any recommended reading for Japanese history?

>samurais killing each other
>getting nuked
>godzirra!!!
>anime

Japanese history in a nutshell.

>>2485563
yeah that sounds awesome, any books though?

>>2485543

>people make weird clay figures
>koreans move in
>everyone gets along fine
>emperor
>samurais
>ninjas
>shogunate
>europeans come
>japanese say no thank you white piggu reave us arone
>more samurais etc
>chandler bing says trade or get fucked
>japanese marvel at western power
>want to oppress brown people too
>make empire

rest is history

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Hagakure

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>>2485586
>hagakure
>history
That book was written to maintain the way of bushido
>>2485543
Every book of Stephen Turnball
I really liked this one
https://www.amazon.com/Osaka-1615-Samurai-Battle-Campaign/dp/1841769606

>>2485637
Steven Turnball isn't really respected by academics who specialize in the period.

Karl Friday and Thomas Conlan are often cited

>>2485543
Dumb anime poster

>>2485543
Find a copy of the Kokutai
Other good sources are Aizawa Seishisai's "Shinron" as well as "The Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa".
All of these are great sources if you wanna focus on pre-ww2 Japan and the Meiji Restoration

Both volumes of "Sources of Japanese Tradition" are excellent introductory supplements. They are selected readings of first-hand sources with some commentary covering the earliest Chinese writings about prehistoric Japan to the modern era. While they're a bit broad and the writing is kind of dry, they nicely supplement other readings. Don't expect lots of writing about samurai or battles though, the first volume is dominated by religious writings and courtier poetry.