Aimé Humbert

Japan and the Japanese

Herausgeber: Bates, Henry Walter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 1874 English translation of a Swiss diplomat's well-illustrated description of life under the Tokugawa shogunate in its final years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 1044g
• ISBN-13: 9781108081078
• ISBN-10: 110808107X
• Artikelnr.: 42140228

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Part I. Benten: 1. The inland sea
2. Our neighbours
3. The country and the people
4. Domestic life
Part II. Kioto: 1. The origin of the Japanese people
2. The genesis of Japan
3. The early sovereigns of Japan
4. Art and fashion in Kioto
5. The decadence of Mikado
Part III. Kamakoura: 1. The residences of the Siogouns
2. The temples of Kamakoura
3. Buddhism in Japan
4. Taikosama and the Tokaido
Part IV. Yeddo: 1. The great city
2. The Taikouns
3. The political system of the Taikouns
4. The Hondjo
5. Asaksa-Tera
6. Education and literature at Yeddo
7. Domestic solemnities
8. Social institutions in Yeddo
9. Sin-Yosiwara
10. Religious festivals
11. The Sibaia, or national drama of Japan
12. Inaka
13. The new order of things in Japan
14. Conclusion.