ancient japan - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

1.

Read/Write Review

Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan

Book by William Wayne Farris; University of Hawaii Press, 1998

Subjects:

Inscriptions, Japanese, Japan--Antiquities, Japan--Capital And Capitol--History, Japan--History--To 794, Japan--Relations--Korea, Korea--Relations--Japan, Wooden Tablets--Japan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Yoshinogari," p. 234. 117. Pearson, Ancient Japan, p. 150. 118. Tanaka, Wajin...104-108. Imamura, Prehistoric Japan, pp. 186-196, also discusses...see also Imamura, Prehistoric Japan, pp. 182-185. 121. Sahara...
2.

Read/Write Review

Japan: Ancient Buddhist Paintings

Book by Serge Elisséeff, Takaaki Matsushita; New York Graphic Society, 1959

Subjects:

Art, Buddhist, Painting, Japanese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

JAPAN ANCIENT BUDDHIST PAINTINGS PREFACE SERGE ELISSEEFF INTRODUCTION TAKAAKI MATSUSHITA PUBLISHED BY THE NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY BY ARRANGEMENT WITH UNESCO
3.

Read/Write Review

The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version [Ancient and Modern History, V. VI: England, 1661 -- China, Japan, 1690 - Vol. 29

Book by William F. Fleming, John Morley, Voltaire; E. R. DuMont, 1901

Collections: Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Three Christian princes of Japan made a journey to Rome to kiss...becoming the prevailing religion of Japan, and in a short time the only...bonzes feared the loss of their ancient possessions, and the emperor...Islands in the neighborhood of Japan. The Japanese knew how they...
4.

Read/Write Review

The Catalpa Bow: A Study in Shamanistic Practices in Japan

Book by Carmen Blacker; Japan Library, 1999

Subjects:

Shamanism--Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...benign guests exists in the ancient literature, and of the land...claims to be survivals of ancient ritual impersonations of the visiting deities. In Japan itself these seasonal performances...land of Nirai. In ancient Japan, Origuchi believes, ritual...
5.

Read/Write Review

History of Japan

Book by SaburŌ D. Ienaga; Japan Travel Bureau, 1962

Subjects:

Japan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...culture of the Southern Court flowed into Japan either directly or through its ally Paikche...religion was destined to grow vigorously in Japan in the seventh and subsequent centuries. Thus in ancient Japan there was an international religion side...

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Read/Write Review

Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan: The Tenmu Dynasty, 650-800

Journal article by John A. Tucker; The Historian, Vol. 72, 2010

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan: The Tenmu Dynasty, 650-800 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan: The Tenmu Dynasty, 650-800. by John A. Tucker Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan: The Tenmu Dynasty, 650-800. By Herman Ooms...
2.

Read/Write Review

Sirhak in Late Choson Korea and Ancient Learning in Early Modern Japan from the Perspective of the History of Interaction

Journal article by Woobong Ha; Korean Studies, Vol. 30, 2006

Subjects:

Confucianism--Criticism and interpretation, Confucius (Chinese philosopher)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Korean history, 1392-1910 (Yi dynasty)--Social aspects, Korean philosophy--Analysis, Korean philosophy--History, Korean philosophy--Social aspects

Collections: History, Philosophy, Entire Library

Sirhak in Late Choson Korea and Ancient Learning in Early Modern Japan from the Perspective of the History...Neo-Confucianism in early modern Japan. Conversely, Ancient Learning was conveyed from Japan to Choson, where it influenced some...
3.

Read/Write Review

Trade-Buddhism: Maritime Trade, Immigration, and the Buddhist Landfall in Early Japan

Journal article by Charles Holcombe; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999

Subjects:

Buddhism--History, History, Ancient--Japan, International trade--7th century, Japan--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Japanese culture.(138) Ancient Japan was certainly less commercialized...The Development of the Ancient Japanese State), Zhongguo...Munsterberg, The Arts of Japan: An Illustrated History...Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan (Honolulu: Univ. of...
4.

Read/Write Review

Merofu Kannon and Her Veneration in Zen and Imperial Circles in Seventeenth-century Japan

Journal article by Patricia Fister; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 34, 2007

Subjects:

Ancient civilizations, Buddhism, Buddhists, Clergy, Deities, Japan, Poetry

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Imperial Circles in Seventeenth-century Japan by Patricia Fister (ProQuest: ... denotes...poems and religious paintings in China and Japan. Chun-fang Yu examines Buddhist chronicles...craft are not fully documented, but in Japan the practice of making pictures from cutting...
5.

Read/Write Review

Environment, Ecology, and Interaction in Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East: The Millennial History of a Japan Sea Oikumene

Journal article by C. Melvin Aikens, Irina S. Zhushchikhovskaya, Song Nai Rhee; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 48, 2009

Subjects:

Biodiversity--Analysis, Biological diversity--Analysis, Civilization--Analysis, Culture--Analysis, Ecology--History, Sea of Japan--Natural history, Sea of Japan--Social aspects, Social history--Analysis, Social sciences and history--Analysis

Collections: History, Entire Library

...all around the Sea of Japan from Late Pleistocene times onward. Ancient sites found preserved...The Bronze Age in ancient Japan seriously began, however...2008 Yoshinogari: Ancient Korean Culture in Japan. Seoul: National...

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Read/Write Review

Japan Could Learn a Lesson from the Ancient Greeks

Magazine article by Arthur M. Mitchell; Global Finance, Vol. 15, February 2001

Subjects:

Economic conditions, Economic forecasts, Economic policy, Japan

Collections: Entire Library

Japan Could Learn a Lesson from the Ancient Greeks by Arthur M. Mitchell In 411...period. In the 1970s and early 1980s Japan created one of the most up-to...and little new aggregate demand in Japan, corporate planners cannot justify...
2.

Read/Write Review

Japan's Path and the Japan-U.S. Relationship

Magazine article; Presidents & Prime Ministers, Vol. 6, May-June 1997

Subjects:

Hashimoto, Ryutaro--Addresses, essays, lectures, International economic relations--Japan, Japan--Relations with the United States, United States--Relations with Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...Japan, my commitment to the Japan-U.S. alliance, and thirdly, my determination to promote Japan- U.S. cooperation in the...or what have now become "the ancient regime", which have supported Japan since the end of World War 11...
3.

Read/Write Review

Pretty in Pink: As Springtime Arrives in Japan, Matthew Knott Looks at the History of the Country's Love Affair with Cherry Blossom

Magazine article by Matthew Knott; History Today, Vol. 59, April 2009

Subjects:

Japan--Environmental aspects, Japan--Social aspects, Trees (Plants)--Appreciation, Trees (Plants)--Portrayals, Trees--Appreciation, Trees--Portrayals

Collections: History, Entire Library

...As Springtime Arrives in Japan, Matthew Knott Looks at the...the most evocative images of Japan. With spring now on the march...Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihon Shoki (the Chronicles of Japan), eighth century tomes that...
4.

Read/Write Review

The Third Side of the Triangle: The China-Japan Dimension

Magazine article by Charles Horner; The National Interest, Winter 1996

Subjects:

China--Relations with Japan, East Asia--International aspects, Japan--Relations with China

Collections: Entire Library

...or the competing models of "Japan, Inc.", we have trouble enough fathoming just one of these ancient and complex countries in isolation...favor of analyzing the China-Japan relationship as we would any...advised to remember that China and Japan are aware of the Wests cult...
5.

Read/Write Review

Guilt, Identity, and Japaneseness: If We Are to Love Japan, We Must Learn to Forgive the Japanese. This Will Never Be Easy, since the Japanese Do Not Seek Collective Forgiveness and Believe They Did Nothing as a Nation That Might Make It Necessary

Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 113, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Japan--History, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese (Asian people)--History, Japanese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Japanese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese--History, Japanese--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...FOREIGNER discovers a different Japan. The word "discover" may...needed. Before my first visit to Japan I already loved many aspects of Japanese culture, from ancient architecture seen in books to...discoveries like mine affect Japan. Japanese respond to foreign...

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Read/Write Review

Welcome to the Future (with an Added Touch of Ancient History); CHERIE LUNGHI Starts an Amazing Escorted Tour of Japan with Bustling Tokyo

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), November 12, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Future (with an Added Touch of Ancient History); CHERIE LUNGHI Starts an Amazing Escorted Tour of Japan with Bustling Tokyo. Byline: CHERIE LUNGHI Japan was not, I have to confess...was springtime, and across Japan from the south to the cooler...
2.

Read/Write Review

China, Japan Vow Economic Defense: Old Foes Find Common Cause

Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, November 12, 1997

Subjects:

China, Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

China, Japan vow economic defense: Old foes find...economic crisis on their doorsteps, ancient enemies China and Japan stood shoulder to shoulder in Tokyo...Asias suddenly troubled economies. Japan will "work together with China to...
3.

Read/Write Review

Japan to Be Squeezed at Climate Conference

Newspaper article by Carter Dougherty; The Washington Times, July 16, 2001

Subjects:

Bonn, Germany, Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...require the participation of Japan now that the United States...pacts origin - Kyoto was Japans ancient capital - to extract a sign of support from Japan. "The Kyoto Protocol is as...talks in Bonn, has offered Japan the right to emit more greenhouse...
4.

Read/Write Review

Sackler Offers Royal Display of Imperial Art from Japan

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, December 14, 1997

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...royal display of imperial art from Japan by Joanna Shaw-Eagle Ancient traditions have it that the Japanese...back to the early Shinto legends of Japan. To consolidate his goal of modernizing and empowering Japan, he searched out the glory of old...
5.

Read/Write Review

Japan Blocks Protesters' Flotilla: Major Naval Deployment Protects East China Sea Island

Newspaper article by Willis Witter; The Washington Times, May 27, 1997

Subjects:

Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...mineral-rich seas south of Japan. Boats from both sides spent...Diaoyu, says its claim dates to ancient times. Officials in Tokyo and...exception, since it prompted Japan to publicly reassert its claim...are effectively controlled by Japan. Therefore, landing on the...

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

1.

Read/Write Review

Shinto

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

SHINTO shin to, ancient native religion of Japan still practiced in a form modified...Chinese writing was introduced into Japan) the myths and rituals were transmitted...Ruler of Heaven. The emperors of Japan are said to be descended from the...
2.

Read/Write Review

Ivory

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...incised on tusks. Objects in ivory were created in ancient Egypt, Assyria, Crete, Mycenae, Greece, and...ivory carving and turning has been done from ancient times. In China and Japan ivory has been used for inlay and small objects...
3.

Read/Write Review

Japanese Spaniel

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

JAPANESE SPANIEL breed of dainty, alert toy dog probably originating in ancient China and developed in Japan over many centuries. It stands about 9 in. (22.9 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs about 7 lb (3.2 kg). Its long...
4.

Read/Write Review

Asia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...China Sea, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and Bering...Geologically, Asia consists of ancient Precambrian landmasses the Arabian...and the islands of Taiwan and Japan) is located in the mid-latitudes...the small alluvial plains of Japan, and the fertile volcanic soils...
5.

Read/Write Review

Sumptuary Laws

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...overindulgence of luxury in diet and drink and extravagance in dress and mode of living. Such laws existed in ancient Greece and Rome, and in Japan they were applied to the peasant and commercial classes until the mid-19th cent. In the 14th and 15th...

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top

Search the Library:

Collection(s):

Your search for: ancient AND japan

Collection(s) searched : Entire Library

Found 10,155 results:

Books: 5,011

Journal Articles: 2,335

Magazine Articles: 1,635

Newspaper Articles: 1,090

Encyclopedia Articles: 84

Research Topics on: ancient japan

1 results - List All Research Topics

Books on: ancient japan

5,011 results - MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE BOOK RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Journal Articles on: ancient japan

2,335 results - MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE JOURNAL RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Magazine Articles on: ancient japan

1,635 results - MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE MAGAZINE RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Newspaper Articles on: ancient japan

1,090 results - MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE NEWSPAPER RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Encyclopedia Articles on: ancient japan

84 results - MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

MORE ENCYCLOPEDIA RESULTS: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>