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Author : H. Paul Varley
Publisher : New York : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 9780571102983
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (29 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture; a Short History written by H. Paul Varley and published by New York : Praeger. This book was released on 1973-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mikiso Hane
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780743335
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Download or read book Japan written by Mikiso Hane and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is a shogun? Who were the samurai and what is the warrior code? What lies behind the Japanese work ethic? From the ancient tea ceremony to the boom and subsequent downturn of its economic prosperity, this uniquely concise introduction to Japan and its history surveys nearly 10,000 years of society, culture, economics and politics. Balancing economic and political information with new insights into the twin spheres of art and religion, Mikiso Hane offers authoritative coverage of all aspects of Japanese life. With a particular focus on the key events of the last 200 years, the author also pays special attention to the changing conditions of those whose history has been so frequently neglected - the women, the peasants, and the lowest order of untouchables. Well-rounded and enlightening, this informative account of Japan and its people will be greatly appreciated by historians, students and all those with an interest in this diverse and enigmatic country.
Author : Thomas P. Kasulis
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824873831
Total Pages : 785 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Engaging Japanese Philosophy written by Thomas P. Kasulis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2017-12-31 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy challenges our assumptions—especially when it comes to us from another culture. In exploring Japanese philosophy, a dependable guide is essential. The present volume, written by a renowned authority on the subject, offers readers a historical survey of Japanese thought that is both comprehensive and comprehensible. Adhering to the Japanese philosophical tradition of highlighting engagement over detachment, Thomas Kasulis invites us to think with, as well as about, the Japanese masters by offering ample examples, innovative analogies, thought experiments, and jargon-free explanations. He assumes little previous knowledge and addresses themes—aesthetics, ethics, the samurai code, politics, among others—not in a vacuum but within the conditions of Japan’s cultural and intellectual history. For readers new to Japanese studies, he provides a simplified guide to pronouncing Japanese and a separate discussion of the language and how its syntax, orthography, and linguistic layers can serve the philosophical purposes of a skilled writer and subtle thinker. For those familiar with the Japanese cultural tradition but less so with philosophy, Kasulis clarifies philosophical expressions and problems, Western as well as Japanese, as they arise. Half of the book’s chapters are devoted to seven major thinkers who collectively represent the full range of Japan’s historical epochs and philosophical traditions: Kūkai, Shinran, Dōgen, Ogyū Sorai, Motoori Norinaga, Nishida Kitarō, and Watsuji Tetsurō. Nuanced details and analyses enable an engaged understanding of Japanese Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintō, and modern academic philosophy. Other chapters supply social and cultural background, including brief discussions of nearly a hundred other philosophical writers. (For additional information, cross references to material in the companion volume Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook are included.) In his closing chapter Kasulis reflects on lessons from Japanese philosophy that enhance our understanding of philosophy itself. He reminds us that philosophy in its original sense means loving wisdom, not studying ideas. In that regard, a renewed appreciation of engaged knowing can play a critical role in the revitalization of philosophy in the West as well as the East.
Author : H. Paul Varley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture written by H. Paul Varley and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. G. Beasley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520225602
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (256 download)
Download or read book The Japanese Experience written by W. G. Beasley and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-08-31 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative history of Japan from the sixth century to the present day and of a society and culture with a distinct sense of itself, one of the few nations never conquered by a foreign power in historic times until the 12th century. 35 illustrations.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (966 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Curtis Andressen
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741150353
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (411 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Japan written by Curtis Andressen and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, readable history of the land of the rising Sun, from its ancient origins to its fascinating past, is an ideal introduction to Japan for travellers, business people and students, and a compelling read for those interested in this rich culture and fascinating history.
Author : H. Paul Varley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784805303894
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (38 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture written by H. Paul Varley and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Clements
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462919340
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Brief History of Japan written by Jonathan Clements and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating history tells the story of the people of Japan, from ancient teenage priest-queens to teeming hordes of salarymen, a nation that once sought to conquer China, yet also shut itself away for two centuries in self-imposed seclusion. First revealed to Westerners in the chronicles of Marco Polo, Japan was a legendary faraway land defended by a fearsome Kamikaze storm and ruled by a divine sovereign. It was the terminus of the Silk Road, the furthest end of the known world, a fertile source of inspiration for European artists, and an enduring symbol of the mysterious East. In recent times, it has become a powerhouse of global industry, a nexus of popular culture, and a harbinger of post-industrial decline. With intelligence and wit, author Jonathan Clements blends documentary and storytelling styles to connect the past, present and future of Japan, and in broad yet detailed strokes reveals a country of paradoxes: a modern nation steeped in ancient traditions; a democracy with an emperor as head of state; a famously safe society built on 108 volcanoes resting on the world's most active earthquake zone; a fast-paced urban and technologically advanced country whose land consists predominantly of mountains and forests. Among the chapters in this Japanese history book are: The Way of the Gods: Prehistoric and Mythical Japan A Game of Thrones: Minamoto vs. Taira Time Warp: 200 Years of Isolation The Stench of Butter: Restoration and Modernization The New Breed: The Japanese Miracle
Author : Paul Varley
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824821524
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture written by Paul Varley and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the forty-seven ronin, Mito scholarship in the early nineteenth century, and mass culture and comics in contemporary times.
Author : Sir George Bailey Sansom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Japan written by Sir George Bailey Sansom and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Conrad Totman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520254074
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Japan Before Perry written by Conrad Totman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008-01-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1853 Japan had been transformed from a sparsely populated land of nonliterate tribal peoples into an elaborately structured commercial society sustaining massive cities and a varied array of sophisticated cultural production. In this authoritative survey, Conrad Totman examines the origins of Japanese civilization and explores in detail the classical, medieval, and early-modern epochs, weaving interpretations of the major themes in Japan's cultural and political development into a rich historical narrative.
Author : G.B. Sansom
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462916740
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Japan written by G.B. Sansom and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1931, this classic work of interpretative Japanese scholarship was revised in 1946 and again in 1952. Although termed "a short history," the book—the only distinguished general survey of Japanese history in English before World War II—covers the economic, social, and religious changes in Japan from the fourth through to the nineteenth century and the breakdown of feudalism. Based on both primary and secondary sources in Japan, Sansom makes plain the way Japanese have come, and shows why they are what they are, enabling the reader to get some grip on the situation in the Far East. Fine plates, line drawings, a map, and an excellent index complement this instructive and fascinating Japanese history book.
Author : Ernest Wilson Clement
Publisher : Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Japan written by Ernest Wilson Clement and published by Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1915 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Curtis Andressen
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 9781741150353
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)
Download or read book A Short History of Japan written by Curtis Andressen and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2002-09-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, readable history of the land of the rising Sun, from its ancient origins to its fascinating past, is an ideal introduction to Japan for travellers, business people and students, and a compelling read for those interested in this rich culture and fascinating history.
Author : Roger J. Davies
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462918832
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Japanese Culture written by Roger J. Davies and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history. This much-anticipated sequel to Roger Davies's best-selling The Japanese Mind provides a comprehensive overview of the religion and philosophy of Japan. This cultural history of Japan explains the diverse cultural traditions that underlie modern Japan and offers readers deep insights into Japanese manners and etiquette. Davies begins with an investigation of the origins of the Japanese, followed by an analysis of the most important approaches used by scholars to describe the essential elements of Japanese culture. From there, each chapter focuses on one of the formative elements: Shintoism, Buddhism, Taoism, Zen, Confucianism, and Western influences in the modern era. Each chapter is concluded with extensive endnotes along with thought-provoking discussion activities, making this volume ideal for individual readers and for classroom instruction. Anyone interested in pursuing a deeper understanding of this complex and fascinating nation will find Davies's work an invaluable resource.
Author : Maria Roberta Novielli
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351334816
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book Floating Worlds written by Maria Roberta Novielli and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the analysis of the work of the main Japanese animators starting from the pioneers of 1917, the book will overview the whole history of Japanese animated film, including the latest tendencies and the experimental movies. In addition to some of the most acclaimed directors Miyazaki Hayao, Takahata Isao, Shinkai Makoto, Tezuka Osamu and Kon Satoshi, the works of masters of animation such as Kawamoto Kihachirō, Kuri Yōji, Ōfuji Noburō and Yamamura Kōji will be analysed in their cultural and historical context. Moreover, their themes and styles will be the linking thread to overview the Japanese producing system and the social and political events which have often influenced their works. Key Features Insight into both mainstream and independent cinema Scientific reliability Easy readability Social and cultural context
