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 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 DeathOf 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.
• ...