Japanese Culture : : Third Edition /

Japanese Culture : : Third Edition / / Paul Varley.

With this third edition, H. Paul Varley expands and brings up to date the most balanced and comprehensive presentation of the cultural history of Japan available in English.Japanese Culture is a survey of the history of cultural life in Japan from the earliest times to the present. Beginning with th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Hawaii Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Varley, Paul,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
©1984
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (346 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Major Periods and Cultural Epochs of Japanese History
  • Chinese Dynasties Since the Time of Unification Under the Han
  • Author's Notes
  • 1. The Emergence of Japanese Civilization
  • 2. The Introduction of Buddhism
  • 3. The Court at Its Zenith
  • 4. The Advent of a New Age
  • 5. The Canons of Medieval Taste
  • 6. The Country Unified
  • 7. The Flourishing of a Bourgeois Culture
  • 8. Heterodox Trends
  • 9. Encounter with the West
  • 10. The Fruits of Modernity
  • 11. Culture in the Present Age
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Selected Bibliography of English-Language Books Consulted
  • Index

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