Japanese Culture

Contents

Contents Preface ix Major Periods and Cultural Epochs of Japanese History x Chinese Dynasties Since the Time of Unification Under xi the Han Author’s Notes xiii 11. The Emergence of Japanese Civilization 1 12. The Introduction of Buddhism 19 13. The Court at Its Zenith 48 14. The Advent of a New Age 77 15. The Canons of Medieval Taste 91 16. The Country Unified 140 17. The Flourishing of a Bourgeois Culture 164 18. Heterodox Trends 205 19. Encounter with the West 235 10. The Fruits of Modernity 271 11. Culture in the Present Age 304 Notes 353 Glossary 363 Selected Bibliography 367 Index 373 ...