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Haruki Murakami goes to meet Hayao Kawai

Tác giả: Hayao Kawai, Haruki Murakami

Two of Japan's foremost contemporary cultural spokespersons met for an informal conversation with remarkable results. While their extended talk took place at a particular location at a particular moment in history, much of the content is timeless and universal. After popular acclaim in Japan, the ...

Japan's imperial underworlds : intimate encounters at the borders of empire

Tác giả: David R. Ambaras

This major new study uses vivid accounts of encounters between Chinese and Japanese people living at the margins of empire to elucidate Sino-Japanese relations in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Each chapter explores mobility in East Asia through the histories of often ignored ...

The book of tea

Tác giả: Okakura Kakuzo, Bruce Richardson

It includes many historical photographs and illustrations in this updated edition of Okakura’s classic text, along with unique insight into how Okakura's philosophy continues to inspire today’s tea culture. Plus, Richardson includes an all-new chapter on America's thirst for Japanese tea during the ...

Premodern Japan : a historical survey : 2nd ed.

Tác giả: Mikiso Hane, Louis G. Perez

Japanese historian Louis Perez brings Mikiso Hane's rich and beloved account of early Japanese history up-to-date in this thoroughly revised Second Edition of Premodern Japan. The text traces the key developments of Japanese history in the premodern period, including the establishment of the ...

Routledge handbook of Japanese culture and society

Tác giả: Victoria Lyon-Bestor, Theodore C. Bestor, Akiko Yamagata

The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary resource that focuses on contemporary Japan and the social and cultural trends that are important at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This Handbook provides a cutting-edge and comprehensive survey of ...