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〈一人前〉としてふるまう．すなわち，話し合いを通して他者と対等にわたりあい，自らの価値と地位を向上させた人びとが，戦後社会を築いてきた．

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company’s practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall.

The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthrals with its lively gossip, witty observations and subtle impressions. Lady Shōnagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shōnagon so eloquently relates.

激動の戦国時代。名将と呼ばれた戦国大名の下には必ず知謀奇略に優れた軍師がいた。個性あふれる軍師たちが綾なしたドラマ、生き様は、現代においても色あせることなくロマンと感動を与えてくれる。

Shinto, the indigenous faith of the Japanese people, continues to fascinate and mystify both the casual visitor to Japan and the long-time resident. Relatively unknown among the religions of the world, Shinto: The Kami Way provides an enlightening window into this Japanese faith.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, THE FINANCIAL TIMES, AND GQ “A radical new history of the United States abroad” (Wall Street Journal) which uncovers U.S. complicity in the mass-killings of left-wing activists in Indonesia, Latin America and around the world In 1965, the US...

"War Crimes: Japans' World War II Atrocities" demands a prominent place in military history. Mr. Thurman and his daughter, Christine Sherman, bring to life the atrocities which the tribunal was formed to prosecute. War crimes remain a part of world history, and the world should know about them.

史実は小説よりも奇なり！ 幾重にも彩なす事実と虚構、想像を掻き立てる物語世界を展開する「忠臣蔵」。 今でも日本人の心を捉えて離さないその魅力とは? 「忠臣蔵」真の姿を 浮かび上がらせる新形式の歴史エンターテイメント。 目次 第1章 刃傷松之廊下 第01問 刃傷事件があったのはいつ？ 第05問 吉良は本当に浅野をいじめたのか？ 第08問 刃傷は内匠頭の乱心が原因か？ 第23問 内匠頭を取り押さえた梶川って何者？ 第2章 赤穂浅野家断絶 第24問 事件の知らせはいつ赤穂に届いた？ 第26問 事件後、大石はまず何をした？ 第35問 仇討ちを最初に主張したのは誰？ 第43問 大石の遊興費はどこから出た？ 第3章 それぞれの仇討ち 第48問 吉良上野介はなぜ隠居したのか？ 第51問 お軽・勘平のモデルになったのは誰？ 第52問 高田郡兵衛はなぜ義盟から脱落したのか？ 第4章 吉良邸討ち入り 第63問 討ち入りに参加したのは何人だったのか？ 第72問 幕府はなぜ治安出動しなかったのか？ 第76問 吉良方の清水一学は相当の使い手だったのか？ 第5章 赤穂事件と忠臣蔵 第87問 最初に赤穂浪士を賛美した学者は誰か？ 第88問 赤穂浪士を批判した代表的な学者は誰か？ 第92問 赤穂事件を題材にした劇が最初に上演されたのはいつか？ 第98問...

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A “captivating” (The Washington Post) work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half...

殿様は、明治をどう生きたのか 多くの藩に起こった混乱と騒動。幕末、多くの殿様たちは二六〇年以上続いた江戸幕府が、まさか崩壊するとは思ってもいなかっただろう。

When Hu Yaobang died in April 1989, throngs of mourners converged on the Martyrs' Monument in Tiananmen Square to pay their respects. Chinese propaganda officials had sought to tarnish his reputation and dim his memory, yet his death galvanized the nascent pro-democracy student movement, setting off the dramatic demonstrations that culminated in the Tiananmen massacre.

Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners, and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum. Geographically isolated, the country was heavily influenced by powerful China and was often used as a bridge to the mainland by Japan. Calling themselves as "a shrimp among whales", Koreans borrowed elements of government, culture, and religion, all the while fiercely fighting to maintain independence.

This study researched on Japanese People’s DNA and Ancient History to discover who the Modern Japanese People’s ancestors were. It examines DNA from all over Asia and the Pacific Islands to discover their origins. Japan has a lot of archaeologists-created history from the remains of people called the “Jomon” and the “Yayoi” (Lumen Learning, ND). Every scholar the author could find claim Japanese are made up of two different people—one from the north and one from the south. Is this true? This is a qualitative study with a goal to find out who the Japanese originated from using genetics.

闘いに明け暮れた戦国時代、裏切り、内通、強迫など、様々な兵法を駆使し勝つことと生き抜くことに血眼になっていた武将たち。しかし、それは生きるか死ぬかの大きなリスクもはらんでいたのである。一度の失敗、些細な裏切りが、その後の運命を決めてしまうこの時代、戦闘力以外に、したたかな根回し術や懐柔策を心得ておけば、失敗をカバーし、大逆転の出世も可能だった。本書は、そんな現代のビジネスマンも参考になる戦国武将の逆転物語を満載してお送りする。

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols.

Noted Japan expert Professor Mark J. Ravina of the University of Texas at Austin covers the politics, economics, and culture of the island nation since World War II - a conflict that saw the end of Japan’s dream of regional conquest, which Professor Ravina calls Empire 1.0. The country’s postwar leaders radically changed course, renouncing a strong military to pursue Empire 2.0 - Japan as an economic colossus.

For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders who waged war against one another incessantly. Shogun tells the fascinating story of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who finally unified and brought lasting peace to the nation. He established a new central government which enabled his descendants to rule Japan for the next 260 years—a period in which Japanese culture as we know it today flourished.

人は、必ず、なにかしら「やばい」。告白してきた男性を凍死させる小野小町、信長をめぐり殺人事件に発展する前田利家……など、日本史の偉人３７人のエピソード

潮出版社　童門冬二著　時代を変えた女たち（ISBN　4-267-01705-0）より第一証「古代　日本の曙に輝く」をオーディオブック化。登場人物は、卑弥呼　古代日本の太陽、法均尼　国を救った愛国兄弟、小野小町　美貌という業、紫式部　権力批判の才女　を朗読。著者　童門冬二は歴史上の人物や事件をテーマにした小説、評論で活躍。朗読は俳優　声優・ナレーターの武岡淳一がオーディオブックに初挑戦。聞きやすく、理解しやすい朗読を実現しました。

尾張の一角から台頭し、天下統一への道筋をつけた異端児・信長。彼の人事を見ていくと、彼の独特の価値観が深くかかわっているのが良く分かります。 戦国大名と言っても、実はいくつかのタイプに分類できる。1.室町幕府の守護大名 足利将軍家に任じられた正統な大名家。武田、今川、朝倉、九州の島津といった大名家がこれにあたる。特徴として、他の大名家をバカにして、家柄を誇る傾向がある。そして当然ながら、自らの権威の源泉である将軍家への忠誠もあつい。（本文より） 城繁幸『サラリーマン・キャリアナビ』★出世と喧嘩の正しい作法はこちらから→http://yakan-hiko.com/joe.html