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The author provides evidence through a wide selection of source readings on Japanese history, society, politics, education, philosophy, and religion [1]. These readings are presented in a revised and retranslated second edition of "Sources of Japanese Tradition" [1].
The evidence includes new additions such as readings on early and medieval Shinto, the tea ceremony, state Buddhism, and Chinese political thought influential in Japan [1]. Additionally, there are sections on women's education, medieval innovations in the uses of history, and laws and precepts of the medieval warrior houses [1]. These selections are intended to shed light on the development of Japanese civilization in its own terms [1].
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Title: Sources of Japanese Tradition by Wm. Theodore De Bary, Carol Gluck, Arthur Tiedemann Description: Sources 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…
nd will continue to assist generations of students and lay readers in understanding Japanese culture. Categories: History Pages: 556 Snippet: 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.