Sources of Japanese Tradition: From earliest times through the sixteenth century

Author: William Theodore De Bary
Secondary Author: Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra
ISBN: 0231121385

v.2. "Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the authoritative sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from the eighteenth century to the post-World War II period. Now greatly expanded to include the entire twentieth century, and beginning in 1600, Sources of Japanese Tradition presents writings from modern Japan's most important philosophers, religious figures, writers, and political leaders. The volume also offers extensive introductory essays and commentary to assist in understanding the documents' historical setting and significance. Wonderfully varied in its selections, this eagerly anticipated expanded edition has revised many of the texts from the original edition and added a great many not included or translated before. New additions include documents on the postwar era, the importance of education in the process of modernization, and women's issues. Beginning with documents from the f

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 2001

Subjects: History / Asia / General, History / Asia / Japan, History / Civilization, Social Science / Customs & Traditions

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