description: This balanced account of Japanese history focuses on developments in art, religion, literature, and thought as well as economic, political, and social history. The author, who has studied and conducted research at The Kyoto University Institute for Humanistic Studies since 1967, offers a clear, consistent, and highly readable text accessible to students with no previous knowledge of Japan.
language: English
title: A Brief History of Japanese Civilization
titlecomplete: A Brief History of Japanese Civilization
genres: Japanese History, Asia, Japan, Nonfiction, Japanese Literature, History
ratings_count: 73
publisher: Wadsworth Publishing