Outline History of Japan

Herbert Henry Gowen

Play

Length

15 h 40 min

Chapters

37

Language

English

Genre

Middle Ages/Middle History, Early Modern, Modern (19th C)

First published

1927

Chapters

1. 1 Introduction: Why Study Japanese History?Read by Kazbek 27:17
2. 2 Chapter II. Origin, Race and LanguageRead by Sean Winchell 17:02
3. 3 Chapter III. Mythical JapanRead by Sean Winchell 18:17
4. 4 Chapter IV. Legendary JapanRead by magpie42 38:58
5. 5 Chapter V. Primitive JapanRead by Seraphina 15:06
6. 6 Chapter VI. The Protohistoric AgeRead by Seraphina 21:28
7. 7 Chapter VII. The Coming of BuddhismRead by Victor Dorff 21:05
8. 8 Chapter VIII. The Great ReformRead by Cavaet 22:11
9. 9 Chapter IX. "The Great Discovery"Read by Cavaet 6:28
10. 10 Chapter X. The Nara PeriodRead by mildmeme 24:17
11. 11 Chapter XI. The Capital Moves to KyotoRead by mildmeme 34:30
12. 12 Chapter XII. Taira versus MinamotoRead by mildmeme 32:05
13. 13 Chapter XIII. The Hojo Regency (1199-1333)Read by Larry Wilson 30:48
14. 14 Chapter XIV. The Hojo CultureRead by Kazbek 27:56
15. 15 Chapter XV. The Ashikaga ShogunsRead by Cavaet 26:36
16. 16 Chapter XVI. The Coming of the ForeignerRead by Louise J. Belle 36:50
17. 17 Chapter XVII. The Era of Military DictatorshipRead by Larry Wilson 26:31
18. 18 Chapter XVIII. The Regency of HideyoshiRead by Cavaet 26:27
19. 19 Chapter XIX. The First Tokugawa ShogunRead by Cavaet 40:03
20. 20 Chapter XX. The First Successors of Iyeyasu (1605-1651)Read by Larry Wilson 20:11
21. 21 Chapter XXI. Iyetsuna to Iyetsugu (1651-1716)Read by Larry Wilson 25:24
22. 22 Chapter XXII. From Yoshimune to Iyeharu (1716-1786)Read by Larry Wilson 19:25
23. 23 Chapter XXIII. Iyenari to the Coming of Perry (1787-1853)Read by Luke Oldham 34:40
24. 24 Chapter XXIV. The Reopening of Japan (1853-1854)Read by Luke Oldham 40:25
25. 25 Chapter XXV. The Beginnings of MeijiRead by Nadhifa A 51:19
26. 26 Chapter XXVI. The Era of ExpansionRead by Kay Dropiewski 38:33
27. 27 Chapter XXVII. The Last Years of MeijiRead by hearmeout7 23:28
28. 28 Chapter XXVIII. The New Era of TaishoRead by Seraphina 38:46
29. 29 Chapter XXIX. Aftermaths of the Great WarRead by Elsie Selwyn 28:21
30. 30 Chapter XXX. The Great Earthquake and AfterRead by Elsie Selwyn 28:44
31. 31 Chapter XXXI. The Beginning of ShowaRead by Nadhifa A 26:32
32. 32 Appendix I. Constitution of the Empire of JapanRead by Cbteddy 15:35
33. 33 Appendix II. First Treaty between Japan and the United States, 1854Read by Nadhifa A 9:30
34. 34 Appendix III. Anglo-Japanese Treaty of January 30, 1902Read by czandra 3:20
35. 35 Appendix IV. Agreement between Japan and the United KingdomRead by czandra 5:25
36. 36 Appendix V. The Gentlemen's AgreementRead by Victor Dorff 2:03
37. 37 Appendix VI. Convention Embodying Basic Rules of the Relations between Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsRead by Victor Dorff 7:26

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