Major periods and cultural epochs of Japanese history -- Chinese dynasties since the time of unification under the Han -- Emergence of Japanese civilization -- Introduction of Buddhism -- Court at its zenith -- Advent of a new age -- Canons of medieval taste -- Country unified -- Flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- Encounter with the West -- Fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age
Notes
Previous ed.: 1984
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-371) and index
