This excellent PBS documentary series consists of three parts of 1 hour each covering Japanese history from the arrival of the Portuguese in 1543 to the arrival of Perry and the Americans in 1854. Narrated by Richard Chamberlain, interspersed with interviews of Western and Japanese academics, this fascinating show is illustrated with re-enactments and period art work. Part I co...$潦草浏览了一下$在早期欧洲传教士和商人的到来为日本引入了西方的“南蛮”文化,日本人对时尚有强烈的好奇心和兴趣,他们学制造火枪,出于贸易目的改信基督教。武士肩负着治安管理的责任,不带双刀不会出门,切腹是将腹中的赤胆忠心昭示的方式。每个人都拿着一把扇子,作为记事簿用。日本是避免了战争被迫开放的。$从葡萄牙人初来日本(1543)至德川庆喜大政奉还(1867)期间这300多年的历史$古代日本男人的发型真是让人随时受不了$帝国的标配:战争,奴役和种族屠杀。