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A list of key readings about History of Japan.

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## Contents

* 1 Surveys and reference
* 2 to 1860
* 3 1860 to 1945
* 3.1 Occupation: 1945-1952
* 4 Since 1952
* 4.1 Cultural history
* 5 Historiography
* 5.1 Primary sources

## Surveys and reference[edit]

* Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. (1999). 259 pp. excerpt and text search
* Beasley, W. G. The Modern History of Japan (1963) online edition
* Clement, Ernest Wilson. A Short History of Japan (1915), 190pp online edition
* Cullen, L. M. A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds (2003) online edition
* Edgerton, Robert B. Warriors of the Rising Sun: A History of the Japanese Military. (1999). 384 pp. excerpt and text search
* Goedertier Joseph M. A. Dictionary of Japanese History. 1968.
* Gordon, Andrew. A Modern History of Japan: From Tokugawa Times to the Present (2003) online edition; also excerpt and text search
* Hall John W. Japan: From Prehistory to Modern Times. 1970.
* Hane, Mikiso. Modern Japan: A Historical Survey 2nd ed Westview Press, 1992, 474pp online edition
* Huffman, James L., ed. Modern Japan: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Nationalism. (1998). 316 pp.
* Hunter Janet. Concise Dictionary of Modern Japanese History. 1984.
* Jansen, Marius B. The Making of Modern Japan (2002) excerpts and search online
* McClain, James L. Japan: A Modern History. (2001). 512 pp. excerpt and text search
* Mosk, Carl. Japanese Industrial History: Technology, Urbanization, and Economic Growth. M. E. Sharpe, 2001. 293 pp.
* Najita, Tetsuo. Japan: The Intellectual Foundations of Modern Japanese Politics (1980), 200 year interpretation excerpt and text search
* Perez, Louis G. The History of Japan (1998) 244pp online edition
* Perkins, Dorothy. Encyclopedia of Japan: Japanese History and Culture, from Abacus to Zori. (1991). 410 pp.
* Reischauer, Edwin O. Japan: The Story of a Nation. 1990.
* Reischauer, Edwin O., and Albert M. Craig. Japan, Tradition and Transformation 1978.
* Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. (2001). 395 pp.
* Stockwin, J. A. A. Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Japan. (2003). 291pp online edition
* Tipton, Elise. Modern Japan: A Social and Political History (2002) excerpt and text search
* Totman, Conrad. A History of Japan. (2nd ed. 2000). 620 pp.; stress on environment online excerpts and search
* Totman, Conrad. Early Modern Japan: A Short History (1995) excerpt and text search
* Totman, Conrad. Japan before Perry (2nd paperback ed. 2008) excerpt and text search
* Umesao, Tadao. An Ecological View of History: Japanese Civilization in the World Context. Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2003. 208 pp.

## to 1860[edit]

* Hall, John W. ed. Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. IV, Early Modern Japan. (1991). 831pp
* Hane, Mikiso. Premodern Japan: A Historical Survey (1991)
* Hayami, Akira; Saito, Osamu; and Toby, Ronald P., eds. The Economic History of Japan, 1600-1990. Vol. 1: Emergence of Economic Society in Japan, 1600-1859. (2004). 420 pp.
* Jansen, Marius B., ed. The Cambridge History of Japan. Vol. 5: The Nineteenth Century. (1989). 828 pp. excerpt and text search
* Sansom, Sir George B. A History of Japan, 3 vols. 1963, in dense, sophisticated prose excerpts and search vol 1 to 1334, excerpts and search vol 2 to 1615 excerpts and search vol 3 to 1867
* Totman, Conrad. "Tokugawa Peasants: Win, Lose, or Draw?" Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 41, No. 4. (Winter, 1986), pp. 457-476. in English; in JSTOR
* Wilson, George M. Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration. (1992). 201 pp.
* Yamamura Kozo, ed. Cambridge History of Japan, Vol. III. Medieval Japan. (1990).
* Yamamura, Kozo. "Toward a Reexamination of the Economic History of Tokugawa Japan, 1600-1867." Journal of Economic History 1973 33(3): 509-546. Issn: 0022-0507 Fulltext: in Jstor

## 1860 to 1945[edit]

* Cohen, Jerome B. Japan's Economy in War and Reconstruction (1949) 545 pp. online edition
* Dower, John W. War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific War. Pantheon, 1986. 398 pp. excerpt and text search
* Duus, Peter, ed. The Cambridge History of Japan: Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century. (1989). 866 pp.
* Ericson, Steven J. The Sound of the Whistle: Railroads and the State in Meiji Japan. (1996). 506 pp.
* Iriye, Akira. Power and Culture: The Japanese-American War, 1941-1945 (1981),
* Jansen, Marius B. and Rozman, Gilbert, eds. Japan in Transition, from Tokugawa to Meiji. (1986). 485 pp. modernization models
* Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World , 1852-1912. (2002). 928 pp.
* LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. (1997). 544 pp.
* Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. Palgrave, 2001. 395 pp.
* Sugihara, Kaoru. Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949 - Vol. 1 (2005) online edition

#### Occupation: 1945-1952[edit]

* Buckley, Roger. Occupation Diplomacy: Britain, the United States and Japan, 1945-1952. (1982). 294 pp.
* Cohen, Jerome B. Japan's Economy in War and Reconstruction (1949) 545 pp. online edition
* Cohen, Theodore. Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal. (1987). 526 pp.
* Dower, John W. Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. (1999). 688 pp. excerpt and text search
* Eldridge, Robert. The Origins of the Bilateral Okinawa Problem: Okinawa in Postwar US-Japan Relations, 1945-1952 (2001) excerpt and text search
* Finn, Richard B. Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan. (1992). 413 pp. excerpt and text search
* Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 (1996)
* Harvey, Robert. American Shogun: General MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito, and the Drama of Modern Japan. (2006). 480 pp.
* Hellegers, Dale M. We, the Japanese People: World War II and the Origins of the Japanese Constitution. (2 vol. 2002). 826 pp.
* Hewes Jr., Laurence I. Japan -- Land and Men: An Account of the Japanese Land Reform Program, 1945-51 154 pgs. (1955) online edition
* Hirano, Kyoko. Mr. Smith Goes to Tokyo: The Japanese Cinema under the American Occupation, 1945-1952. (1992). 400 pp.
* Koseki, Shoichi. The Birth of Japan's Postwar Constitution. (1997). 257 pp online edition
* Koshiro, Yukiko. Trans-Pacific Racisms and the U.S. Occupation of Japan. (1999). 295 pp.
* Molasky, Michael S. The American Occupation of Japan and Okinawa: Literature and Memory. (1999). 244 pp.
* Moore, Ray A. and Robinson, Donald L. Partners for Democracy: Crafting the New Japanese State under MacArthur. (2002). 409 pp.
* Orbaugh, Sharalyn. Japanese Fiction of the Allied Occupation: Vision, Embodiment, Identity. (2007). 515 pp.
* Sandler, Mark, ed. The Confusion Era: Art and Culture in Japan during the Allied Occupation, 1945-52. (1998). 112 pp.
* Schonberger, Howard B. Aftermath of War: Americans and the Remaking of Japan, 1945-1952 (1989)
* Schaller, Michael. The American Occupation of Japan: The Origins of the Cold War in Asia (1987) excerpt and text searcj
* Shibata, Masako. Japan and Germany under the US Occupation: A Comparative Analysis of Post-War Education Reform. (2005). 212 pp.
* Sodei, Rinjiro. Dear General MacArthur: Letters from the Japanese during the American Occupation. (2001). 308 pp., primary sources
* Takemae, Eiji. Inside GHQ: The Allied Occupation of Japan and Its Legacy. (2002). 800 pp.
* VanStaaveren, Jacob. An American in Japan, 1945-1948: A Civilian View of the Occupation. (1995). 286 pp. primary course
* Ward, Robert E. and Yoshikazu, Sakamoto. Democratizing Japan: The Allied Occupation. (1987). 456 pp.
* Williams, Justin, Sr. Japan's Political Revolution Under MacArthur: A Participant's Account. (1979). 317 pp. primary source
* Yoshida, Shigeru. The Yoshida Memoirs: The Story of Japan in Crisis 1961, primary source online edition

## Since 1952[edit]

* Allinson, Gary D. Japan's Postwar History. (2nd ed 2004). 208 pp. excerpt and text search
* Duus, Peter, ed. The Cambridge History of Japan: Vol. 6: The Twentieth Century. (1989). 866 pp.
* Hane, Mikiso. Eastern Phoenix: Japan since 1945 (1996) online edition
* LaFeber, Walter. The Clash: A History of U.S.-Japan Relations. (1997). 544 pp.
* Ohtsu, Makoto. Inside Japanese Business: A Narrative History, 1960-2000. (2002). 459 pp.

online edition

* Sims, Richard. Japanese Political History since the Meiji Renovation, 1868-2000. Palgrave, 2001. 395 pp.
* Sugihara, Kaoru. Japan, China, and the Growth of the Asian International Economy, 1850-1949 - Vol. 1 (2005) online edition
* Sumiya, Mikio, ed. A History of Japanese Trade and Industry Policy. (2000). 662 pp.

### Cultural history[edit]

* Dumoulin, Heinrich. Zen Buddhism: A History. Vol. 2. Japan. (1989). 509 pp.
* Duus, Peter, ed. The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents. (1997). 226 pp.
* Earhart, H. Byron. Japanese Religion: Unity and Diversity (1974).
* Guttmann, Allen and Thompson, Lee. Japanese Sports: A History. (2001). 368 pp.
* Harootunian, Harry. History's Disquiet: Modernity, Cultural Practice, and the Question of Everyday Life. (2000). 182 pp.
* Keene, Donald. Japanese Literature: An Introduction for Western Readers (1955)
* Morris, Ivan. The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan (1964)
* Kitagawa Joseph M. Religion in Japanese History. 1966.
* Kuitert, Wybe. Themes in the History of Japanese Garden Art (2002). 283 pp.
* Leiter, Samuel L. A Kabuki Reader: History and Performance. (2002). 430 pp.
* Mason, Penelope. History of Japanese Art. (1993). 431 pp.
* Morris-Suzuki, Tessa. A History of Japanese Economic Thought (1991) online edition
* Munsterberg, Hugo. The Arts of Japan: An Illustrated History (1957)
* Roberts, Laurance P. A. Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Tokyo: 1976.
* Sansom, Sir George B. Japan, A Short Cultural History. 1978\. online edition
* Siever, Sharon Flowers in Salt: The Beginning of Feminine Consciousness in Modern Japan (1983)
* Standish, Isolde. A New History of Japanese Cinema: A Century of Narrative Film. (2005). 452 pp.
* Wakabayashi, Bob Tadashi. Modern Japanese Thought. (1998). 403 pp. excerpt and text search

## Historiography[edit]

* Allinson, Gary D. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History. (1999). 259 pp. excerpt and text search
* Beasley W. G., and E. G. Pulleyblank, eds. Historians of China and Japan. 1961\. online edition
* Hardacre, Helen and Kern, Adam L., eds. New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan. (1997). 782 pp.

### Primary sources[edit]

* Cook, Haruko Taya and Cook, Theodore F. eds. Japan at War: An Oral History. (1992). 504 pp., World War II homefront excerpt and text search
* Huffman, James L. ed. Modern Japan: A History in Documents (2004)
* Tsunoda, Ryusaku, W. T. de Bary, and Donald Keene, eds. Sources of Japanese Tradition. 1958.
* Yoshida, Shigeru. The Yoshida Memoirs: The Story of Japan in Crisis 1961, on Occupation, 1945-51 online edition