World Turned Upside Down - Medieval Japanese Society

New forms of cultural expression, such as poetry, theater, garden design, the tea ceremony, flower arranging, and illustrated scrolls, conveyed a unique sensibility - sometimes in opposition to the earlier Chinese models followed by the old nobility. "The World Turned Upside Down" provides an animated account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the eras own notable cultural creativity and enormous economic potential.

List of contents

Chronology of Japanese History with Emphasis on the Middle Ages
1. The Curtain Rises
2. Social Dynamics in the Late Heian Period
3. The Crisis in the Late Twelfth Century
War
4. Kamakura: The Warrior Regime
5. Kamakura: A Society of Questions
6. Kamakura: A Society in Transformation
7. The Second Middle Ages: The Turning Point of the Fourteenth Century
8. Warriors, Pirates, Peasants, and Priests
9. The Splendor and Misery of the Muromachi Century: The Culmination of the Ashikaga and the Development of Trade
10. The Splendor and Misery of the Muromachi Century: New Uprisings, New Culture
11. The Sengoku Period: Communes, Religious Leagues, and Neighborhood Associations
12. The Sengoku Period: Warlords Seeking Power
Glossary of Japanese Words and Names

Summary

In the late twelfth century, Japanese people called the transitional period in which they were living the "age of warriors." This book provides an account of the religious, intellectual, and literary practices of medieval Japan in order to reveal the era's own cultural creativity and enormous economic potential.

Product details

• Authors: Kathe Roth, Pierre Fran Souyri, Pierre Francois Souyri
• Assisted by: K?the Roth (Translation), Kathe Roth (Translation), Kthe Roth (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2003
• EAN: 9780231118439
• ISBN: 978-0-231-11843-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture; Asia Perspectives: History, So; Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries