Cambridge History of Japan

Survey of the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society and culture.

List of contents

Introduction Kozo Yamamura; 1. The Kamakura Bakufu Jeffrey P. Mass; 2. Medieval shoen Oyama Kyohei; 3. The decline of the Kamakura bakufu Ishii Susumu; 4. The Muromachi bakufu John Whitney Hall; 5. Muromachi local government: shugo and kokujin Imatani Akira; 6. The decline of the shoen system Nagahara Keiji; 7. The medieval peasant Nagahara Keiji; 8. The growth of commerce in medieval Japan Kozo Yamamura; 9. Japan and East Asia Kawazoe Shoji; 10. Cultural life in medieval Japan H. Paul Varley; 11. The other side of culture in medieval Japan Barbara Ruch; 12. Buddhism in the Kamakura period Osumi Kazuo; 13. Zen and the gozan Martin Collcutt.

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Summary

Volume 3 is devoted to the period from the final decades of the twelfth century, when the Kamakura bakufu was founded, to the mid-sixteenth century when civil wars raged following the demise of the Muromachi bakufu. The volume creates a rich tapestry of the events that took place during these colourful centuries.

Product details

• Authors: Kozo Yamamura
• Assisted by: Kozo Yamamura (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.04.1990
• EAN: 9780521223546
• ISBN: 978-0-521-22354-6
• No. of pages: 736
• Series: Cambridge History of Japan; The Cambridge History of Japan 6 Volume Set; Cambridge History of Japan
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous