Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9781139055062
Content:
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
Note:
Introduction
,
The earliest societies in Japan
,
The Yamato kingdom
,
The century of reform
,
The Nara state
,
Japan and the continent
,
Early kami worship
,
Early Buddha worship
,
Nara economic and social institutions
,
Asuka and Nara Culture: literacy, literature, and music
,
The early evolution of historical consciousness
In:
1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521223520
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521223522
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. The Cambridge history of Japan ; 1: Ancient Japan Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Pr., 1993 ISBN 0521223520
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521223522
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521223522
