William Wayne Farris: Japan to 1600: a social and economic history, 2009. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
Arne Kalland: Japans historie. Fra jegersamfunn til økonomisk supermakt, 2005. Cappelen Forlag, Oslo. ISBN: 8202245346.
James L. McClain: Japan: A Modern History, 2002. W.W. Norton & Company.
Anbefalt litteratur:
Andrew Gordon, A Modern History of Japan, Oxford University Press, 2003
Marius B. Jansen, The making of Modern Japan, Belknap Press, 2002
Peter Duus, Modern Japan, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997