This book spans thousands of years from the mythological era to the end of the Meiji Restoration. It is divided into legend and truth, great innovation, Nara, tang style, elegant Heian dynasty, social official politics and courtyard politics, Yuan Ping rebellion, Kamakura shogunate and Kitajo family, attack of Yuan army and sunset of shogunate, ups and downs of turbulent Southern and Northern Dynasties, Muromachi shogunate, the situation of Warring States, the two hundred years of Edo, the land of reform and so on. Among them, the Warring States period is the most important part of this book. Its large space and large amount of information are sure to make fans of the Warring States enjoy themselves.
To be honest, in fact, I think the history of the Warring States in Japan is the most exciting. Many heroes, such as Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nobunaga Oda, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Takeda Shingen, also have many novels of the same name.
Talking about the Japanese nation and society depends on the chrysanthemum knife. Chrysanthemum and Knife was originally an investigation and analysis report by American anthropologist ruth benedict, who was ordered by the American government to analyze Japanese society and Japanese nation, aiming at guiding the United States to control Japan after the defeat. 1946 was officially published, and the Japanese version was 1948, which caused strong repercussions in the United States and Japan. Mr. Jin Kemu specially recommended this book and affirmed the research results of this female scholar. In fact, the U.S. government's postwar policy toward Japan and Japan's corresponding response are basically consistent with the analysis in this book. It can be described as a guide book for the United States to transform Japan and analyze Japan. This book is also regarded as a must-read for studying Japanese national character and an outstanding example of the direct application of social science research to political practice.