Outline History of Japan

1. 1 Introduction: Why Study Japanese History?Read by Kazbek 27m
2. 2 Chapter I. PreliminariesRead by Cavaet 26m
3. 3 Chapter II. Origin, Race and LanguageRead by Sean Winchell 17m
4. 4 Chapter III. Mythical JapanRead by Sean Winchell 18m
5. 5 Chapter IV. Legendary JapanRead by magpie42 38m
6. 6 Chapter V. Primitive JapanRead by Seraphina 15m
7. 7 Chapter VI. The Protohistoric AgeRead by Seraphina 21m
8. 8 Chapter VII. The Coming of BuddhismRead by Victor Dorff 21m
9. 9 Chapter VIII. The Great ReformRead by Cavaet 22m
10. 10 Chapter IX. "The Great Discovery"Read by Cavaet 6m
11. 11 Chapter X. The Nara PeriodRead by mildmeme 24m
12. 12 Chapter XI. The Capital Moves to KyotoRead by mildmeme 34m
13. 13 Chapter XII. Taira versus MinamotoRead by mildmeme 32m
14. 14 Chapter XIII. The Hojo Regency (1199-1333)Read by Larry Wilson 30m
15. 15 Chapter XIV. The Hojo CultureRead by Kazbek 27m
16. 16 Chapter XV. The Ashikaga ShogunsRead by Cavaet 26m
17. 17 Chapter XVI. The Coming of the ForeignerRead by Louise J. Belle 36m
18. 18 Chapter XVII. The Era of Military DictatorshipRead by Larry Wilson 26m
19. 19 Chapter XVIII. The Regency of HideyoshiRead by Cavaet 26m
20. 20 Chapter XIX. The First Tokugawa ShogunRead by Cavaet 40m
21. 21 Chapter XX. The First Successors of Iyeyasu (1605-1651)Read by Larry Wilson 20m
22. 22 Chapter XXI. Iyetsuna to Iyetsugu (1651-1716)Read by Larry Wilson 25m
23. 23 Chapter XXII. From Yoshimune to Iyeharu (1716-1786)Read by Larry Wilson 19m
24. 24 Chapter XXIII. Iyenari to the Coming of Perry (1787-1853)Read by Luke Oldham 34m
25. 25 Chapter XXIV. The Reopening of Japan (1853-1854)Read by Luke Oldham 40m
26. 26 Chapter XXV. The Beginnings of MeijiRead by Nadhifa A 51m
27. 27 Chapter XXVI. The Era of ExpansionRead by Kay Dropiewski 38m
28. 28 Chapter XXVII. The Last Years of MeijiRead by hearmeout7 23m
29. 29 Chapter XXVIII. The New Era of TaishoRead by Seraphina 38m
30. 30 Chapter XXIX. Aftermaths of the Great WarRead by Elsie Selwyn 28m
31. 31 Chapter XXX. The Great Earthquake and AfterRead by Elsie Selwyn 28m
32. 32 Chapter XXXI. The Beginning of ShowaRead by Nadhifa A 26m
33. 33 Appendix I. Constitution of the Empire of JapanRead by Cbteddy 15m
34. 34 Appendix II. First Treaty between Japan and the United States, 1854Read by Nadhifa A 9m
35. 35 Appendix III. Anglo-Japanese Treaty of January 30, 1902Read by czandra 3m
36. 36 Appendix IV. Agreement between Japan and the United KingdomRead by czandra 5m
37. 37 Appendix V. The Gentlemen's AgreementRead by Victor Dorff 2m
38. 38 Appendix VI. Convention Embodying Basic Rules of the Relations between Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsRead by Victor Dorff 7m

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