A Brief History of Japanese Civilization

This compelling text explores the development of Japan through its art, religion, literature, and thought as well as through its economic, political, and social history. The author team combines strong research with extensive classroom teaching experience to offer a clear, consistent, and highly readable text that is accessible to students with no previous knowledge of the history of Japan.

• The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture
• The Confessions of Lady Nijo
• Musui's Story: The Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai
• Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)
• Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan
• A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations
• 47 Ronin
• The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan (Tuttle Classics)
• Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan
• Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan