A Handbook of Modern Japan

Chapter 19: BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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The work surveys Japan’s physical geography, economy, transport, daily life, customs, and national character, then reviews both older and modern history alongside constitutional, local, and legal institutions. It examines religion, philosophy, literature, education, aesthetics, social change, and the role of women, and it assesses Japan’s international position including wartime and expansion topics. The author presents social transformation as largely government-directed, with conservative popular attitudes contrasted against progressive official reforms. Organized into concise chapters with maps, illustrations, and bibliographies, the volume functions as a compact handbook offering an overview of contemporary conditions and references for further study.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Griffis, in his “Japan in History, Folk-lore, and Art,” gives interesting glimpses of Japanese history; and many other works on Japan present a brief treatment of this subject. Clement’s Hildreth’s “Japan as it Was and Is” is especially valuable for the period of seclusion. Knapp’s “Feudal and Modern Japan” is instructive in its contrasts. The Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan abound in valuable material. For a single volume on this subject, Murray’s “Japan” in the series of “The Stories of the Nations” or Longford’s “Story of Old Japan” is the best. Murdoch’s “History of Japan” in three volumes, of which two have been published, is the most authoritative.