Prehistory Of Japan
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Author | : Ann Kumar |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2008-11-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1135784728 |
This iconoclastic work on the prehistory of Japan and of South East Asia challenges entrenched views on the origins of Japanese society and identity. The social changes that took place in Japan in the time-period when the Jomon culture was replaced by the Yayoi culture were of exceptional magnitude, going far beyond those of the so-called Neolithic Revolution in other parts of the world. They included not only a new way of life based on wet-rice agriculture but also the introduction of metalworking in both bronze and iron, and furthermore a new architecture functionally and ritually linked to rice cultivation, a new religion, and a hierarchical society characterized by a belief in the divinity of the ruler. Because of its immense and enduring impact the Yayoi period has generally been seen as the very foundation of Japanese civilization and identity. In contrast to the common assumption that all the Yayoi innovations came from China and Korea, this work combines exciting new scientific evidence from such different fields as rice genetics, DNA and historical linguistics to show that the major elements of Yayoi civilization actually came, not from the north, but from the south.
Author | : Keiji Imamura |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2016-09-17 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1135362408 |
An illustrated introduction to the prehistory of Japan, treated in its own right and not as a minor part of East Asia in general.
Author | : Koji Mizoguchi |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2002-05-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812236514 |
An original, substantial contribution to interpretive archaeology (the first of its kind for Japan and East Asia), An Archaeological History of Japan addresses a broad range of issues concerning the self-identification of groups and the use of the past in contemporary society.
Author | : C. Melvin Aikens |
Publisher | : New York : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Junko Habu |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2004-07-29 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780521776707 |
Author | : Kenneth Henshall |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2012-04-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230346626 |
Japan's impact on the modern world has been enormous. It occupies just one 300th of the planet's land area, yet came to wield one sixth of the world's economic power. Just 150 years ago it was an obscure land of paddy fields and feudal despots. Within 50 years it became a major imperial power – it's so-called 'First Miracle'. After defeat in the Second World War, when Japan came close to annihilation, within 25 years it recovered remarkably to become the world's third biggest economy – it's 'Second Miracle'. It is now not only an economic superpower, but also a technological and cultural superpower. True miracles have no explanation: Japan's 'miracles' do. The nation's success lies in deeply ingrained historical values, such as a pragmatic determination to succeed. The world can learn much from Japan, and its story is told in these pages. Covering the full sweep of Japanese history, from ancient to contemporary, this book explores Japan's enormous impact on the modern world, and how vital it is to examine the past and culture of the country in order to full understand its achievements and responses. Now in its third edition, this book is usefully updated and revised.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2019-12-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781647481421 |
Japan, the country of the rising sun, is today known as one of the most prosperous and technologically advanced nations despite not having many natural resources. This guide will lead you into that dive, showing how those characteristics synonymous with the Japanese civilization gradually appeared, formed, and transformed through time.
Author | : John Whitney Hall |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 742 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521223546 |
Survey of the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society and culture.
Author | : Nelly Naumann |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Japan |
ISBN | : 9783447043298 |
The existing literature on Japanese prehistory is mostly focussed on describing material culture; this new study surveys the early artifacts and shows that they were either neglected in previous studies or reported of by unfounded and fantastic speculation. The author identifies prehistoric ideas concerning hunting and fishing, the cult of the dead, and the after-life. The cosmological implications of burial topography and stone-circles are as well examined as older written texts from other parts of the world aiding in elucidating the symbols recognized on these remains. This helps to link the Jo-mon materials to other remains of similar or older age from the ancient Near East, China, the Pacific, and ancient America and proves that prehistoric Japan was never really isolated from the rest of the world. Although the method developed in this study, which rejects speculation and bases itself entirely on archaeological remains, permits only the elucidation of a part of the rich spiritual culture of prehistoric Japan; it reveals an abundance of new information concerning the most important religious ideas of mankind: the constant renewal of life, and the belief that death is not the ultimate end.
Author | : Gerard Joseph Groot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2013-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258668112 |