The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1Delmer M. Brown, John Whitney Hall, Delmer Myers Brown, Donald H. Shively, Marius B. Jansen, William H. McCullough, Peter Duus, Kozo Yamamura Cambridge University Press, 1988 - 602 pages 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 B.C. and 784, the end of the fabulous Nara period. The volume explores this period in four stages: (1) The Yayoi period (to about 250 A.D.) 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 des matières
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The Yayoi period | 80 |
The Yamato kingdom | 108 |
Yamato expansion | 124 |
Okinoshima the Yamato court and the continent | 312 |
The evolution of Shinto | 328 |
Early Buddha worship | 359 |
Soga Buddhism | 370 |
Ritsuryo Buddhism | 388 |
Nara Buddhism | 397 |
Control of persons | 425 |
Policy changes | 436 |
Yamato disruption | 144 |
The century of reform | 163 |
The Nara state | 221 |
Nara and T6daiji | 241 |
Authority crises | 257 |
Japan and the continent | 268 |
The country of Yamatai in the Late Yayoi period | 283 |
Japan and the three Korean kingdoms | 297 |
The early shoen | 448 |
Music and dance | 486 |
The early evolution of historical consciousness | 504 |
Vitalism | 521 |
Optimism | 537 |
Works cited | 549 |
Glossaryindex | 579 |
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Page 333 - She occupied herself with magic and sorcery, bewitching the people. Though mature in age, she remained unmarried. She had a younger brother who assisted her in ruling the country. After she became the ruler, there were few who saw her. She had one thousand women as attendants, but only one man. He served her food and drink and acted as a medium of communication. She resided in a palace surrounded by towers and stockades, with armed guards in a state of constant vigilance.
Page 538 - When a person dies, they prepare a single coffin, without an outer one. They cover the graves with sand to make a mound. When death occurs, mourning is observed for more than ten days, during which period they do not eat meat. The head mourners wail and lament, while friends sing, dance, and drink liquor. When the funeral is over, all members of the whole family go into the water to cleanse themselves in a bath of purification.
Page 363 - Aston, Nihongi, Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD, 697 (London, 1924), I, 252.
Page 511 - I hear that the Teiki and Honji handed down by the various houses have come to differ from the truth and that many falsehoods have been added to them. If these errors are not remedied at this time, their meaning will be lost before many years have passed. This is the framework of the state, the great foundation of the nation.
Page 288 - ... of four male slaves and six female slaves, together with two pieces of cloth with designs, each twenty feet in length. You live very far away across the sea; yet you have sent an embassy with tribute. Your loyalty and filial piety we appreciate exceedingly. We confer upon you, therefore, the title 'Queen of Wa Friendly to Wei,' together with the decoration of the gold seal with purple ribbon.
Page 484 - Across the mountains, corpses heaped upon the grass. We shall die by the side of our lord We shall never look back.
Page 26 - Pimiko appeared. Remaining unmarried, she occupied herself with magic and sorcery and bewitched the populace. Thereupon they placed her on the throne. She kept one thousand female attendants, but few people saw her. There was only one man who was in charge of her wardrobe and meals and acted as the medium of communication. She resided in a palace surrounded by towers and stockade, with the protection of armed guards. The laws and customs were strict and stern.
Page 507 - Himiko passed away, a great mound was raised, more than a hundred paces in diameter. Over a hundred male and female attendants followed her to the grave.
Page 97 - Ryusaku Tsunoda and L. Carrington Goodrich, Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories (South Pasadena: PD and lone Perkins, 1951), pp.
Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 1 Numéro 1 de Cambridge ancient history Cambridge history ebook collection Volume 1 de The Cambridge History of Japan 6 Volume Set The Cambridge History of Japan, John Whitney Hall, ISBN 0521657288, 9780521657280 Volume 1 de The Cambridge History of Japan: Ancient Japan, Delmer M. Brown |
| Rédacteurs | Delmer M. Brown, John Whitney Hall, Delmer Myers Brown, Donald H. Shively, Marius B. Jansen, William H. McCullough, Peter Duus, Kozo Yamamura |
| Collaborateurs | 耕造·山村, John Whitney Hall, Cambridge University Press, Marius B. Jansen, Madoka Kanai, Denis Twitchett |
| Édition | illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0521223520, 9780521223522 |
| Longueur | 602 pages |
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