Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214) and index.
1. The Building Blocks of Japan, Origins to 600 -- 2. An End to Growth, 600-800 -- 3. State and Society in an Age of Depopulation, 800-1050 -- 4. Rising Social and Political Tensions in an Epoch of Minimal Growth, 1050-1180 -- 5. Economy and Society in an Age of Want, 1180-1280 -- 6. The Revival of Growth, 1280-1450 -- 7. Uneven Expansion in an Age of Endemic Warfare, 1450-1600 -- Epilogue: The Seventeenth Century in Historical Perspective