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You will enjoy this if you like sweeping national histories and want one clear path from the age of the gods to the Meiji constitution.
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What happens when a government decides to tell its own country's story? In 1893 Japan did exactly that. Japanese scholars compiled a history of their empire for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and it treats the imperial line as the thread through every age.
This volume revises that account, and the editor K. Asakawa, who taught Japanese civilization at Yale, adds a fourth part that reaches the war with Russia. You meet regents, shoguns, monks and admirals. It begins with a goddess who hides in a cave and plunges the heavens into darkness.
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- 1Myth gives the empire its first claimFree
- 2Jimmu's march founds a loosely held realm
- 3Korea and China bring writing and Buddhism
- 4The Taikwa Reform copies China's state
- 5Nara and Kyoto build a refined court
- 6Warrior clans seize power in the provinces
- 7Mongols, rival courts and a century of war
- 8Three unifiers end war and close the gates
- 9Perry's squadron brings down the shogunate
- 10New Japan builds a constitution and wins wars
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Myth gives the empire its first claim
The book opens with the Age of the Deities. The gods Izanagi and Izanami create the islands of Japan and give birth to the goddess Amaterasu and the gods Tsukiyomi and Susanoo.
Susanoo behaves so wildly that his sister Amaterasu shuts herself in a cave. Darkness covers the world until the other deities coax her out. Then she sends her grandson Ninigi to rule Japan for as long as heaven and earth endure. She gives him a jewel, a mirror and a sword, and these relics pass from emperor to emperor.
The editor warns that the oldest chronicles were compiled from oral tradition long after the events, and that dates before the fifth century allow wide latitude. Read the myths as a statement of what the nation believed about its rulers.
Takeaway: the myths explain why Japan's rulers claimed divine descent, not what happened in remote times.
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- LengthAbout 121,100 words
- Reading timeAbout 8 h 30 min
Questions about Japón: de la Historia del Gobierno japonés
What is Japan: From the Japanese Government History about?
It follows Japan from its creation myths and first emperor to the Meiji constitution and the Russo-Japanese War. It covers courts, shoguns, foreign contact, the fall of Edo rule and the rise of a modern state.
Who wrote the Japanese Government History and who was K. Asakawa?
A team of Japanese scholars compiled the original in 1893 for the Chicago exposition. Kanichi Asakawa, who taught Japanese civilization at Yale, revised it and wrote the final part on events after 1893.
What do shogun, Taikwa and Meiji mean in this book?
A shogun is the military ruler who governs in the emperor's name. Taikwa means Great Change and names the reforms of 645. Meiji is the era name of the emperor who restored direct imperial rule in 1868.
Why is this history worth reading today?
It shows how Japan understood its own past around 1900. Short chapters, clear sequences of events and many named people let you follow feudal Japan, opening to the West and the wars that shaped modern Asia.
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Japan: From the Japanese Government History. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/japan-from-the-japanese-government-history.
Japan: From the Japanese government history. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/japan-from-the-japanese-government-history
Japan: From the Japanese Government History. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/japan-from-the-japanese-government-history.
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