Outline History of Japan

by Herbert Henry Gowen

Middle Ages/Middle History Early Modern Modern (19th C)

38 chapters15h 39mEnglish1927

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A history of Japan from its origins to the early 20th century. - Summary by Kazbek

Chapters (37)

1Chapter I. Preliminaries

1608

2Chapter II. Origin, Race and Language

1022

3Chapter III. Mythical Japan

1097

4Chapter IV. Legendary Japan

2338

5Chapter V. Primitive Japan

906

6Chapter VI. The Protohistoric Age

1288

7Chapter VII. The Coming of Buddhism

1265

8Chapter VIII. The Great Reform

1331

9Chapter IX. "The Great Discovery"

388

10Chapter X. The Nara Period

1457

11Chapter XI. The Capital Moves to Kyoto

2070

12Chapter XII. Taira versus Minamoto

1925

13Chapter XIII. The Hojo Regency (1199-1333)

1848

14Chapter XIV. The Hojo Culture

1676

15Chapter XV. The Ashikaga Shoguns

1596

16Chapter XVI. The Coming of the Foreigner

2210

17Chapter XVII. The Era of Military Dictatorship

1591

18Chapter XVIII. The Regency of Hideyoshi

1587

19Chapter XIX. The First Tokugawa Shogun

2403

20Chapter XX. The First Successors of Iyeyasu (1605-1651)

1211

21Chapter XXI. Iyetsuna to Iyetsugu (1651-1716)

1524

22Chapter XXII. From Yoshimune to Iyeharu (1716-1786)

1165

23Chapter XXIII. Iyenari to the Coming of Perry (1787-1853)

2080

24Chapter XXIV. The Reopening of Japan (1853-1854)

2425

25Chapter XXV. The Beginnings of Meiji

3079

26Chapter XXVI. The Era of Expansion

2313

27Chapter XXVII. The Last Years of Meiji

1408

28Chapter XXVIII. The New Era of Taisho

2326

29Chapter XXIX. Aftermaths of the Great War

1701

30Chapter XXX. The Great Earthquake and After

1724

31Chapter XXXI. The Beginning of Showa

1592

32Appendix I. Constitution of the Empire of Japan

935

33Appendix II. First Treaty between Japan and the United States, 1854

570

34Appendix III. Anglo-Japanese Treaty of January 30, 1902

200

35Appendix IV. Agreement between Japan and the United Kingdom

325

36Appendix V. The Gentlemen's Agreement

123

37Appendix VI. Convention Embodying Basic Rules of the Relations between Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

446

Outline History of Japan

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