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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

xi

THE RANGE OF IDEALS

1

THE PRIMITIVE ART OF JAPAN

14

CONFUCIANISM--NORTHERN CHINA

28

LAOISM AND TAOISM--SOUTHERN CHINA

43

BUDDHISM AND INDIAN ART

62

THE ASUKA PERIOD (550-700 A.D.)

83

THE NARA PERIOD (700-800 A.D.)

108

THE HEIAN PERIOD (800-900 A.D.)

128

THE FUJIWARA PERIOD (900-1200 A.D.)

141

THE KAMAKURA PERIOD (1200-1400 A.D.)

153

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ASHIKAGA PERIOD (1400-1600 A.D.)

163

TOYOTOMI AND EARLY TOKUGAWA PERIOD (1600-1700 A.D.)

185

LATER TOKUGAWA PERIOD (1700-1850 A.D.)

195

THE MEIJI PERIOD (1850 TO THE PRESENT DAY)

205

THE VISTA

236

 


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