Japan: A Short Cultural History.
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1978.
(Publication history: First edition 1931; Second edition 1943; Second edition revised 1952.
The 1978 Stanford reprint is of the 1952 revised second edition.)
Book Information : Publisher; Amazon.com; Archive.org.
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Author Information :
- George Sansom (1883 – 1965), Wikipedia.
- Marius B. Jansen, Donald Keene and Arthur F. Wright, "Sir George Sansom — An Appreciation," The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 24, Issue 4, August 1965, pages 561-562.
(Alternate copy at Cambridge University Press.) - Katharine Sansom. Sir George Sansom and Japan: A Memoir. Tallahassee, Florida: The Diplomatic Press, 1972.
[Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Search for George Sansom at Archive.org.
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Wikipedia Articles :
- History of Japan.
- Shogun, "the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868".
- Culture of Japan.
- Religion in Japan.
- Shinto.
- Buddhism in Japan.
- Edo neo-Confucianism.
- Japanese art.
- Japanese aesthetics.
- Japanese people.
- Genetic and anthropometric studies on Japanese people.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy :
- Graham Parkes and Adam Loughnane, Japanese Aesthetics.
- Japanese Philosophy.
- Japanese Confucian Philosophy.
- Huayan Buddhism (Kegon in Japan).
- Tiantai Buddhism (Tendai in Japan).
- Japanese Pure Land Philosophy.
- Daoism.
- Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy.
- The Kokugaku (Native Japan Studies) School.
- Kūkai (774–835). Other articles that seem relevant to Japan or refer to a period not covered by Sansom's book:
- Chinese Ethics.
- Communitarianism.
- Religious Diversity (Pluralism).
- The Kyoto School of philisophy, 20th Century.
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More Recently Published Books :
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Some recently published books that cover the same topics as Sansom's Japan: A Short Cultural History.
- Mikiso Hane and Louis G. Perez. Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey, second edition. Westview Press, 2015; New York: Routledge, 2018.
[Publisher; Google Books; Amazon.com.] - Nancy K. Stalker. Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool. Oakland: University of California Press, 2018.
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