Japanese culture A short history
by H. Paul Varley
- New York Praeger Publishers 1973
- 227 p.
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.