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Japanese culture

by Varley, H. Paul
Published by : Praeger Publishers (New York) Physical details: 227 p.
Subject(s): Japan -- Civilization | Japan -- History
Year: 1973
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Includes Index

Major periods and cultural epochs of Japanese history -- Chinese dynasties since the time of unification under the Han -- Author's notes -- 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.

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