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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Japan by David Murray

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Japan

By

David Murray, Ph.D., LL.D.

Late Advisor to the Japanese Minister of Education

Third Edition

London

T. Fisher Unwin

Paternoster Square

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons

1896

Copyright by T. Fisher Unwin, 1894

(For Great Britain)

Copyright by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894

(For the United States of America

Contents

  • Preface.
  • Chapter I. The Japanese Archipelago.
  • Chapter II. The Original And Surviving Races.
  • Chapter III. Myths And
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Legends.
  • Chapter IV. Founding The Empire.
  • Chapter V. Native Culture And Continental Influences.
  • Chapter VI. The Middle Ages Of Japan.
  • Chapter VII. Emperor And Shōgun.
  • Chapter VIII. From The Ashikaga Shōguns To The Death Of Nobunaga.
  • Chapter IX. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
  • Chapter X. The Founding Of The Tokugawa Shōgunate.
  • Chapter XI. Christianity In The Seventeenth Century.
  • Chapter XII. Feudalism In Japan.
  • Chapter XIII. Commodore Perry And What Followed.
  • Chapter XIV. Revolutionary Preludes.
  • Chapter XV. The Restored Empire.
  • Appendix I. List Of Emperors.
  • Appendix II. List Of Year Periods.
  • Appendix III. List Of Shōguns.
  • Appendix IV. Laws Of Shōtoku Taishi.
  • Footnotes