Giants of Japan: The Lives of Japan's Greatest Men and Women
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Giants of Japan contains more than 40 biographies of people who have shaped Japan's industry, history, and culture, individuals who have given their society its unique emphasis on both success and serenity. GIANTS of JAPAN Contents Foreword by Walter F. Mondale Preface Acknowledgments A Note on Names and Pronunciation The House of Mitsui Merchantsfor Four Centuries Iwasaki Yataro and the Growth of Mitsubishi The Founder The Brother The Son The Nephew Mitsubishi Since the War Matsushita Konosuke Founder of Matsushita Electric (Panasonic) Tashima Kazuo Founder of Minolta Honda Soichiro Founder qf Honda Kobayashi Koji The Man Who Turned NEC into a Global Computer Giant Morita Akio Co-founder of Sony Lady Murasaki Author of The Tale of Genji, the World's First Great Novel Grand Master of the Japanese Tea Ceremony Sen no Rikyu Izumo no Okuni The Actress and Dancer Who Created Kabuki Theater Matsuo Basho Japan s Great Haiku Poet Chikamatsu Monzaemon Japan’s Great Playwright H Katsushika Hokusai Master of theWood-block Print History Shinto Myths, the Imperial Lineage, and Shotoku, the PrinceWho Spread Buddhism Yoritomo, Hojo Masako, andYoshitsune The First Shogun, His Wife, and His Legendary Brother Oda Nobunaga TheWarriorWho United Half qf Japan Toyotomi Hideyoshi The Peasant Who United All of Japan Tokugawa Ieyasu The Shogun Who Began a Three-Century Dynasty Oishi Kuranosuke Leader of the Forty-Seven Ronin Who Avenged Their Master's Death Okubo Toshimichi The Bureaucrat Who Led Japan into the Modern World Tojo Hideki Japan s Wartime Prime Minister Yamamoto Isoroku The Admiral Who Planned Pearl Harbor Vrime Minister of Japan During the American Occupation Yoshida Shigeru Kata Shidzue Birth Control Pioneer Tanaka Kakuei Modern Japan ’s Most Powerful but Corrupt Prime Minister Natsume Soseki The Early Twentieth Century's Most Highly RegardedWriter Ibuse Masuji The Novelist from Hiroshima Hayashi Fumiko Modern Japan's Most Popular Woman Writer Mishima Yukio The Modern Novelist Inspired by the Samurai Tradition Ariyoshi Sawako TheWriterWho Gave Voice to SilentWomen Kawabata Oe 37 Oh Sadaharu and Ueshiba Morihei Japan's Home Run King and His Teacher, the Founder ojAikido Ueshiba Selected Bibliography Chapter 1 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 2J Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter SS Acknowledgment of Permissions Index About the Author
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