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» Ancient Japan - Gives timeline and events during old Japanese history from approximately 10,000 B.C. to the end of the Heian Period in 1192 A.D.
» Crystalinks.com - Ancient Japan - Ancient Japan Haiku history and chronology.
» Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan - Includes 3 diaries written by women aristocracy, created around 1000 AD.
» East Asian History Sourcebook - Provides access to primary source texts from East Asian countries, particularly China, Japan, and Korea. Arranged by era from ancient history to post-World War II.
» Edo Japan - A Virtual Tour - Take a tour through Tokyo during the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, and learn about the history of Japan's greatest city. Illustrated by ukiyo-e images, the text discusses the traditions that underlie Japanese culture.
» Heian Japan - The great flowering of classical culture.
» History of Japan - William Gilmore - Outlines Japanese history through the Meiji period of restoration. Find links to major historical figures and events.
» History of Japan's Literature - Includes brief overviews of each period of Japanese literature from ancient times to present.
» History of Nara City - Ancient capital of Japan before Kyoto, offers tourist info, data base, guides to various facilities, city office, and city profile. In English and Japanese.
» History of Nara Prefecture - Includes a brief synopsis of ancient and prehistoric periods.
» Japan - The World History of Male Love - Discusses homosexual traditions among the Samurai class. Defines "wakashudo" and "nanshoku".
» Japan Information Network - Todaiji Temple - Temple complex in Nara, Japan includes the largest wooden building in the world. View the Great Buddha housed inside and learn about the complex's history.
» Japan of Today - Includes a brief history of Japan from ancient times through developments after 1945. Find geographical and topographical details as well.
» Japan, Inc. - The Emperor System and Japan's Royal Family - Offers an overview of the Japanese imperial system, with an emphasis on the modern emperors. Find a list of emperors dating back to the ancient times.
» Japanese Culture and Society - An analysis, and observation of Japanese culture, and society by a leading Japanese anthropologist.
» Japanese Rice Culture - The Misunderstood Philosophy of the Agrarian Past - Essay on ancient rituals and peasant society practices that became part of Japanese traditional culture and still influence present day rural society.
» Jimmu Tenno - From the Nihongi, Book III. A selection of events from the life of the legendary founder of Japan, Emperor Jimmu.
» Jo-Bo System of Heijo-Kyo - Brief discussion of ancient city planning, using Nara as the example. Illustrations of the original grid system and its remains.
» Kaido: The Ancient Roads of Japan - A kids' information site from the Nagano Olympics, has basic information on the establishment and use of roads from c. 700.
» Keyhole Tombs - Article on the kofun, or ancient burial mounds in Japan, with background information, history, timeline, types and characteristics.
» Nara Japan - The fundamental break between the aristocracy and the common people.
» Plurality in Japanese Society - Article discussing the geographical and historical backgrounds of the various elements in Japanese society. Emphasizes the Ainu of Hokkaido and the Ryukyuans of Okinawa, but touches on other non-mainstream peoples, and differences among the Japanese as w
» Ryukyu and Ainu Textiles - From the National Museum in Kyoto. With photos.
» Soramitsu - History and Geography of Nara - Tour the old capital with aerial photos and descriptions of prehistoric burial mounds, ancient city-planning, Edo-period maps and urbanization.
» Study of the Enoshima Engi - A study, including translation, of the Enoshima Engi, a 6th century dragon story by the 11th century Japanese monk Kokei. Finds Kokei's narrative is closer to history than myth.
» The Tale of Murasaki - Gives descriptions of chararacters in the famous Japanese story, as well as life in Heian Japan including period cosmetics, fashion, food, music, and religion. Authored by Liza Dalby, the only westerner to ever become a geisha.
» The Yamato State - The beginnings of the imperial system.
» Time Line of Japan - Chronological outline of the History of Japan.
» Women Warriors of Japan - Provides a history of women's role in Japanese martial arts from the ancient era until modern times.
» Women and Women's Communities in Ancient Japan - Summarizes the role and place of women in Japanese society, in pre-Nara Period, Nara Period, and Heian Period Japan.