History of Japan

A Captivating Guide to Japanese History, Including Events Such as the Genpei War, Mongol Invasions, Battle of Tsushima, and Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

De: Captivating History

Narrado por: James Peters

If you want to discover the captivating history of Japan, then pay attention...

Japan is one of the most adaptable countries in the world. It is capable of very rapid change, even after crises that would halt the progress of other nations. When the shogunates collapsed in the 17th century, the feudal system disintegrated. Within a year’s time, though, railroads replaced ox carts. During World War I, a first-rate economy sprung up on deserted farmlands. During World War II, the modest islands of Japan burgeoned into an empire with one of the most powerful navies in the world. After the devastation of that world war, Japan emerged as one of the most modern countries in the world. The Japanese have survived frequent earthquakes and tsunamis and rebuilt their cities using enviable technologies.

The Japanese progressed throughout the eras because of the emperor, but they also progressed despite him. These are people who never let go of their sacred history, and their story is told and retold in art, film, literature, and even graphic novels across the entire world. Terms such as shoguns, samurai, haiku, anime, and manga are familiar to many in the Western world today. Westerners also learn flower arranging, martial arts, meditation, and enjoy a variety of visual and digital art forms because of the unique culture of Japan.

In History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History, Including Events Such as the Genpei War, Mongol Invasions, Battle of Tsushima, and Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, you will discover topics such as:

• Children of the Sun
• Warring clans
• The two imperial courts
• Edo Japan: part one -1603 to 1638
• Edo Period: part two -1638 to 1868
• The Meiji restoration
• Japan in World War II and its aftermath
• And much more!

So if you want to learn more about the history of Japan, scroll up and click the "add to cart" button!

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decent & informative - minor audio mistakes

the text didn't go as deep as I would have preferred but that is no fault to the author due to the scope of the events and time periods discussed.

The narrator was alright but it was very distracting the handful of times that an edit was clearly warranted but missed. I am not certain who is to blame as I do not know if this was a small-scale recording process that was entirely created and submitted by the performer or if this was a multi-person production splitting the recording, editing, approval, and submission between multiple people and/or departments. Either way, someone didn't do their job as several times during the recording you can hear the narrator stop and re-state a line, make some kind of environmental noise, or even once or twice lean back from the mic and audibly cough. It's not like this recording cost $40 so it's not the end of the world but also... this wasn't a 40-hour recording. I listened to this whole thing in an afternoon and anyone with 15 minutes of trained skills could have done that once and used free audio editing software to cut out the mistakes before publishing. The cost of fixing this problem would have been half of a day's wages from any entry-level employee. Let's not let this problem become common nor let this become a justification for A.I. audiobook performers in the future.

Decent content, not so decent editor

Content was a good overview of history of Japan but left out some major areas like the formation of language relative to other East Asian cultures. There are a few instances where the audio was simply not edited, this includes the narrator repeating the same passages as well as a hilariously awkward moment where the narrator pauses to let out a big cough and then starts again after a moment of silence. Might be worth for the publishers to double check their work before charging people money

Comprehensive

A comprehensive overall coverage, however, a bit light on coverage of Japan's involvement in the world wars, especially on it's an aggression on China during WWII.

Pronunciation problems

I enjoyed this audio book for the most part, but the narrator mispronounces many things to a confusing degree. All of the English parts are fine and he narrates them well (although there are a few places that should have been edited out where he coughs or makes a mistake and rereads). However, pretty much all of the Japanese names and words are mispronounced to a degree that makes them almost unrecognizable. Many of these mispronunciations could have been avoided by simply consulting wikipedia, which others would have been smoothed out if the narrator just spent an afternoon learning Japanese pronunciation which is quite easy. This audiobook is passable, but doesn’t exhibit the professionalism that I’d like to see if I am to keep paying every month to have this service.

A good introduction

A good introduction to Japanese history. I wish there were more maps and illustrations though, and an introduction so if you know a lot about Japan you might want something else.