{"product_id":"sources-of-japanese-tradition-from-earliest-times-to-1600-9780231121392","title":"Sources of Japanese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600","description":"\u003cp\u003eSources of Japanese Tradition is a best-selling classic, unrivaled for its wide selection of source readings on history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion in the Land of the Rising Sun. In this long-awaited second edition, the editors have revised or retranslated most of the texts in the original 1958 edition, and added a great many selections not included or translated before. They have also restructured volume 1 to span the period from the early Japanese chronicles to the end of the sixteenth century. New additions include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* readings on early and medieval Shinto and on the tea ceremony, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* readings on state Buddhism and Chinese political thought influential in Japan, and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* sections on women's education, medieval innovations in the uses of history, and laws and precepts of the medieval warrior houses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTogether, the selections shed light on the development of Japanese civilization in its own terms, without reference to Western parallels, and will continue to assist generations of students and lay readers in understanding Japanese culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWm. Theodore de Bary\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-2017) was John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus and provost emeritus of Columbia University. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMessage of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Learning for One's Self\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eSources of Japanese Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSources of Korean Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Columbia University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarol Gluck\u003c\/b\u003e is the George Sansom Professor of History at Columbia University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eJapan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eArthur Tiedemann\u003c\/b\u003e is a member of the Society of Senior Scholars at the Heyman Centre for the Humanities, Columbia University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eModern Japan: A Brief History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318552760594,"sku":"9780231121392","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_25f62c3f-e9c1-4616-9077-323e08d1fba1.jpg?v=1727557306","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sources-of-japanese-tradition-from-earliest-times-to-1600-9780231121392","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}