Japan. Its Histaory and Culture, Azja
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//-->JAPANITS HISTORY AND CULTUREFrontispiece:Sword guard (tsuba), eighteenth century; copper and other alloys with goldincrustation. Ht., 31/16in.A general (left) is bracing his bow against a rock, while a soldier looks on and anothersoldier holds a standard. The general is probably Minamoto Yoshiiye, who with his fatherfought in the bitter Nine Years War beginninga.d.1051 in northern Japan. He wasnicknamed by the soldiers Hachiman Taro, Firstborn of the God of War.Collection of The Newark Museum. Photography by Keith Scott MortonJAPANITS HISTORY AND CULTUREFOURTH EDITIONW. SCOTT MORTONJ. KENNETH OLENIKMcGraw-Hill, Inc.New York Chicago San FranciscoLisbon London Madrid Mexico CityMilan New Delhi San Juan SeoulSingapore Sydney TorontoCopyright © 2005, 1994, 1984, 1970 by W. Scott Morton. All rights reserved. Manufacturedin the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by anymeans, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of thepublisher.0-07-146062-4The material in this eBook also appears in the print version of this title:0-07-141280-8.All trademarks are trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than put a trademark symbolafter every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use names in an editorial fashion only, andto the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark.Where such designations appear in this book, they have been printed with initial caps.McGraw-Hill eBooks are available at special quantity discounts to use as premiums and salespromotions, or for use in corporate training programs. For more information, please contactGeorge Hoare, Special Sales, at george_hoare@mcgraw-hill.com or (212) 904-4069.TERMS OF USEThis is a copyrighted work and The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. (“McGraw-Hill”) and itslicensors reserve all rights in and to the work. Use of this work is subject to these terms.Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976 and the right to store and retrieve onecopy of the work, you may not decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer, reproduce, modify,create derivative works based upon, transmit, distribute, disseminate, sell, publish orsublicense the work or any part of it without McGraw-Hill’s prior consent. You may use thework for your own noncommercial and personal use; any other use of the work is strictlyprohibited. Your right to use the work may be terminated if you fail to comply with theseterms.THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS.” McGRAW-HILL AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NOGUARANTEES OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACCURACY, ADEQUACY ORCOMPLETENESS OF OR RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED FROM USING THE WORK,INCLUDING ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH THEWORK VIA HYPERLINK OR OTHERWISE, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANYWARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIEDWARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULARPURPOSE. McGraw-Hill and its licensors do not warrant or guarantee that the functionscontained in the work will meet your requirements or that its operation will be uninterruptedor error free. Neither McGraw-Hill nor its licensors shall be liable to you or anyone else forany inaccuracy, error or omission, regardless of cause, in the work or for any damagesresulting there from. McGraw-Hill has no responsibility for the content of any informationaccessed through the work. Under no circumstances shall McGraw-Hill and/or its licensors beliable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive, consequential or similar damages thatresult from the use of or inability to use the work, even if any of them has been advised of thepossibility of such damages. This limitation of liability shall apply to any claim or causewhatsoever whether such claim or cause arises in contract, tort or otherwise.DOI: 10.1036/0071460624
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