{"product_id":"a-history-of-japan-to-1334-9780804705233","title":"A History of Japan to 1334","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a straightforward narrative of the development of Japanese civilization to 1334 by the author of \u003ci\u003eJapan: A Short Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e. While complete in itself, it is also the first volume of a three-volume work which will be the first large-scale, comprehensive history of Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaken as a whole, the projected history represents the culmination of the life work of perhaps the most distinguished historian now writing on Japan. Unlike the renowned \u003ci\u003eShort Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, it is concerned mainly with political and social phenomena and only incidentally touches on religion, literature, and the arts. The treatment is primarily descriptive and factual, but the author offers some pragmatic interpretations and suggests comparisons with the history of other peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of Japan to 1334\u003c\/i\u003e describes the growth from tribal origins of an organized state on a Chinese model, gives a picture of the life of the Royal Court, and examines the conflict between a polished urban nobility and a warlike rural gentry. It traces the evolution of an efficient system of feudal government which deprived the sovereign of all but his ritual functions and the prestige of his ancestry. The structure of Japanese feudal society is depicted in some detail and explained in terms of its internal stresses and its behavior in peace and war, especially during the period of the Mongol attacks in the last decades of the thirteenth century. The volume ends with the collapse of the feudal government at Kamakura under the attack of ambitious rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-299704\"\u003eGeorge Sansom\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/1958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.11w x 1.24d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804705233\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804705232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS021000\"\u003eAsia | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSir George Sansom was a British diplomat and historian of pre-modern Japan. He authored several books, including \u003ci\u003eJapan: A Short Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Historical Grammar of Japanese\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Western World and Japan\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJapan in World History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675334512877,"sku":"9780804705233","price":58.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a7f367ab-dc82-4609-8b7a-d30351b6278c.jpg?v=1649601576","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-japan-to-1334-9780804705233","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}