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cultural history
The study or account of the development of a society's culture, including arts, customs, beliefs, and intellectual achievements, as distinct from political or military history.
日本の文化史を学ぶ。
To study the cultural history of Japan.
文化史の授業で江戸時代の食について調べた。
In cultural history class, I researched food during the Edo period.
この本は近代日本の文化史をわかりやすくまとめている。
This book provides an accessible summary of the cultural history of modern Japan.
A compound of 文化 (culture) + 史 (history). While 歴史 often focuses on political events and wars, 文化史 examines how people lived, what they ate, what they created, and how customs evolved.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 日本文化史: Japanese cultural history
- 文化史の研究: cultural history research
- 食の文化史: cultural history of food
- 文化史年表: cultural history timeline
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 政治史: political history — history focused on political events and governance
- 社会史: social history — history focused on social structures and everyday life, broader than cultural history
- 美術史: art history — specifically about visual arts, a subset of cultural history