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A Short Introduction to Japanese History
(Shotoku)

Christopher Spackman

September 8, 2001

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History of This Document
Contents
Introduction
- Setting the Stage: Geography
The Earliest Times
- Pre-History
  - Jomon and Yayoi Periods
  - The Yamato Period
The Nara and Heian Periods
- The Nara and Heian Periods
The Rise of the Samurai
The Kamakura Period
- The Kamakura Period
The Warring States Period
- The Nutshell Version
- The Warring States Period
- Alliances
- The Europeans
- The Unification of the Country
Cultural Influences
The Tokugawa Period
- The Tokugawa (Edo) Period in a Nutshell
- Prelude: The Unification of Japan
- Tokugawa Ieyasu and his Bakufu
- Interlude: Bushido
- Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu
- Interlude: Old Books, National Learning and other -isms
- My Koku is Bigger than Your Koku
- Interlude: No Women on the Stage
- Introverts, Extroverts and Black Ships
- The End of "Feudal" Japan
The Meiji Restoration
Intellectual Influences
- Shinto
- Buddhism
- Confucianism
The Meiji Period, Part 2
The Taisho Period
The Early Showa Period
World War 2
- The Pacific, December of 1941
The Occupation of Japan
Recent Event in Japan
Recent Event in Japan
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- MODIFICATIONS
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- TRANSLATION
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Index