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Index
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PLATES
LINE DRAWINGS by KIKUCHI YÔSAI (1788–1878)
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE BIRTH OF THE MIDDLE AGES
JAPAN AT THE DAWN OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY
MEDIEVAL JAPAN
THE COURT AT KYÔTO
CHAPTER TWO MEDIEVAL MAN
BIRTH
THE WORLD OF CHILDHOOD
COMING OF AGE
MARRIAGE
THE AGES OF MAN
DEATH
THE FAMILY SYSTEM
WOMEN IN THE MIDDLE AGES
LOVE
THE FAMILY ECONOMY
SUCCESSION
JUSTICE
CHAPTER THREE DAILY NEEDS
FOOD
DIET OF THE SAMURAI AND SOLDIERS
DRESS OF THE NOBILITY
DRESS OF THE COMMONERS
MAKE-UP
HYGIENE
TRAVEL
CHAPTER FOUR THE CITY
KYOTO, IMPERIAL CITY
KAMAKURA, SHÔGUNAL CITY
OTHER CITIES
HOUSES
GARDENS
COMMONERS’ HOUSES IN THE TOWNS
DOMESTIC LIFE
CHAPTER FIVE THE COUNTRY
FARMER AND SETTING
THE VILLAGE
RURAL LIFE
SEASONS AND OCCUPATIONS
SPRING
SUMMER
AUTUMN
WINTER
FISHERMEN
CHAPTER SIX OCCUPATIONS AND CRAFTS
DOCTORS AND CRAFTSMEN
SCIENCE
TRADE
CHAPTER SEVEN WAR AND WARRIORS
THE WARRIOR OF THE MIDDLE AGES
FOOT-SOLDIERS
THE SHÔGUN AND HIS VASSALS
THE WARRIOR CODE
THE SETTING OF THE WARRIOR’S LIFE
EQUIPMENT
WAR
CHAPTER VIII RELIGION
RELIGIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
AMIDISM
NICHIREN THE REFORMER
ZEN
SHINTÔ
CONFUCIANISM
MONKS AND MONASTERIES
THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY
CHAPTER IX THE SPIRIT OF MEDIEVAL JAPAN
JAPANESE CULTURE
MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SCULPTURE AND PAINTING
LITERATURE AND POETRY
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. Untranslated Japanese Works
B. Translations of Texts
C. Sundry Books
NOTES
LIST OF SHÔGUN, REGENTS AND DICTATORS FROM 1185 TO 1603
HISTORICAL PERIODS OF JAPAN
JAPANESE CURRENCY, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (TWELFTH TO SIXTEENTH CENTURIES)
INDEX
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