CONTENTS 
Preface xiii 
Acknowledgments xvii 
Note on Names and Romanization xviii 
1. SEKIGAHARA 1
2. THE TOKUGAWA STATE 32 
3. FOREIGN RELATIONS 63 
4. STATUS GROUPS 96 
5. URBANIZATION AND COMMUNICATIONS 127 
6. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASS CULTURE 159  
7. EDUCATION, THOUGHT, AND RELIGIOM 187 
8. CHANGE, PROTEST, AND REFORM 223 
9. THE OPENING TO THE WORLD 257 
10. THE TOKUGAWA FALL 294 
11. THE MEIJI REYOLUTION 333 
12. BUILDING THE MEIJI STATE 371 
13. IMPERIAL JAPAN 414 
14. MEIJI CULTURE 456 
15. JAPAN BETWEEN THE WARS 495 
16. TAISHO CULTURE AND SOCIETY 537 
17. THE CHINA WAR 576 
18. THE PACIFIC WAR 625 
19. THE YOSHIDA YEARS 675 
20. JAPAN SINCE INDEPENDENCE 715
Further Reading 769 
Notes 795 
Credits 841 
Index 843