An Introduction to the History of Japan eBook Katsuo Hara
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Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today’s readers access to yesterday’s treasures. Though billed as an introduction, Katsuo Hara’s An Introduction to the History of Japan is a comprehensive history that examines Japan over the centuries. As he put it in the opening words of his book “The military achievements of Japan in the last twenty years have done much to make the world appreciate and acknowledge the intrinsic worth of the Japanese nation. It is, however, very doubtful whether the other nations find in us many other things to admire besides our military excellence. Some of them, indeed, without fully investigating their deeper causes, have entertained serious misgivings as to the probable consequence of our military successes. The continual occurrence of anti-Japanese movements in the various States of America and in the dependencies of Great Britain and Russia, countries with which Japan is most intimately connected, has been chiefly due to this want of knowledge as to the real state of affairs in Japan, the progress in the arts of peace, in science, literature, art, law and economics.Japan has a brilliant civilisation of which we can justly be proud. In fine art, we have painting, sculpture, architecture, lacquer-work, metal-carving, ceramics, etc.,—all of striking quality; in literature, our poetry, fiction and drama are worthy of serious study; in music and on the stage our progress has been along lines which accord with [Pg iv] the development of our distinctive national character, and is by no means behind that of Europe.Europeans and Americans, however, have failed as yet to appreciate the essential worth of Japan’s civilisation. Some foreigners, it is true, speak highly of Japanese fine art, praising Japan as a country devoted to art; but the works that they admire are not always essentially characteristic of Japan, nor are they representative works of Japanese fine arts. The number of foreigners aware of the existence of an influential literature in Japan is extremely limited.”
An Introduction to the History of Japan eBook Katsuo Hara
Overall, an interesting and informative book. The author attempts to explain the early history of Japan, (of which there were few records), and from where Japan's original inhabitants came.A little hard going in some chapters; I found myself skimming the text. Written in 1918, it uses words like `Nay', and `Sooth' and lots of use of `the former' and `the latter', and lots of `broken' paragraphs with commas in the middle, requiring the reader to keep checking backwards, which I found a bit irritating. I had to keep an English dictionary handy to check the meanings of some strange mediaeval words.
The massive influence of Chinese culture into Japan, including Buddhism, politics, literature, art, writing using Chinese ideograms as well as copper currency; the use of wooden and eventually metal type to print books is explained. Interestingly, it also explains why the Christian missionaries were thrown out of Japan, why some of the arrogant Buddhist temples were destroyed, why Shintoism is really a philosophy and not a religion, and why the country was closed down to foreigners, except for some Dutch traders.
It explains how the military Shoguns lost power and the Emperor became the focus of the new Japan, and how Japan has entered into a new era of representative government from about 1900.
It's very useful to have a fairly large scale map of Japan at your side while reading the book to 'follow the action'.
The book is very good value for 0.99 cents (Kindle edition)
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An Introduction to the History of Japan eBook Katsuo Hara Reviews
This book tell us faithfully the truth of Japanese History.
Great book! Informative and thorough.
Very interesting. An old book but written from a Japanese perspective.
Good, but dated. Surprisingly unbiased on certain issues. Interesting to read an insider perspective. version flowed smoothly. Also some dated or phonetic spellings.
The reader will slug through two centuries only to go back one then go forward again. I have really expanded my vocabulary.
Overall, an interesting and informative book. The author attempts to explain the early history of Japan, (of which there were few records), and from where Japan's original inhabitants came.
A little hard going in some chapters; I found myself skimming the text. Written in 1918, it uses words like `Nay', and `Sooth' and lots of use of `the former' and `the latter', and lots of `broken' paragraphs with commas in the middle, requiring the reader to keep checking backwards, which I found a bit irritating. I had to keep an English dictionary handy to check the meanings of some strange mediaeval words.
The massive influence of Chinese culture into Japan, including Buddhism, politics, literature, art, writing using Chinese ideograms as well as copper currency; the use of wooden and eventually metal type to print books is explained. Interestingly, it also explains why the Christian missionaries were thrown out of Japan, why some of the arrogant Buddhist temples were destroyed, why Shintoism is really a philosophy and not a religion, and why the country was closed down to foreigners, except for some Dutch traders.
It explains how the military Shoguns lost power and the Emperor became the focus of the new Japan, and how Japan has entered into a new era of representative government from about 1900.
It's very useful to have a fairly large scale map of Japan at your side while reading the book to 'follow the action'.
The book is very good value for 0.99 cents ( edition)
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