A history of Japan

Author(s)

• Murdoch, James

Bibliographic Information

A history of Japan

James Murdoch

Routledge, 1996

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3

Note

Reprint of 1903 ed. pub. by the Asiatic Society of Japan

Includes index

Contents of Works

• v. 1. From the origins to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 A.D.
• v. 2. During the century of early foreign intercourse (1542-1651)
• v. 3. The Tokugawa epoch, 1652-1868

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: set ISBN 9780415150767

Description

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to a new understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. Available for the first time since the 1960s, this facsimile edition includes a biographical introduction of James Murdoch's life by D. C. S. Sissons. An important document in the history of Japanese studies, this book is an enduring work by an author who became Australia's first professor of Japanese.

Table of Contents

Introduction: James Murdoch (1856-1921), Volume 1 -the Origins of Japan to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1542* Volume 2- the Century of Foreign Intercourse, 1542-165, Volume 3 * the Tokugawa Epoch, 1652-1868

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780415154154

Description

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to an understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. The three volumes deal with the origins of Japan to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542, the century of foreign intercourse, 1542-1651, and the Tokugawa Epoch, 1652-1868.

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780415154161

Description

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to an understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. The three volumes deal with the origins of Japan to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542, the century of foreign intercourse, 1542-1651, and the Tokugawa Epoch, 1652-1868.

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780415154178

Description

First published in 1903, this three volume set deals with the history of Japan from its origins to the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Drawing for the first time on Japanese, European and Latin sources, this classic text was the first comprehensive study of Japanese history in English, contributing to an understanding of Japan by Westerners at the time. The three volumes deal with the origins of Japan to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1542, the century of foreign intercourse, 1542-1651, and the Tokugawa Epoch, 1652-1868.

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Details

• NCID: BA29147456
• ISBN:
  • 0415150760
  • 0415154154
  • 0415154162
  • 0415154170
• LCCN: 96016441
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 3 v.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS835
  • DC20 : 952
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Japan -- History