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Japan

David Murray

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 358 pages

David Murray's history of Japan traces the country's development from its earliest inhabitants through the Meiji Restoration. It examines myths, emperors, shoguns, feudalism, and the arrival of Commodore Perry. The author, a former advisor to the Japanese Minister of Education, provides a thorough survey of Japan's political and cultural evolution.

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Japan
By
David Murray, Ph.D., LL.D.
Late Advisor to the Japanese Minister of
Education
Third Edition
London
T. Fisher Unwin
Paternoster Square
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons
1896

Copyright by T. Fisher Unwin, 1894
(For Great Britain)
Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894
(For the United States of America
Contents
Preface.
Chapter I. The Japanese Archipelago.
Chapter II. The Original And Surviving Races.
Chapter III. Myths And Legends.
Chapter IV. Founding The Empire.
Chapter V. Native Culture And Continental Influences.
Chapter VI. The Middle Ages Of Japan.
Chapter VII. Emperor And Shōgun.
Chapter VIII. From The Ashikaga Shōguns To The Death
Of Nobunaga.
Chapter IX. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Chapter X. The Founding Of The Tokugawa Shōgunate.
Chapter XI. Christianity In The Seventeenth Century.
Chapter XII. Feudalism In Japan.
Chapter XIII. Commodore Perry And What Followed.
Chapter XIV. Revolutionary Preludes.
Chapter XV. The Restored Empire.
Appendix I. List Of Emperors.
Appendix II. List Of Year Periods.
Appendix III. List Of Shōguns.

Appendix IV. Laws Of Shōtoku Taishi.
Footnotes

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Contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface.
  3. Chapter I. The Japanese Archipelago.
  4. Chapter II. The Original And Surviving Races.
  5. Chapter III. Myths And Legends.
  6. Chapter IV. Founding The Empire.
  7. Chapter V. Native Culture And Continental Influences.
  8. Chapter VI. The Middle Ages Of Japan.
  9. Chapter VII. Emperor And Shōgun.
  10. Chapter VIII. From The Ashikaga Shōguns To The Death Of Nobunaga.
  11. Chapter IX. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
  12. Chapter X. The Founding Of The Tokugawa Shōgunate.
  13. Chapter XI. Christianity In The Seventeenth Century.
  14. Chapter XII. Feudalism In Japan.
  15. Chapter XIII. Commodore Perry And What Followed.
  16. Chapter XIV. Revolutionary Preludes.
  17. Chapter XV. The Restored Empire.
  18. Appendix I. List Of Emperors.
  19. Appendix II. List Of Year Periods.342
  20. Appendix III. List Of Shōguns.343
  21. Appendix IV. Laws Of Shōtoku Taishi.344
  22. Footnotes

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