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The Yotsuya Kwaidan Or Oiwa Inari Tales Of The Tokugawa Volume 1 Of 2
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Author :De Benneville James S (James Seguin) Publisher :Hardpress Publishing ISBN 13 :9781318851690 Total Pages :302 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (516 download)
Book Synopsis The Yotsuya Kwaidan Or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by : De Benneville James S (James Seguin)
Download or read book The Yotsuya Kwaidan Or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) written by De Benneville James S (James Seguin) and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Book Synopsis Tales of the Tokugawa. The Yotsuya Kwaidan, Or O'lwa Inari. Retold from the Japanese Originals by J.S. de Benneville. [With a Plan.]. by : James Seguin DE BENNEVILLE
Download or read book Tales of the Tokugawa. The Yotsuya Kwaidan, Or O'lwa Inari. Retold from the Japanese Originals by J.S. de Benneville. [With a Plan.]. written by James Seguin DE BENNEVILLE and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tales of the Tokugawa: the Yotsuya kwaidan, or O'iwa inari, retold from the Japanese originals by : James Seguin De Benneville
Download or read book Tales of the Tokugawa: the Yotsuya kwaidan, or O'iwa inari, retold from the Japanese originals written by James Seguin De Benneville and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons by : Matthew Meyer
Download or read book The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons written by Matthew Meyer and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the mists of prehistory to the present day, Japan has always had stories of fantastic monsters. There are women with extra mouths in the backs of their heads, water goblins whose favorite food is inside the human anus, elephant-dragons which feed solely on bad dreams, baby zombies, talking foxes, fire-breathing chickens, animated blobs of rotten flesh that run about the streets at night, and the dreaded "hyakki yagyo" "the night parade of one hundred demons"-when all of the yokai leave their homes and parade through the streets of Japan in one massive spectacle of utter pandemonium. What are yokai? Put simply, they are supernatural creatures of Japanese folklore. The word in Japanese is a combination of "yo," meaning "bewitching," and "kai," meaning "strange." The term encompasses monsters, demons, gods ("kami"), ghosts ("bakemono"), magical animals, transformed humans, urban legends, and other strange phenomena. It is a broad and vague term. Nothing exists in the English language that quite does the trick of capturing the essence of yokai. This field guide contains over 100 illustrated entries covering a wide variety of Japanese yokai. Each yokai is described in detail-including its habitat, diet, origin, and legends-based on translations from centuries-old Japanese texts. This book was first funded on Kickstarter in 2011 and then revised in 2015.
Book Synopsis Understanding New Perspectives of Spirituality by : Edie Lanphar
Download or read book Understanding New Perspectives of Spirituality written by Edie Lanphar and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ozu written by Donald Richie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1977-03-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Substantially the book that devotees of the director have been waiting for: a full-length critical work about Ozu's life, career and working methods, buttressed with reproductions of pages from his notebooks and shooting scripts, numerous quotes from co-workers and Japanese critics, a great many stills and an unusually detailed filmography."—Sight and Sound Yasujiro Ozu, the man whom his kinsmen consider the most Japanese for all film directors, had but one major subject, the Japanese family, and but one major theme, its dissolution. The Japanese family in dissolution figures in every one of his fifty-three films. In his later pictures, the whole world exists in one family, the characters are family members rather than members of a society, and the ends of the earth seem no more distant than the outside of the house.
Book Synopsis The Empire of Signs by : Yoshihiko Ikegami
Download or read book The Empire of Signs written by Yoshihiko Ikegami and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991-04-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Roland Barthes' well-known book, L’Empire des signes, from which the title of the present collection is taken, this volume contains essays dealing with certain aspects of Japanese culture.
Book Synopsis The Japanese Film by : Joseph L. Anderson
Download or read book The Japanese Film written by Joseph L. Anderson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film. Now back in print with updated sections, major revaluations, a comprehensive international bibliography, and an exceptional collection of 168 stills ranging over eight decades, this book remains the unchallenged reference for all who seek a broad understanding of the aesthetic, historical, and economic elements of motion pictures from Japan.
Download or read book Shinto written by Thomas P. Kasulis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine out of ten Japanese claim some affiliation with Shinto, but in the West the religion remains the least studied of the major Asian spiritual traditions. It is so interlaced with Japanese cultural values and practices that scholarly studies usually focus on only one of its dimensions: Shinto as a "nature religion," an "imperial state religion," a "primal religion," or a "folk amalgam of practices and beliefs." Thomas Kasulis’ fresh approach to Shinto explains with clarity and economy how these different aspects interrelate. As a philosopher of religion, he first analyzes the experiential aspect of Shinto spirituality underlying its various ideas and practices. Second, as a historian of Japanese thought, he sketches several major developments in Shinto doctrines and institutions from prehistory to the present, showing how its interactions with Buddhism, Confucianism, and nationalism influenced its expression in different times and contexts. In Shinto’s idiosyncratic history, Kasulis finds the explicit interplay between two forms of spirituality: the "existential" and the "essentialist." Although the dynamic between the two is particularly striking and accessible in the study of Shinto, he concludes that a similar dynamic may be found in the history of other religions as well. Two decades ago, Kasulis’ Zen Action/Zen Person brought an innovative understanding to the ideas and practices of Zen Buddhism, an understanding influential in the ensuing decades of philosophical Zen studies. Shinto: The Way Home promises to do the same for future Shinto studies.
Book Synopsis The Mirrors of Downing Street by : Harold Begbie
Download or read book The Mirrors of Downing Street written by Harold Begbie and published by New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons. This book was released on 1921 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A New History of Japanese Cinema by : Isolde Standish
Download or read book A New History of Japanese Cinema written by Isolde Standish and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-05-08 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A New History of Japanese Cinema Isolde Standish focuses on the historical development of Japanese film. She details an industry and an art form shaped by the competing and merging forces of traditional culture and of economic and technological innovation. Adopting a thematic, exploratory approach, Standish links the concept of Japanese cinema as a system of communication with some of the central discourses of the twentieth century: modernism, nationalism, humanism, resistance, and gender. After an introduction outlining the earliest years of cinema in Japan, Standish demonstrates cinema's symbolic position in Japanese society in the 1930s - as both a metaphor and a motor of modernity. Moving into the late thirties and early forties, Standish analyses cinema's relationship with the state-focusing in particular on the war and occupation periods. The book's coverage of the post-occupation period looks at "romance" films in particular. Avant-garde directors came to the fore during the 1960s and early seventies, and their work is discussed in depth. The book concludes with an investigation of genre and gender in mainstream films of recent years. In grappling with Japanese film history and criticism, most western commentators have concentrated on offering interpretations of what have come to be considered "classic" films. A New History of Japanese Cinema takes a genuinely innovative approach to the subject, and should prove an essential resource for many years to come.
Book Synopsis To the Distant Observer by : Noël Burch
Download or read book To the Distant Observer written by Noël Burch and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Godzilla on My Mind by : William Tsutsui
Download or read book Godzilla on My Mind written by William Tsutsui and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his first appearance on the screen, the original, uncut version of Godzilla was released in American theaters to the delight of Sci-Fi and B-Movie fans everywhere. Ever since Godzilla (or, Gojira, as he is known in Japan) crawled out of his radioactive birthplace to cut a swath of destruction through Tokyo, he has claimed a place alongside King Kong and others in the movie monster pantheon. He is the third most recognizable Japanese celebrity in the United States, and his fan base continues to grow as children today prove his enduring appeal. Now, Bill Tsutsui, a life-long fan and historian, takes a light-hearted look at the big, green, radioactive lizard, revealing how he was born and how he became a megastar. With humorous anecdotes, Godzilla on My Mind explores his lasting cultural impact on the world. This book is sure to be welcomed by pop culture enthusiasts, fans, and historians alike.
Book Synopsis Japanese Colour Prints .... by : Laurence Binyon
Download or read book Japanese Colour Prints .... written by Laurence Binyon and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Samurai from Outer Space by : Antonia Levi
Download or read book Samurai from Outer Space written by Antonia Levi and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are Westerners of all ages now so fascinated by Japanese animated films, movies made purely by Japanese animators for Japanese audiences? The U.S. audience for Japanese animation ranges from millions who don't even know that what they're watching is Japanese, to the growing anime cult, with anime fan clubs on almost every college campus, as well as anime fan magazines and social anime sections in video stores. In Samurai from Outer Space, Antonia Levi uncovers the hidden meaning of Japanese animation: the symbols and stories drawn from Shinto, Buddhism, and Japanese art - the things that Western viewers will overlook unless they are pointed out. With 20 color illustrations, Samurai from Outer Space is both an introduction for beginners and a goldmine of information for the already addicted.
Book Synopsis Bear Ceremonialism in the Northern Hemisphere ... by : Alfred Irving Hallowell
Download or read book Bear Ceremonialism in the Northern Hemisphere ... written by Alfred Irving Hallowell and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Japanese Ghosts & Demons by : Stephen Addiss
Download or read book Japanese Ghosts & Demons written by Stephen Addiss and published by George Braziller. This book was released on 1985 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan has perhaps the most lively and richly developed tradition of supernatural lore of any civilization. It is comprised of some of the most relentlessly fearsome goblins, demons, metamorphosed animals and ghosts ever known to man. Japanese poets, actors, dancers, and artists have all delighted in portraying these monsters, often with a playfulness and humor that mitigates the demons' more ferocious qualities, but also with a bold, dramatic fervor designed to impress upon their audiences the lessons of folklore. For, like our own mythological and fairy-tale characters, Japan's supernatural inhabitants suggest much about the morals of the Japanese people and of their efforts to understand the mysteries of the world. This is the first book devoted to the study of the supernatural world and its representation in Japanese art. From the 17th to the 19th centuries many of Japan's most brilliant artists, including Hiroshige, Hokusai, Yoshitoshi, and Zeshin, allowed their imaginations free rein to present these mysteries in a variety of media, including paintings, woodblock prints, screens, netsuke and inrō sculptures, and fans. The 49 color plates and 75 black and white illustrations presented here show a stunning array of Japan's most fiendish figures. Each of the ten chapters focuses on one of the most important themes in Japanese lore, discussing its anthropological meaning and literary and artistic interpretations. -- from back cover.