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Ancient Japan Outlines the major developments of the Jomon through the Nara periods. Mentions important figures and dates. http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/churchill/japan.htm - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCJAPAN/ANJAPAN1.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Crystalinks.com - Ancient Japan Ancient Japan Haiku history and chronology. http://www.crystalinks.com/japan.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan Includes 3 diaries written by women aristocracy, created around 1000 AD. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/omori/court/court.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/eastasia/eastasiasbook.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/ - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Heian Japan The great flowering of classical culture. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/HEIAN.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   History of Japan - William Gilmore Outlines Japanese history through the Meiji period of restoration. Find links to major historical figures and events. http://loki.stockton.edu/~gilmorew/consorti/1ceasia.htm - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   History of Japan's Literature Includes brief overviews of each period of Japanese literature from ancient times to present. http://www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jliterature.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   History of Nara Prefecture Includes a brief synopsis of ancient and prehistoric periods. http://www.pref.nara.jp/pro-e/rekishi.htm - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Japan - The World History of Male Love Discusses homosexual traditions among the Samurai class. Defines "wakashudo" and "nanshoku". http://www.androphile.org/preview/Culture/Japan/japan.htm - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://home.worldcom.ch/~negenter/473bTx_E01.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Jimmu Tenno From the Nihongi, Book III. A selection of events from the life of the legendary founder of Japan, Emperor Jimmu. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/JIMMU.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/nagano/atlas/a-8.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Keyhole Tombs Article on the kofun, or ancient burial mounds in Japan, with background information, history, timeline, types and characteristics. http://www.ozlab.osakac.ac.jp/KOFUN_E/ - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Nara Japan The fundamental break between the aristocracy and the common people. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/NARA.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www2.gol.com/users/bartraj/goddessindex-1.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.taleofmurasaki.com/ - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   The Yamato State The beginnings of the imperial system. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/YAMATO.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Women and Women's Communities in Ancient Japan An essay on the historical role of women in ancient Japan, including an extended discussion of the life and thought of Heian women based on their diaries and other literary works. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/WOMEN.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   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. http://www.wsu.edu:8001/~dee/ANCJAPAN/WOMEN.HTM - Rate It | Review It | Travel details   Women Warriors of Japan Provides a history of women's role in Japanese martial arts from the ancient era until modern times. http://www.koryubooks.com/Library/wwj1.html - Rate It | Review It | Travel details

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