Cambridge History of Japan

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment in Western literature of the Heian period, the Japanese imperial court's golden age.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Heian court, 794-1070 William H. McCullough; 2. The capital and its society William H. McCullough; 3. Land and society Dana Morris; 4. Provincial administration and land tenure in Early Heian Cornelius J. Kiley; 5. Chinese learning and intellectual life Marian Ury; 6. Aristocratic culture Helen Craig McCullough; 7. Aristocratic Buddhism Stanley Weinstein; 8. Religious practices Allan G. Grapard; 9. Insei G. Cameron Hurst III; 10. The rise of the warriors Rizo Takeuchi.

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Summary

This volume provides the most comprehensive treatment of the Heian period, the golden age of the Japanese imperial court, in any Western language. From 794 to 1185, the Japanese emperor ruled over an elaborate government modelled on China's. Contributors also focus on the land system, aristocratic culture, and the acceptance of Buddhism.

Product details

• Authors: Donald H. (University of California Shively, Donald H. Mccullough Shively
• Assisted by: William H. McCullough (Editor), William H. (University of California McCullough (Editor), Donald H. Shively (Editor), Donald H. (University of California Shively (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.1999
• EAN: 9780521223539
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22353-9
• No. of pages: 782
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan; The Cambridge History of Japan 6 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous