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A cultural history of Japanese Buddhism

Tác giả: William E. Deal, Brian Douglas Ruppert

Offers a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhistreligion in Japan -- from its emergence in the sixth centuryright through to the present day.

Japanese women and sport : beyond baseball and sumo

Tác giả: Robin Kietlinski

Kietlinski locates the discussion of Japanese women in sport within a larger East Asian context and considers the socio-economic position and history of modern Japan. Reaching from the early 20th century to the present day, Kietlinski traces the progression of Japanese women's participation in ...

The Cambridge companion to modern Japanese culture

Tác giả: Yoshio Sugimoto

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Spanning one and a half centuries from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this volume covers topics such as technology, food, nationalism and rise of anime ...

Japan : the precarious future

Tác giả: Frank Baldwin, Anne Allison

In Japan: The Precarious Future, a group of distinguished scholars of Japanese economics, politics, law, and society examine the various roads that might lie ahead. Will Japan face a continued erosion of global economic and political power, particularly as China’s outlook improves exponentially? Or ...

Japan in the twenty-first century : environment, economy, and society

Tác giả: Pradyumna Karan

The ancient civilization of Japan, with its Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, is also closely associated with all that is new and modern. Looking outward, Japan sees what it has become since Hiroshima: the world's second-largest economy, a source of fury and wonder, a power without arms. Looking ...