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100	1		_aDowner, Lesley, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe shortest history of Japan : _bfrom mythical origins to pop culture powerhouse, the global drama of an ancient island nation / _cLesley Downer.
263			_a2407
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Experiment, _c2024.
300			_a257p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aList of maps -- Chronology -- Introduction: Before time began -- Children of the Sun, 400 BCE-710 CE -- Nara: The flowering of Buddhism, 710-794 CE -- Heian: City of purple hills and crystal streams, 794-1180 -- Kamakura: Rise of the Samurai, 1180-1333 -- Muromachi: Beauty and turmoil, 1333-1573 -- Azuchi Momoyama: The men who would be Shogun, 1573-1603 -- Edo: Tokugawa Renaissance, 1603-1853 -- Bakumatsu: Fall of the Tokugawa, 1853-1868 -- Meiji: Headlong into the modern world, 1868-1912 -- Taisho: Crosscurrents, 1912-1926 -- Showa: From defeat to prosperity, 1926-1989 -- Heisei: Darker years, 1989-2019 -- Reiwa: A new emperor for a new age, 2019-present -- Further reading -- Image credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the author
520			_a"The story of a small Asian country with extraordinary aesthetic traditions that avoided colonization and overcame the devastation of World War II to become a prosperous modern force, while preserving its unique culture"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
651		0	_aJapan _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDowner, Lesley. _tShortest history of Japan _dNew Delhi: Picador India, 2024 _z9789361133237
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