| PART I |
| FROM THE FOUNDING OF THE EMPIRE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT |
| OF FEUDAL RÉGIME. 660 B.C.-1186 A.D. |
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| CHAPTER | | PAGE |
| I. | The Mythical Age | 3 |
| II. | The Beginning of the Empire. 660 B.C.-192 A.D. | 6 |
| III. | Relations with Korea and China. 192-645 A.D. | 12 |
| IV. | The Taikwa Reform. 645-708 A.D. | 22 |
| V. | The Nara Epoch. 710-794 A.D. | 31 |
| VI. | The Hei-an Epoch. 794-1186 A.D. | 38 |
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| PART II |
| THE FEUDAL AGES. 1186-1868 |
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| VII. | The Kamakura Government. 1186-1339 | 65 |
| VIII. | The Temporary Restoration of Imperial Power. 1339-1393 | 83 |
| IX. | The Muromachi Period. 1393-1573 | 92 |
| X. | Internal Peace and External War. 1573-1603 | 109 |
| XI. | The Foundation of the Edo Government. 1603-1651 | 122 |
| XII. | The Decline of the Edo Government. 1651-1837 | 140 |
| XIII. | The Fall of the Edo Government. 1837-1868 | 155 |
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| PART III |
| THE NEW JAPAN. 1868-1893 |
|
| XIV. | Internal Affairs. 1868-1893 | 173 |
| XV. | Foreign Relations. 1868-1893 | 188 |
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| PART IV |
| APPENDIX. 1893- |
|
| XVI. | The Constitution in Theory and in Practice. 1893-1906 | 199 |
| XVII. | Parties and Politics. 1893-1906 | 213 |
| XVIII. | Economic Progress. 1893-1906 | 242 |
| XIX. | The Chino-Japanese War. 1894-1895 | 252 |
| XX. | Japan and Russia in Korea and Manchuria. 1893-1904 | 275 |
| XXI. | The Russo-Japanese War and its Aftermath. 1904-. | 303 |
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| Bibliography | | 331 |
| Index | | 337 |
