Chapter Publicly Available

MAPS

Marius B. Jansen

Published by

View more publications by Harvard University Press

To Publisher Page

The Making of Modern Japan

This chapter is in the book The Making of Modern Japan

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
MAPS xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Note on Names and Romanization xviii
1. SEKIGAHARA 1
2. THE TOKUGAWA STATE 32
3. FOREIGN RELATIONS 63
4. STATUS GROUPS 96
5. URBANIZATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 127
6. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASS CULTURE 159
7. EDUCATION, THOUGHT, AND RELIGION 187
8. CHANGE, PROTEST, AND REFORM 223
9. THE OPENING TO THE WORLD 257
10. THE TOKUGAWA FALL 294
11. THE MEIJI REVOLUTION 333
12. BUILDING THE MEIJI STATE 371
13. IMPERIAL JAPAN 414
14. MEIJI CULTURE 456
15. JAPAN BETWEEN THE WARS 495
16. TAISHO CULTURE AND SOCIETY 537
17. THE CHINA WAR 576
18. THE PACIFIC WAR 625
19. THE YOSHIDA YEARS 675
20. JAPAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE 715
Further Reading 769
Notes 795
Credits 841
Index 843

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039100-001

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
CONTENTS v
MAPS xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Note on Names and Romanization xviii
1. SEKIGAHARA 1
2. THE TOKUGAWA STATE 32
3. FOREIGN RELATIONS 63
4. STATUS GROUPS 96
5. URBANIZATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 127
6. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASS CULTURE 159
7. EDUCATION, THOUGHT, AND RELIGION 187
8. CHANGE, PROTEST, AND REFORM 223
9. THE OPENING TO THE WORLD 257
10. THE TOKUGAWA FALL 294
11. THE MEIJI REVOLUTION 333
12. BUILDING THE MEIJI STATE 371
13. IMPERIAL JAPAN 414
14. MEIJI CULTURE 456
15. JAPAN BETWEEN THE WARS 495
16. TAISHO CULTURE AND SOCIETY 537
17. THE CHINA WAR 576
18. THE PACIFIC WAR 625
19. THE YOSHIDA YEARS 675
20. JAPAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE 715
Further Reading 769
Notes 795
Credits 841
Index 843

Institutional Access

How does access work?

Downloaded on 29.12.2025 from https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.4159/9780674039100-001/html