附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323) and index.
1. The origins and early history of the Japanese -- 2. The introduction of Chinese thought and culture : Asuka period : 552-710 -- 3. The stimulating effect of Chinese culture : Nara period : 710-794 -- 4. The Japanese pattern : early Heian period : 794-857 ; late Heian or Fujiwara period : 858-1158 -- 5. The rise of the warrior class and the Gempei war : end of the Heian period : 1158-1185 -- 6. Government by the military shogun : Kamakura period : 1185-1336 -- 7. The Ashikaga Shogunate : Nambokucho : 1336-1392 ; Muromachi : 1392-1573 -- 8. The golden age of Japanese art : 1378-1490 -- 9. The unification of Japan : Sengoku-Jidai, the period of the country at war : 1534-1615 -- 10. Japan in isolation : the Tokugawa Shogunate : part I, 1615-1715 -- 11. The winds of change : the Tokugawa Shogunate : part II, 1716-1867 -- 12. The Meiji restoration and the modernization of Japan : 1868-1914 -- 13. Expansion, liberalism, and militarism : 1914-1931 -- 14. Manchukuo, the China war, and World War II : 1931-1945 -- 15. Postwar Japan -- 16. Japan today, economy -- 17. Japan today, foreign affairs and political life -- 18. Contemporary Japanese society -- Glossary -- Chronology.
