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How Japan Became Japan: From Primitive to State – Vasily Shchepkin – Alpina Publisher – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-00223-778-4

How Japan Became Japan: From Primitive to State
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Haiku poetry, rock gardens, tea ceremonies, medieval castles and martial arts, anime and manga, sushi and yakuza films—these phenomena of Japanese culture are familiar to almost everyone. But how did one of the most astonishing civilizations in human history emerge? In his book, Vasily Shchepkin reveals the development of Japan and the formation of its statehood and culture.

Step by step, the reader follows a millennia-long journey: from the hunter-gatherers of the Jomon culture, through the "rice revolution" of the Yayoi period and the harsh clan feuds of the Kofun era, to the rise of the imperial family, the first Japanese court in Nara, and the creation of the Japanese alphabet.

Drawing on numerous sources, the author debunks popular myths about the absolute historical isolation of the Japanese, showing how, over the centuries, Japan greedily absorbed continental culture, fusing it with its own traditions, and thus invented the very Land of the Rising Sun that we know and love today.
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