Obligatorisk litteratur
- Farris, W. W. (2009). Japan to 1600: a social and economic history. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Kalland, A. (2005). Japans historie. Fra jegersamfunn til økonomisk supermakt. Oslo: Cappelen Forlag. ISBN: 8202245346.
- McClain, J. L. (2002). Japan: A Modern History. W.W. Norton & Company.
Anbefalt litteratur
- Duus, P. (1997). Modern Japan. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Friday, K. F. (ed.) (2012). Japan Emerging: Premodern History to 1850. Westview Press.
- Gordon, A. (2003). A Modern History of Japan. Oxford University Press.
- Jansen, M. B. (2002). The Making of Modern Japan. Belknap Press.