Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I. General Objectives and Suggestions -- Section II. Lesson Presentation and Procedures -- Introductory Lesson. How to Use a Kanji Dictionary -- Lessons -- Lesson 1. Japan and Its Climate -- Lesson 2. Japan before the Advent of Buddhist Culture -- Lesson 3. The Importing of Chinese Culture -- Lesson 4. The Nara Period -- Lesson 5. The Heian Period (A): The Life of the Aristocrats -- Lesson 6. The Heian Period (B): From Chinese Civilization to Japanese Civilization -- Lesson 7. The Kamakura and Ashikaga Periods -- Lesson 8. Guns and the Unification of the Whole Country -- Lesson 9. The Edo Period (A): Isolationism and the Social System -- Lesson 10. The Edo Period (B): Learning, Industry, and the Culture of the Townspeople -- Lesson 11. The Meiji Period Following the Meiji Restoration -- Lesson 12. Modern Times -- Lesson 13. The Constitution of Japan and Democratic Government -- Lesson 14. Industrial Development and Foreign Trade -- Lesson 15. School Life -- Lesson 16. The Modernization of Lifestyle and the New Life for Women -- Lesson 17. Traditional Culture in a Modern Society -- Appendixes -- Translations of Reading Selections -- Resource Materials on Japan -- References -- Answer Keys to Exercise Sheets