The green archipelago : forestry in preindustrial Japan / by Totman, Conrad D.

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The unnamable archipelago : wounds of the postcolonial in postwar Japanese literature and thought / by Gabrakova, Dennitza

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Toxic archipelago : a history of industrial disease in Japan / by Walker, Brett L., 1967-

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The Green Archipelago : Forestry in Pre-Industrial Japan. by Totman, Conrad D.

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Building a new Japan; a plan for remodeling the Japanese Archipelago, by Tanaka, Kakuei, 1918-

Archaeology and history of Toraijin human, technological, and cultural flow from the Korean Peninsula to the Japanese Archipelago c. 800 BC-AD 600 / by Rhee, Song Nai, 1935-, Aikens, C. Melvin, Barnes, Gina Lee

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Imagined families, lived families : culture and kinship in contemporary Japan /

Table of Contents: “…Nationality and citizenship at the edge of the Japanese archipelago /…”
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Land, power, and the sacred : the estate system in medieval Japan /

Table of Contents: “…Nyoin power, estates, and the Taira influence: trading networks within and beyond the archipelago /…”
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The origins of banana-fibre cloth in the Ryukyus, Japan / by Hendrickx, Katrien

Table of Contents: “…Bashōfu in the Ryukyu archipelago today -- pt. 5. Conclusions.…”
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To the ends of Japan : premodern frontiers, boundaries, and interactions / by Batten, Bruce Loyd

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Rethinking Japanese history / by Amino, Yoshihiko, 1928-2004

Table of Contents: “…; The maritime view of the Japanese archipelago ; The world of the Shōen Estate and government lands ; Bandits, pirates, merchants, and financiers ; Rethinking Japanese society -- Book two. …”

Public policy and economic competition in Japan : change and continuity in antimonopoly policy, 1973-1995 / by Beeman, Michael L., 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Series editor's preface; Preface; Notes on Japanese usage; List of abbreviations; Introduction; The historical context; The Fair Trade Commission; Remodeling the cartel archipelago; Policy in the political arena: revision of the Antimonopoly Law; The problem of structurally depressed industries; Solidifying and expanding the policy base; Gaiatsu as a source of policy change; The response to collusion in the construction industry; Conclusion: Japanese antimonopoly politics; Notes; Index.…”
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Bringing whales ashore : oceans and the environment of early modern Japan / by Arch, Jakobina K.

Table of Contents: “…Foreword : The aquamarine archipelago / by Paul S. Sutter -- Acknowledgments -- Note on the text -- Maps of whaling areas -- Introduction -- Seeing from the sea : a whale's-eye view of Japan -- Bringing whales ashore, whalers offshore : coastal networks and the history of whaling -- Moving whales from coasts to mountains : the circulation and use of whale products -- Seeding stories : whales as cultural and scholarly inspiration -- Memorializing whales : religious and spiritual responses to whale death -- Conclusion. …”
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Burial mounds in Europe and Japan comparative and contextual perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; Burial Mounds in Europe and Japan: An Introduction -- by Werner Steinhaus and Thomas Knopf; Hallstatt Burial Mounds Then and Now: Excavations and Changing Images in the History of Research -- by Nils Müller-Scheeßel; Excavating the Mounded Tombs of the Kofun Period of the Japanese Archipelago: A History of Research and Methods -- by Tatsuo NAKAKUBO; Bronze Age Burial Mounds in Northern and Central Europe: Their Origins and the Development of Diversity in Time and Space -- by Frank Nikulka; Emergence and Development of Burial Mounds in the Yayoi Period -- by Hisashi NOJIMA; Princes, Chiefs or Big Men? …”
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Women in Japanese religions / by Ambros, Barbara, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…-- The prehistorical Japanese archipelago: Fertility cults and shaman queens -- Ancient Japanese mythology: Female divinities and immortals -- The introduction of Buddhism: Nuns, lay patrons, and popular devotion -- The Heian period: Women in Buddhism and court ritual -- The medieval period: Buddhist reform movements and the demonization of femininity -- The Edo period: Confucianism, nativism, and popular religion -- Imperial Japan: Good wives and wise mothers -- The postwar period: Nostalgia, religion, and the reinvention of femininity -- The lost decades: Gender and religion in flux.…”
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Networks of faith and profit : monks, merchants, and exchanges between China and Japan, 839-1403 CE / by Li, Yiwen, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Buddhist Trade Networks in East Asia -- Replacing Tributary Relations: The Reciprocal Collaboration between Monks and Merchants, 839-900 -- Not Only for the Dharma: Pilgrim Monks as Intermediaries between China and Japan, 900-1100 -- Building a Base for Trade: The "Chinese Quarter" in Hakata, 1100-1200 -- Transporting Goods and Faith: The Economic Privileges of the Religious Network, 1200-1270 -- Sending Ships to China to Finance Monastery Construction: Trade between the Mongol Empire and the Japanese Archipelago, 1270-1368 -- Resuming Tribute Relations and the Aftermath of the Religio commercial Network, 1368-1403.…”
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Environment and society in the Japanese islands : from prehistory to the present /

Table of Contents: “…Lay of the Land : Geology and Topography -- Vulnerable Japan : The Tectonic Setting of Life in the Archipelago / Gina L. Barnes -- Settlement Patterns and Environment of Heiji-kyo, an Ancient Capital City Site in Japan / Tatsunori Kawasumi -- Earthquakes as Social Drama in the Tokugawa Period / Gregory Smits -- Part II. …”
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Japan--change and continuity /

Table of Contents: “…8 Crusaders of the lost archipelago: the changing relationships between environmental NGOs and government in Japan9 Immigration and citizenship in contemporary Japan; 10 The reformatting of Japan for the people: science, technology and the new economy; 11 Japanese 'Education Reform': the plan for the twenty-first century; 12 Conclusion; Index…”
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The archaeology of Japan : from the earliest rice farming villages to the rise of the state / by Mizoguchi, Kōji, 1963-

Japan to 1600 : a social and economic history / by Farris, William Wayne

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