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Author: Keiji Imamura
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-09-17
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 1135362408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Junko Habu
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004-07-29
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780521776707
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Author: Nelly Naumann
Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9783447043298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 J. Groot
Publisher: Books for Libraries
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ann Kumar
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008-11-24
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1135784728
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Yoshihiko Amino
Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781929280704
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A call to reconsider Japanese history from the perspective of the deep past
Author: Karl F. Friday
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-04-19
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 0429979169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Japan Emerging provides a comprehensive survey of Japan from prehistory to the nineteenth century. Incorporating the latest scholarship and methodology, leading authorities writing specifically for this volume outline and explore the main developments in Japanese life through ancient, classical, medieval, and early modern periods. Instead of relying solely on lists of dates and prominent names, the authors focus on why and how Japanese political, social, economic, and intellectual life evolved. Each part begins with a timeline and a set of guiding questions and issues to help orient readers and enhance continuity. Engaging, thorough, and accessible, this is an essential text for all students and scholars of Japanese history.
Author: 笠原一男
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 660
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Seventeen distinguished experts on Japanese religion provide a fascinating overview of its history and development. Beginning with the origins of religion in primitive Japanese society, they chart the growth of each of Japan's major religious organizations and doctrinal systems. They follow Buddhism, Shintoism, Christianity, and popular religious belief through major periods of change to show how history and religion affected each-and discuss the interactions between the different religious traditions.
Author: Mark J. Hudson
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Published: 2021-11-11
Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 1803271159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This study considers the ways in which archaeology and landscapes of the archaic have been appropriated in Japanese nationalism since the early twentieth century, focusing on the writings of cultural historian Tetsurō Watsuji, philosopher Takeshi Umehara and environmental archaeologist Yoshinori Yasuda.
Author: C. Melvin Aikens
Publisher: New York : Academic Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 384
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