, THE CIVILIZER
- CHAPTER VII YAMATO-DAKÉ, THE CONQUEROR OF THE KUANTŌ
- CHAPTER VIII THE INTRODUCTION OF CONTINENTAL CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER IX LIFE IN ANCIENT JAPAN
- CHAPTER X THE ANCIENT RELIGION
- CHAPTER XI THE THRONE AND THE NOBLE FAMILIES
- CHAPTER XII THE BEGINNING OF MILITARY DOMINATION
- CHAPTER XIII YORITOMO AND THE MINAMOTO FAMILY
- CHAPTER XIV CREATION OF THE DUAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER XV THE GLORY AND THE FALL OF THE HŌJŌ FAMILY
- CHAPTER XVI BUDDHISM IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER XVII THE INVASION OF THE MONGOL TARTARS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE TEMPORARY MIKADOATE
- CHAPTER XIX THE WAR OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
- CHAPTER XX THE ASHIKAGA PERIOD
- CHAPTER XXI LIFE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
- CHAPTER XXII THE GROWTH AND CUSTOMS OF FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XXIII NOBUNAGA, THE PERSECUTOR OF THE BUDDHISTS
- CHAPTER XXIV HIDÉYOSHI'S ENTERPRISES.—THE INVASION OF COREA
- CHAPTER XXV CHRISTIANITY AND FOREIGNERS
- CHAPTER XXVI IYÉYASŬ, THE FOUNDER OF YEDO
- CHAPTER XXVII THE PERFECTION OF DUARCHY AND FEUDALISM
- CHAPTER XXVII THE RECENT REVOLUTIONS IN JAPAN
- BOOK II PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OBSERVATIONS, AND STUDIES IN JAPAN, 1870–1875
- NOTES AND APPENDICES
- INDEX
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