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Outline History of Japan

A history of Japan from its origins to the early 20th century. - Summary by Kazbek (15 hr 39 min)

Chapters

Introduction: Why Study Japanese History?

27:17

Chapter I. Preliminaries

26:48

Chapter II. Origin, Race and Language

17:02

Chapter III. Mythical Japan

18:17

Chapter IV. Legendary Japan

38:58

Chapter V. Primitive Japan

15:06

Chapter VI. The Protohistoric Age

21:28

Chapter VII. The Coming of Buddhism

21:05

Chapter VIII. The Great Reform

22:11

Chapter IX. "The Great Discovery"

6:28

Chapter X. The Nara Period

24:17

Chapter XI. The Capital Moves to Kyoto

34:30

Chapter XII. Taira versus Minamoto

32:05

Chapter XIII. The Hojo Regency (1199-1333)

30:48

Chapter XIV. The Hojo Culture

27:56

Chapter XV. The Ashikaga Shoguns

26:36

Chapter XVI. The Coming of the Foreigner

36:50

Chapter XVII. The Era of Military Dictatorship

26:31

Chapter XVIII. The Regency of Hideyoshi

26:27

Chapter XIX. The First Tokugawa Shogun

40:03

Chapter XX. The First Successors of Iyeyasu (1605-1651)

20:11

Chapter XXI. Iyetsuna to Iyetsugu (1651-1716)

25:24

Chapter XXII. From Yoshimune to Iyeharu (1716-1786)

19:25

Chapter XXIII. Iyenari to the Coming of Perry (1787-1853)

34:40

Chapter XXIV. The Reopening of Japan (1853-1854)

40:25

Chapter XXV. The Beginnings of Meiji

51:19

Chapter XXVI. The Era of Expansion

38:33

Chapter XXVII. The Last Years of Meiji

23:28

Chapter XXVIII. The New Era of Taisho

38:46

Chapter XXIX. Aftermaths of the Great War

28:21

Chapter XXX. The Great Earthquake and After

28:44

Chapter XXXI. The Beginning of Showa

26:32

Appendix I. Constitution of the Empire of Japan

15:35

Appendix II. First Treaty between Japan and the United States, 1854

9:30

Appendix III. Anglo-Japanese Treaty of January 30, 1902

3:20

Appendix IV. Agreement between Japan and the United Kingdom

5:25

Appendix V. The Gentlemen's Agreement

2:03

Appendix VI. Convention Embodying Basic Rules of the Relations between Japan an…

7:26