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A History of Japan to 1334 Free FREE A HISTORY OF JAPAN TO 1334 PDF Sir George Sansom | 512 pages | 01 Jun 1958 | Stanford University Press | 9780804705233 | English | Palo Alto, United States A History of Japan to | George Sansom Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan. Taken as a whole, the projected history represents the culmination of the life work of perha This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to by the author of Japan: A Short Cultural History. Taken as a whole, the projected history represents the culmination of the life work of perhaps the most distinguished historian now writing on Japan. Unlike the renowned Short Cultural Historyit is concerned mainly with political and social phenomena and only incidentally touches on religion, literature, and the arts. The treatment is primarily descriptive and factual, but the author A History of Japan to 1334 some pragmatic interpretations and suggests comparisons with the history of other peoples. A History of Japan to describes the growth from tribal origins of an organized state on a Chinese model, gives a picture of the life of the Royal Court, and examines the conflict between a polished urban nobility and a warlike rural gentry. It traces the evolution of an efficient system of feudal government which deprived the sovereign of all but his A History of Japan to 1334 functions and the prestige of his ancestry. The structure of Japanese feudal society is depicted in some detail and explained in terms of its internal stresses and its behavior in peace and war, especially during the period of the Mongol attacks in the last decades of the thirteenth century. The volume ends with the collapse of the feudal government at Kamakura under the attack of ambitious rivals. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published by Stanford University Press first published More Details Original Title. A History of Japan 1. Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A History of Japan toplease sign A History of Japan to 1334. Be the first to ask a question about A History of Japan to Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of A History of Japan to Sep 01, Michael Finocchiaro rated it it was amazing Shelves: historynon-fictionfavoritesjapan. I visited Japan about 10 or 12 times on business and became fascinated with the nation and its peoples. In a burst of curiosity, I started reading Japanese literature lots of reviews here on GR on my japanese shelves but quickly realised that I knew next to nothing about the history of this incredible country. I was lucky to discover the work of George Sansom who wrote a series of excellent books about Japanese history. In a history of Japan towe learn of the migration of Chinese and Ko I visited Japan about 10 or 12 times A History of Japan to 1334 business and became fascinated with the nation and its peoples. In a history of Japan towe learn of the migration of Chinese and Korean peninsular peoples to Japan in around the 5th C and the existence of the Ainu aborigines that were treated poorly as all native peoples are in periods of colonial expansion - they are still in the 21st C treated as a national shame, have incredibly high unemployment and are pushed into lost hamlets in the hinterlands of Hokkaido. Due to the ocean separating the Korean peninsula from Japan, the culture grew to be completely unique with its own identity. One persistent theme in Japanese culture is the dualism between knowing that they have Chinese roots and that the Chinese civilisation gave them their written language kanji and was one of the oldest most developed cultures in the world and their own innate sense of uniqueness and superiority. IT is a theme that comes back again and again. In the meantime, this book explains the early society that developed into having an emperor endowed with divine adulation and a highly developed culture around the court in Nara and later Kyoto. The high cultural period of the Heian which produced one of the marvels of world literature, The Tale A History of Japan to 1334 Genji, is described in detail. The book is highly readable and for me the best way to understand the origins of Japan to the middle ages. View all 14 comments. Jun 24, Smiley rated it it was amazing Shelves: historyjapan. Reading this book has been fascinatingly informative and rewarding to me as the first one in its highly-acclaimed trilogy; the second and A History of Japan to 1334 third being A History of Japan and A History of Japan by Professor George Bailey Sansom, an eminent diplomat, Japanologist and educator in the 20th century. I found his topics full of historic narrations in 21 chapters and cited references as informed in Appendixes I-IV pp. As soon as I read this sentence in the Preface, "Perhaps it is as well, for one who writes on the history of an Asian country for ordinary readers and not for professional scholars, to refrain from drawing any but the simplest conclusions from the material which he presents" p. To continue. View all 10 comments. Nov 24, Richard rated it liked it. Even for a history book, this was pretty dry until Sansom reached the era of the Genpei Wars and the rise of the Bakufu under the first Minamoto shoguns. Since I was especially interested in the Heian period that was a bit of a disappointment to me. I don't know if the difference was due to the Kamakura period being so well documented that Sansom had more material to draw from, or he was just so much more interested in that period personally that it showed A History of Japan to 1334 the text, but to me the demarcation Even for a history book, this was pretty dry until Sansom reached the era of the Genpei Wars and the rise of the Bakufu under the first Minamoto shoguns. I don't know if the difference was due to the Kamakura period being so well documented that Sansom had more material to draw from, or he was just so much more interested in that period personally that it showed in A History of Japan to 1334 text, but to me the demarcation was pretty dramatic. All that said, I was pulled right into the story of the creation of the samurai class and the rise of the Shogunate as the dominant political entity under Minamoto Yoritomo. Especially interesting was the role that Yoritomo's wife, Masako, played in keeping the fledgling Bakufu together after his death, and the different perspective on Yoritomo's brother, the nearly legendary Minamoto no Yoshitsune, than A History of Japan to 1334 the norm for that tragic story. Well worth reading for anyone interested in Japanese history of the period. Feb 10, Matt Ely rated it it was amazing Shelves: historyjapan. Do not A History of Japan to 1334 lightly into the weighty endeavor. When I described this book to people, they would often conclude that it was "dry. While he will occasionally refresh readers on allusions from previous chapters, he typically expects the reader to Do not enter lightly into the weighty endeavor. While he will occasionally refresh readers on allusions from previous chapters, he typically expects the reader to be able to keep up. The result is that the book demands focus and seriousness. It can, as a result, be a somewhat draining reading experience. Of course the upside of density is that the reader can expect a thorough education from the some pages. Sansom focuses, of course, on the records available, so the majority of the book is devoted to the evolution of government, warfare, and religion in early Japan. There's less on the day-to-day lives of average citizens, largely because it's not the kind of information that was preserved. But Sansom makes a clear effort to include diverse sources. A History of Japan to 1334 also appreciated his tendency to comment on why he was including or excluding certain data, making it apparent what he felt the critical foci were. Diving into this book will take time and energy. If the topic intrigues you, it will be worth it. Jul 19, Robert rated it really liked it Shelves: japan. That I know of. Jul 10, Damon rated it really liked it. This is a foundational text for those who have a deep interest in Japan's early history--and a lot of time. History starts with Japan's vague prehistory and concludes with the erosion of the system of regency following the failed invasions of Japan by the Yuan dynasty. Along the way, it is A History of Japan to 1334 to get lost in the details; there are a lot of names to contend with among the Fujiwara family, the Hojo family, the acting or retired Emperors, and the Shoguns.
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