A brief story of Japan. Mason R.G.P., Kaiger J.G.

The updated and supplemented edition of the book, which has become one of the fundamental books in world Japanesestics from the moment of its first edition in English. It covers all the most important aspects of the history of Japan - from the primitive and archaic periods (early settlements, the beginning of the state association, the creation of a single state, the external, domestic policy and culture of the Heyan era) and the Middle Ages (the board of military houses, the development of Buddhism), to the epochs of the early new one the time (the elevation of the military leaders of the Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyei, the Momoyama period, the Tokugawa shogunate, the development of the market economy) and modern Japan (the restoration of Meiji, the policy of modernization, the military operations of the Second World War and the further occupation).

In a well -structured narrative, a lot of attention is paid to Japanese culture - religion, literature, painting, architecture, theater. The book, equipped with black and white illustrations, as well as cards and genealogical trifles, is addressed to everyone who is interested in the "sources of Japanese modernity."

This book is published in the series “Cities and People” in two design under one heading.