A History of Japan, 1334-1615 - by George Sansom (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization from 1334 to 1615 by the author of <i>Japan: A Short Cultural History</i>. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan. Taken as a whole, the projected history represents the culmination of the life work of perhaps the most distinguished historian now writing on Japan. Unlike the renowned <i>Short Cultural History</i>, it is concerned mainly with political and social phenomena and only incidentally touches on religion, literature, and the arts. The treatment is primarily descriptive and factual, but the author offers some pragmatic interpretations and suggests comparisons with the history of other peoples. <i>A History of Japan: 1334-1615</i> describes the growth of a new feudal hierarchy, the ebb and flow of civil war, the rise and fall of great families, and the development amidst extreme political disorder of remarkable new features in institutional and economic life. This is the period of expanding relations with other parts of Asia and of the arrival of traders and missionaries from European countries-the first contact of Japan with the West. The volume ends with an account of the abortive invasion of Korea and the last outburst of the civil war that was terminated in 1615 by the victory of the first of the Tokugawa Shoguns, Ieyasu.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>'All students of Japanese history will welcome the completion of this history...These volumes, with the author's earlier works, provide the standard and point of departure for future work in Japanese history.' -The American Historical Review<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A masterpiece of narrative history."<br> The Annals<br><br><br>"Even in its present incomplete state the trilogy stands as a great, perhaps the greatest, contribution of Western scholarship to the study of the societies of East Asia."<br> The Western Political Quarterly<br><br><br>"It should remain the standard work in Western languages for a long time."<br> The American Historical Review<br><br><br>"A masterpiece of narrative history."<BR> The Annals<BR><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Sir George Sansom was a British diplomat and historian of pre-modern Japan. He authored several books, including <i>Japan: A Short Cultural History</i>, <i>An Historical Grammar of Japanese</i>, <i>The Western World and Japan</i>, and <i>Japan in World History</i>.
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