Sources of Japanese Tradition: 1600 to 2000

by William Theodore de Bary, Donald Keene, Carol Gluck

Book Overview

Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the authoritative sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from the eighteenth century to the post-World War II period. Now greatly expanded to include the entire twentieth century, and beginning in 1600, Sources of Japanese Tradition presents writings by modern Japan's most important philosophers, religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231086059
• ISBN13: 9780231086059
• Release Date: April 1964
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Sourcebook of modern Japan

This book is a wonderful introduction to modern Japanese history. It is an anthology of important sources, beginning with the Shinto revival of the 18th century, through the Meiji Period, World War II, into the 1950s. This is an invaluable reference work for anyone concerned with Japan's development over the last two centuries.