A History of Japan

By Hisho Saito

Book Overview

Japan is often reduced to a handful of images: samurai, shoguns, emperors, industry. This national history survey gives the fuller shape behind them. Clear, measured, and quietly alive. Hisho Saito sets out a concise history overview that moves from ancient Japan history through the samurai and shogunate era to modern Japan history, keeping the narrative anchored in political history of Japan while never losing sight of Japanese culture and society. The result is japanese history nonfiction with the pace of a guided account and the usefulness of a japan history textbook: key turning points, governing structures, and the pressures that drove reform, conflict, and consolidation. It also stands confidently as a history reference book for readers who want orientation across centuries without wading through specialist monographs. For anyone building east asian history studies or seeking an asian civilisations overview, Saito offers a disciplined perspective on how institutions, beliefs, and power shaped the archipelago's place in wider East Asian history. As a classic of historical writing, A History of Japan remains valuable not only for what it covers, but for how it distils a vast subject into a coherent whole - the kind of volume that rewards both the curious newcomer and the collector of enduring non-fiction. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 935360933X
• ISBN13: 9789353609337
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"