Presenting a history of Japan from c.8000BC to 2004, this work covers a wide range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government and politics, culture, literature, media, foreign relations, imperialism, and industrialism.
English and Japanese text explore the complexity of postwar Japanese art, focusing on the influence popular culture has had on Japanese art and tracing the development of the manga and anime genres.
--V.3. Medieval Japan, edited by Kozo Yamamura. v.4. Early modern Japan, edited by John Whitney Hall. v.5. The nineteenth century, edited by Marius B. Jansen. v.6. The twentieth century, edited by Peter Duus.
Presents the history of Japan through twenty centuries--as seen and recorded by her artists. Paintings, sculpture, and graphics documenting the development of Japan from prehistoric times through the emergence of modern Japan.
A study of the origins and nature of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese War until its collapse following World War II. The author describes how Japan's aims were influenced by growing industrialization and its experience of Western imperialism.
A study of the origins and nature of Japanese imperialism from the Sino-Japanese War until its collapse following World War II. The author describes how Japan's aims were influenced by growing industrialization and its experience of Western imperialism.
"The Japanese Experience is an authoritative, lucid, and concise history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day. It is the history of a society and a culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times …