Japanese culture /
Varley, H. Paul
Japanese culture / Paul Varley - Fourth edition updated and expanded - 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index
The emergence of Japanese civilization -- The introduction of Buddhism -- The court at its zenith -- The advent of a new age -- The canons of medieval taste -- The country unified -- The flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- Encounter with the West -- The fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age
Presents a comprehensive study of Japanese history and culture surveying over two thousand years of art, religion, and ceremonies and includes topics such as samurai values, Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Mito scholarship
0824822927 9780824822927 0824821521 9780824821524
Japan--Civilization
DS821 / .V36 2000
952
Japanese culture / Paul Varley - Fourth edition updated and expanded - 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index
The emergence of Japanese civilization -- The introduction of Buddhism -- The court at its zenith -- The advent of a new age -- The canons of medieval taste -- The country unified -- The flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- Encounter with the West -- The fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age
Presents a comprehensive study of Japanese history and culture surveying over two thousand years of art, religion, and ceremonies and includes topics such as samurai values, Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Mito scholarship
0824822927 9780824822927 0824821521 9780824821524
Japan--Civilization
DS821 / .V36 2000
952