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Ancient Japan

Series The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1

Edited by Delmer M. Brown

Publication Date 1993

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521223522

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521223522

Overview

Japan's ancient age was a period of radical and political change during which a Chinese-style empire emerged. This volume of The Cambridge History of Japan spans the beginnings of human existence to the end of the eighth century, focusing on the thousand years between 300 BC and 784, the end of the fabulous Nara period. The volume explores this period in four stages: (1) The Yayoi period (to about AD 250) when small kingdoms and kingdom federations accumulated enough power to dispatch diplomatic missions to Korea and China; (2) the Yamato period (to 587) when priestly rulers, having gained economic and military power, conquered most of Japan; (3) the Century of Reform (to 710) when Japanese leaders, pressed by China's expanding T'ang empire, set out to build a strong Chinese-style empire of their own; (4) the Nara period (to 784) when spectacular literary, artistic, architectural, and religious advances were made.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Chronology

Introduction
by
Delmer M. Brown

The earliest societies in Japan
by
J. Edward Kidder, Jr.

The Yamato kingdom
by
Delmer M. Brown

The century of reform
by
Inoue Mitsusada and Delmer M. Brown

The Nara state
by
Naoki Kōjirō

Japan and the continent
by
Okazaki Takashi

Early kami worship
by
Matsumae Takeshi

Early Buddha worship
by
Sonoda Kōyū and Delmer M. Brown

Nara economic and social institutions
by
Torao Toshiya

Asuka and Nara Culture: literacy, literature, and music
by
Edwin A. Cranston

The early evolution of historical consciousness
by
Delmer M. Brown

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