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Author : C. Pfoundes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
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Download or read book Fu-so Mimo Bukuro written by C. Pfoundes and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bell & Howell Co. Micro Photo Division
Publisher : Cleveland : Micro Photo Division, Bell & Howell Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Out-of-print Books from the John G. White Folklore Collection written by Bell & Howell Co. Micro Photo Division and published by Cleveland : Micro Photo Division, Bell & Howell Company. This book was released on 1966 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalog of Folklore, Folklife, and Folk Songs written by Cleveland Public Library. John G. White Department and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. Pfoundes
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385380294
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)
Download or read book Fu-so Mimo Bukuro. A Budget of Japanese Notes written by C. Pfoundes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author : C. Pfoundes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Fu-so Mimo Bukuro written by C. Pfoundes and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Keiko I. McDonald
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838635025
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Japanese Classical Theater in Films written by Keiko I. McDonald and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noh, Kabuki, and Bunraku are the three distinct genres of classical theater that have made Japan's dramatic art unique. The audience steeped in these traditional theatrical forms sees many aspects of stage conventions in Japanese cinema. This intimacy makes the aesthetic/intellectual experience of films more enriching. Japanese Classical Theater in Films aims at heightening such awareness in the West, the awareness of the influence that these three major dramatic genres have had on Japan's cinematic tradition. Using an eclectic critical framework - a solid combination of historical and cultural approaches reinforced with formalist and auteurist perspectives - Keiko I. McDonald undertakes this much needed, ambitious task.
Author : Edwin A. Cranston
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804748254
Total Pages : 1332 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (482 download)
Download or read book A Waka Anthology, Volume Two written by Edwin A. Cranston and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 1332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grasses of Remembrance, the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology, carries forward the story of Japanese court poetry, drawing on sources dating from the 890s to the 1080s. The book presents over 2,600 poems in lively and readable translation, including all 795 poems from The Tale of Genji.
Author : John K. Nelson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824822590
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)
Download or read book Enduring Identities written by John K. Nelson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring Identities is an attempt to understand the continuing relevance of Shinto to the cultural identity of contemporary Japanese. The enduring significance of this ancient yet innovative religion is evidenced each year by the millions of Japanese who visit its shrines. They might come merely seeking a park-like setting or to make a request of the shrine's deities, asking for a marriage partner, a baby, or success at school or work; or they might come to give thanks for benefits received through the intercession of deities or to legitimate and sacralize civic and political activities. Through an investigation of one of Japan's most important and venerated Shinto shrines, Kamo Wake Ikazuchi Jinja (more commonly Kamigamo Jinja), the book addresses what appears through Western and some Asian eyes to be an exotic and incongruous blend of superstition and reason as well as a photogenic juxtaposition of present and past. Combining theoretical sophistication with extensive fieldwork and a deep knowledge of Japan, John Nelson documents and interprets the ancient Kyoto shrine's yearly cycle of rituals and festivals, its sanctified landscapes, and the people who make it viable. At local and regional levels, Kamigamo Shrine's ritual traditions (such as the famous Hollyhock Festival) and the strategies for their perpetuation and implementation provide points of departure for issues that anthropologists, historians, and scholars of religion will recognize as central to their disciplines. These include the formation of social memory, the role of individual agency within institutional politics, religious practice and performance, the shaping of sacred space and place, ethnic versus cultural identity, and the politics of historical representation and cultural nationalism. Nelson links these themes through a detailed ethnography about a significant place and institution, which until now has been largely closed to both Japanese and foreign scholars. In contrast to conventional notions of ideology and institutions, he shows how a religious tradition's lack of centralized dogma, charismatic leaders, and sacred texts promotes rather than hinders a broad-based public participation with a variety of institutional agendas, most of which have very little to do with belief. He concludes that it is this structural flexibility, coupled with ample economic, human, and cultural resources, that nurtures a reworking of multiple identities--all of which resonate with the past, fully engage the present, and, with care, will endure well into the future.
Author : Terry Kawashima
Publisher : Harvard Univ Asia Center
ISBN 13 : 9780674005167
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Writing Margins written by Terry Kawashima and published by Harvard Univ Asia Center. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In texts from the mid-Heian to the early Kamakura periods, certain figures appear to be "marginal" or removed from "centers" of power. But why do we see these figures in this way? This study first seeks to answer this question by examining the details of the marginalizing discourse found in these texts. Who is portraying whom as marginal? For what reason? Is the discourse consistent? The author next considers these texts in terms of the predilection of modern scholarship, both Japanese and Western, to label certain figures "marginal." She then poses the question: Is this predilection a helpful tool or does it inscribe modern biases and misconceptions onto these texts?
Author : Ian Reader
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824820909
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Practically Religious written by Ian Reader and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praying for practical benefits (genze riyaku) is a common religious activity in Japan. Despite its widespread nature and the vast numbers of people who pray and purchase amulets and talismans for everything from traffic safety and education success to business prosperity and protection from disease, the practice has been virtually ignored in academic studies or relegated to the margins as a uh_product of superstition or an aberration from the true dynamics of religion. Basing their work on a fusion of textual, ethnographic, historical, and contemporary studies, the authors of this volume demonstrate the fallacy of such views, showing that, far from being marginal, the concepts and practices surrounding genze riyaku lie at the very heart of the Japanese religious world. They thrive not only as popular religious expression but are supported by the doctrinal structures of most Buddhist sects, are ordained in religious scriptures, and are promoted by monastic training centers, shrines, and temples. Benefits are both sought and bought, and the authors discuss the economic and commercial aspects of how and why institutions promote practical benefits. They draw attention to the dynamism and flexibility in the religious marketplace, where new products are offered in response to changing needs. Intertwined in these economic activities and motivations are the truth claims that underpin and justify the promotion and practice of benefits. The authors also examine the business of guidebooks, which combine travel information with religious advice, including humorous and distinctive forms of prayer for the protection against embarrassing physical problems and sexual diseases. Written in a direct and engaging style, Practically Religious will appeal to a wide range of readers and will be especially valuable to those interested in religion, anthropology, Buddhist studies, sociology, and Japanese studies.
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Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book The Folk-lore Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yoshiko Okuyama
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739190938
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Japanese Mythology in Film written by Yoshiko Okuyama and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-04-09 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cyborg detective hunts for a malfunctioning sex doll that turns itself into a killing machine. A Heian-era Taoist slays evil spirits with magic spells from yin-yang philosophy. A young mortician carefully prepares bodies for their journey to the afterlife. A teenage girl drinks a cup of life-giving sake, not knowing its irreversible transformative power. These are scenes from the visually enticing, spiritually eclectic media of Japanese movies and anime. The narratives of courageous heroes and heroines and the myths and legends of deities and their abodes are not just recurring motifs of the cinematic fantasy world. They are pop culture’s representations of sacred subtexts in Japan. Japanese Mythology in Film takes a semiotic approach to uncovering such religious and folkloric tropes and subtexts embedded in popular Japanese movies and anime. Part I introduces film semiotics with plain definitions of terminology. Through familiar cinematic examples, it emphasizes the myth-making nature of modern-day film and argues that semiotics can be used as a theoretical tool for reading film. Part II presents case studies of eight popular Japanese films as models of semiotic analysis. While discussing each film’s use of common mythological motifs such as death and rebirth, its case study also unveils more covert cultural signifiers and folktale motifs, including jizo (a savior of sentient beings) and kori (bewitching foxes and raccoon dogs), hidden in the Japanese filmic text.
Author : Masanobu Suzuki
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351983326
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Download or read book Clans and Genealogy in Ancient Japan written by Masanobu Suzuki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been a noticeable and enthusiastic increase of interest in Buddhist temples and Shintō shrines in Japan. The legends of these temples and shrines are recorded in many historical manuscripts and these genealogies have such great significance that some of them have been registered as national treasures of Japan. They are indispensable to elucidate the history of these temples and shrines, in addition to the formation process of the ancient Japanese nation. This book provides a comprehensive examination of the genealogies and legends of ancient Japanese clans. It advances the study of ancient Japanese history by utilizing new analytical perspective from not only the well-known historical manuscripts relied upon by previous researchers, but also valuable genealogies and legends that previous researchers largely neglected.
Author : Vyjayanthi R. Selinger
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004255338
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Authorizing the Shogunate written by Vyjayanthi R. Selinger and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-07-11 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Genpei War of 1180-1185 signaled a crucial shift in Japanese history because it gave birth to the shogunate, or government run by warriors. How was the emergence of this new polity following a contentious civil war explained in literary texts? This book argues that political authority is made visible in the variant texts of the Heike monogatari corpus through rituals that map the ideal social-cosmic order, overwriting untidy historical realities. Artifacts of material culture likewise provide the social and political codes to authenticate warrior power and manage its violence. Through its focus on ritual and material practices, this book offers a new perspective on how texts from fourteenth century Japan harnessed symbolic understandings of authority to evoke order and contain rupture. Equally significant is its analysis of the Genpei jōsuiki a Heike monogatari variant that played a critical role in the retrospection of medieval Japan through the early modern period.
Author : Thomas Blenman Hare
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804726779
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Zeami’s Style written by Thomas Blenman Hare and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1996-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first full-length study of Zeami Motokiyo (13631443), generally recognized as the greatest playwright of Japan's classical Noh theater. The book begins with a biography based on the known documents relating to Zeami's life. It then examines the documentary evidence for authorship and explains the various technical aspects of Noh. Subsequent chapters explore the role of the old man in noh (particularly in the play Takasago), as well as Zeami's plays about women and warriors, with primary attention to Izutsu and Tadanori. The book concludes with a general discussion of Zeami's style and the relationship between his dramatic theory and his plays.
Author : Yoshinobu Inoura
Publisher : Floating World Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781891640407
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Traditional Theater of Japan written by Yoshinobu Inoura and published by Floating World Editions. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in English to present a comprehensive history of Japanese theater illustrated with monochrome photographs of performances, costumes, masks and props.
Author : William Elliot Griffis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Corea, the Hermit Nation written by William Elliot Griffis and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
