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Imagining Japan
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Robert N. Bellah |
One of the most influential sociologists living today, Robert N. Bellah began his career as a Japan specialist, and has continued to contribute to the field over the past thirty years. Imagining Japa… |
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Zen and Japanese culture
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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki |
'Zen and Japanese Culture' is one of the 20th century's leading works on Zen, and a valuable source for those wishing to understand its concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, of… |
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Debating Otaku in Contemporary Japan
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Patrick W. Galbraith,Björn-Ole Kamm,Thiam Huat Kam |
With the spread of manga (Japanese comics) and anime (Japanese cartoons) around the world, many have adopted the Japanese term 'otaku' to identify fans of such media. The connection to manga and anim… |
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Super simple Japanese art
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Alex Kuskowski |
Get ready to go on an art exploration and introduce kids to Japanese culture with a creative twist. Super Simple Japanese Art includes enjoyable and unique crafts adapted from Japan, just for kids. T… |
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The aesthetics of the Japanese lunchbox
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Kenji Ekuan |
Kenji Ekuan reveals that a deeper reading for the traditional Japanese lunchbox: seeing the lunchbox as nothing less that a key to an understanding of Japanese civilization, the spirit of form, and t… |
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Zen Buddhism and its influence on Japanese culture
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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki |
One of this century's leading works on Zen, this book is a valuable source for those wishing to understand its concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, often poetic, language, Dai… |
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The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
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Ruth Benedict |
Anthropologist Ruth Benedict prepared this study of Japanese culture towards the end of World War II to explain Japan to Americans. It's become a classic. Published in 1946. |
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Zen culture
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Thomas Hoover |
(New American Library,1980)
Library Journal called it, “The best history of Zen ever written.”
The truth of Zen has always resided in individual experience rather than in theoretical writings. … |
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Japan Encyclopedia
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Louis Frederic |
"This detailed yet concise encyclopedia is a guide to the full range of Japanese history and civilization, from the dawn of its prehistory to today, providing clear and accessible information on soci… |
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Modern Japanese Cuisine
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Katarzyna J. Cwiertka |
Over the past two decades, the popularity of Japanese food in the West has increased immeasurably—a major contribution to the evolution of Western eating habits. But Japanese cuisine itself has chang… |
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