Topics in Medieval Japanese History

(With Brief Coverage of Early-Modern Japan)

Contents:

 

Introduction

1. The Ancient Japanese Islands

2. The Origins of Buddhism

3. Growth of Buddhism & Spread to East Asia

4. Three Views of the Six Courses

5. Heian Period Politics & Institutions

6. The Heian Aristocrats

7. Tendai & Shingon

8. Heian Period Literature

9. Buddhist Iconography

10. Honji-suijaku

11. Rise of the Warriors

12. Renewal of Buddhism:  Pure Land, Zen, Women

13. Art, Literature, Music, & Drama in the Age of Anxiety

14. Ordinary People and Daily Life in Medieval Japan

15. Early Tokugawa Period Politics and Institutions

16. Sexuality and Popular Art of 17th-Century Japan

17. Christianity in Late Medieval Japan <Optional>

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