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The Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1969-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0804774161

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This is an account of the growth and uses of Western learning in Japan from 1720 to 1830. These are the dates of the beginning of official interest in Western learning and of the expulsion of Siebold from the country, the first stage of a crisis that could be resolved only by the opening of the country of the West. The century and more included by the two dates was a most important period in Japanese history, when intellectuals, rebelling at the isolation of their country, desperately sought knowledge from abroad. The amazing energy and enthusiasm of men like Honda Toshiaki made possible the spectacular changes in Japan, which are all too often credited to the arrival of Commodore Perry. The author chose Honda Toshiaki (1744-1821) as his central figure. A page from any one of Honda's writings suffices to show that with him one has entered a new age, that of modern Japan. One finds in his books a new spirit, restless, curious and receptive. There is in him the wonder at new discoveries, the delight in widening horizons. Honda took a kind of pleasure even in revealing that Japan, after all, was only a small island in a large world. To the Japanese who had thought of Chinese civilization as being immemorial antiquity, he declared that Egypt's was thousands of years older and far superior. The world, he discovered, was full of wonderful things, and he insisted that Japan take advantage of them. Honda looked at Japan as he thought a Westerner might, and saw things that had to be changed, terrible drains on the country's moral and physical strength. Within him sprang the conviction that Japan must become one of the great nations of the world.

The Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:951919088

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The Japanese Discovery of Europe

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:867359003

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Japanese Discovery of Europe

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:470155302

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The Japanese Discovery of Europe

Author : Donald Keene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Japan
ISBN : UVA:X000889275

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The Japanese and Europe

Author : Marie Conte-Helm
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781780939803

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The Japanese and Europe by Marie Conte-Helm Pdf

Japanese investment in Europe has been growing by leaps and bounds and this book charts the course of this phenomenon, looking both at the Japanese experience of Europe and the European experience of the Japanese, and social, cultural and economic consequences of this encounter. This contemporary snap-shot is based upon a wealth of interviews and fully-illustrated by photographs, maps and diagrams. First published in 1996, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.

Bending Adversity

Author : David Pilling
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698141216

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“[A]n excellent book...” —The Economist Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experience, as well as observations from a cross section of Japanese citizenry, including novelist Haruki Murakami, former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, industrialists and bankers, activists and artists, teenagers and octogenarians. Through their voices, Pilling's Bending Adversity captures the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Japan. Pilling’s exploration begins with the 2011 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. His deep reporting reveals both Japan’s vulnerabilities and its resilience and pushes him to understand the country’s past through cycles of crisis and reconstruction. Japan’s survivalist mentality has carried it through tremendous hardship, but is also the source of great destruction: It was the nineteenth-century struggle to ward off colonial intent that resulted in Japan’s own imperial endeavor, culminating in the devastation of World War II. Even the postwar economic miracle—the manufacturing and commerce explosion that brought unprecedented economic growth and earned Japan international clout might have been a less pure victory than it seemed. In Bending Adversity Pilling questions what was lost in the country’s blind, aborted climb to #1. With the same rigor, he revisits 1990—the year the economic bubble burst, and the beginning of Japan’s “lost decades”—to ask if the turning point might be viewed differently. While financial struggle and national debt are a reality, post-growth Japan has also successfully maintained a stable standard of living and social cohesion. And while life has become less certain, opportunities—in particular for the young and for women—have diversified. Still, Japan is in many ways a country in recovery, working to find a way forward after the events of 2011 and decades of slow growth. Bending Adversity closes with a reflection on what the 2012 reelection of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and his radical antideflation policy, might mean for Japan and its future. Informed throughout by the insights shared by Pilling’s many interview subjects, Bending Adversity rigorously engages with the social, spiritual, financial, and political life of Japan to create a more nuanced representation of the oft-misunderstood island nation and its people. The Financial Times “David Pilling quotes a visiting MP from northern England, dazzled by Tokyo’s lights and awed by its bustling prosperity: ‘If this is a recession, I want one.’ Not the least of the merits of Pilling’s hugely enjoyable and perceptive book on Japan is that he places the denunciations of two allegedly “lost decades” in the context of what the country is really like and its actual achievements.” The Telegraph (UK) “Pilling, the Asia editor of the Financial Times, is perfectly placed to be our guide, and his insights are a real rarity when very few Western journalists communicate the essence of the world’s third-largest economy in anything but the most superficial ways. Here, there is a terrific selection of interview subjects mixed with great reportage and fact selection... he does get people to say wonderful things. The novelist Haruki Murakami tells him: “When we were rich, I hated this country”... well-written... valuable.” Publishers Weekly (starred): "A probing and insightful portrait of contemporary Japan."

Japanese Philosophy

Author : H. Gene Blocker,Christopher L. Starling
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780791490389

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Japanese Philosophy is the first book to assert the existence of a Japanese philosophy prior to Nishida Kitaro in the early twentieth century. Because of Western military and economic dominance since the seventeenth century, the cross-cultural comparison of non-Western philosophy has generally gone in one direction—comparing Chinese, Indian, and other thought systems with Western philosophy. For various reasons, Japanese scholars did not follow the Chinese lead after 1920 in acknowledging that some of their own literary tradition should be classified as "philosophy." In spite of this, the authors argue that it is useful to compare cultures, and that one way of comparing cultures is to compare their philosophies—and therefore that it is worth treating certain parts of Japanese literature as philosophy, especially those parts that are similar to what has long been classified and treated as philosophy in India and China. By doing so, and by providing an overview of Japanese philosophy from the seventh century to the present, the authors contribute to a greater cross-cultural understanding between East and West.

The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy

Author : Christopher Howe
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226354865

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For many in the West, the emergence of Japan as an economic superpower has been as surprising as it has been sudden. After its defeat in World War II, Japan hardly appeared a candidate to lead industrialized nations in productivity and technological innovation, and the "Japanese miracle" is often explained as the result of U.S. aid and protection in the postwar years. In The Origins of Japanese Trade Supremacy, Christopher Howe locates the sources of Japan's current commercial and financial strength in events tnat occurred well before 1945. In this revisionist account, Howe traces the history of Japanese trade over four centuries to show that the Japanese mastery of trade with the outside world began as long ago as the sixteenth century, with Japan's first contact with European trading partners. Although profitable, this early contact was so destabilizing that the Japanese leadership soon restricted foreign trade mainly to Asian partners. From the early seventeenth to the middle of the nineteenth centuries, Japan developed in relative isolation. Though secluded from the scientific and economic revolutions in the West, Japan proved adept at finding novel solutions to its own problems, and its economy grew in size, diversity, and technological and institutional sophistication. By the nineteenth century, when contacts with the West were reestablished. Japan had developed a remarkable capacity to absorb foreign technologies and to adapt and create new institutions, while retaining significant elements of its traditional system of values. Most importantly, Japan's long-standing reliance on its own ingenuity to solve problems continued to flourish. This tradition, born of necessity, is the most important foundation for Japan's current position as a world economic power.

A Companion to Japanese History

Author : William M. Tsutsui
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781405193399

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A Companion to Japanese History provides an authoritative overview of current debates and approaches within the study of Japan’s history. Composed of 30 chapters written by an international group of scholars Combines traditional perspectives with the most recent scholarly concerns Supplements a chronological survey with targeted thematic analyses Presents stimulating interventions into individual controversies

On the Process of Civilisation in Japan

Author : Wai Lau
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031114243

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This book charts the process of civilisation in Japan. Using the theory of civilising processes developed by Norbert Elias, the author examines the complex underlying structural and psychological processes from the seventh century to the twentieth century. Furthermore, by drawing on rich historical data, the author illustrates how these complex processes led the Japanese to see themselves as ‘more civilised’ than their forebears and neighbouring countries. Although the theory serves as an important reference point, the author draws on other works to address different complex questions surrounding Japanese development. Therefore, this book presents three key themes: first, it gives an alternative understanding of the complex developments of Japanese society; second, it intercedes into an ongoing debate about the applicability of Elias’s theory in a non-Western context; and third, it expands Elias’s theory.

Japanese Studies from Pre-History to 1990

Author : Richard Perren
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Japan
ISBN : 0719024587

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The Russian Discovery of Japan, 1670–1800

Author : David N. Wells
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136010002

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The Russian Discovery of Japan, 1670–1800 by David N. Wells Pdf

During the period of the Tokugawa shogunate’s seclusion policy from about 1630 onwards there was very little European interaction with the Japanese except through the restricted Dutch presence at Nagasaki. During this period, however, Russians exploring Siberia and the Russian Far East came into contact with Japan, and further exploration and information collecting was encouraged by the Russian government, culminating in the first official Russian Embassy to Japan in 1792. This book examines the Russian discourse on Japan in the period, tracing the gradual accumulation of knowledge, and the development of Russian views, sometimes distorted, about Japan. The book includes key historical documents, some translated into English for the first time. The book is a prequel to the author’s previous book, Russian Views of Japan, 1792–1913: An Anthology of Early Travel Writing.

Themes and Theories in Modern Japanese History

Author : Sue Henny,Jean-Pierre Lehmann
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780939711

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For many years, Richard Storry directed Japanese studies at the University of Oxford. This volume, designed as a tribute to his life and work, is composed of essays by leading Japanologists from the United Kingdom, Europe and Japan itself, where Richard Storry taught. The volume focuses on the period since the middle of the nineteenth century and covers several areas, including politics, language and theatre. First published in 1988, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.