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Masako's Story

Author : Kikuko Otake
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1463443366
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (634 download)

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Download or read book Masako's Story written by Kikuko Otake and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-12-28 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 6, 1945, when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living one mile away from the hypocenter. Five year old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier father was not so fortunate. Masako never talked about her family's experiences on that day and the grim days following the bombing. Then one day, Masako started to talk about what happenedbreaking a silence of nearly fifty years. Written by Kikuko (Furuta) Otake, now a retired assistant professor of Japanese in the United States, Masako's story is a collection of prose-poetry, based on the true story of her family's tragedy. It is written with an "Objectivist" lineation similar in its understated power to Charles Reznikoff's Testimony. Kikuko Otake's Masako's Story is a powerful addition to the literature of the Atomic Bomb, and yet more evidence that we should all work together to stop the Nuclear madness.

Tea with Milk

Author : Allen Say
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0395904951
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (959 download)

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Download or read book Tea with Milk written by Allen Say and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After growing up near San Francisco, a young Japanese woman returns with her parents to their native Japan, but she feels foreign and out of place.

Princess Masako

Author : Ben Hills
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101216107
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Princess Masako written by Ben Hills and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic true story of Japan's Crown Princess-with a new afterword by the author. It's the fantasy of many young women: marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. Ben Hills's fascinating portrait of Princess Masako and the Chrysanthemum Throne draws on research in Tokyo and rural Japan, at Oxford and Harvard, and from more than sixty interviews with Japanese, American, British, and Australian sources-many of whom have never spoken publicly before-shedding light on the royal family's darkest secrets, secrets that can never be openly discussed in Japan because of the reverence in which the emperor and his family are held. But most of all, this is a story about a love affair that went tragically wrong. The paperback edition will contain a new afterword by the author, discussing the impact this book had in Japan, where it was banned.

Storytelling in Japanese Art

Author : Masako Watanabe
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588394409
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling in Japanese Art written by Masako Watanabe and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents 17 classic Japanese stories as told through 30 illustrated handscrolls ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries.

The Toho Studios Story

Author : Stuart Galbraith
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461673747
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Toho Studios Story written by Stuart Galbraith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-05-16 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in 1933, Toho Co., Ltd., Japan's most famous movie production company and distributor, has produced and/or distributed some of the most notable films ever to come out of Asia, including Seven Samurai, Godzilla, When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, Kwaidan, Woman in the Dunes, Ran, Shall We Dance?, Ringu, and Spirited Away. While the western world often defines Toho by its iconic classics, which include the Godzilla franchise and many of the greatest films of the legendary director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune, these pictures represent but a tiny fraction of Toho's rich history. The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography provides a complete picture of every Toho feature the Japanese studio produced and released—as well as foreign films that it distributed—during its first 75 years. Presented chronologically, each entry in the filmography includes, where applicable, the original Japanese title, a direct translation of that title, the film's international, U.S. release, and alternate titles; production credits, including each film's producers, director, screenwriters, cinematographers, art directors, and composers, among others; casts with character names; production companies, technical specs, running times, and release dates; U.S. release data including distributor, whether the film was released subtitled or dubbed, and alternate versions; domestic and international awards; and plot synopses.

I Thought the Sun Was God

Author : Masako Kimura Streling
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1770974687
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book I Thought the Sun Was God written by Masako Kimura Streling and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in a poor fishing village under difficult circumstances, Masako, a descendant of the Satsuma Samurai Clan, grew up burdened with many, filial responsibilities, in a rigorously class-conscious and patriarchal society-one headed for massive and profound change. Unable to reconcile herself to the many roles within roles imposed upon her, and feeling in her heart that she was destined to make a difference, Masako embarked on a lifelong journey of growth and self-discovery that took her across the Pacific Ocean and eventually led her to God. In their sixties-when most Americans are hoping to retire and enjoy the fruits of their labors-Masako and her husband Carl spent three years as the first Lay Missionaries for the Society of St. Columban in Japan. Those years, while life changing, were also painful and left Masako scarred and in a state of spiritual and emotional crisis. Questioning her role, her identity, and her very worth, Masako returned to the United States to rebuild a life, and reconnect with the Church community. I Thought The Sun Was God is a powerful story of faith's eventual triumph over deprivation, denial, and rejection. It relates the author's struggle with adversity and injustice, culminating with her eventual surrender to the true higher power. It is about the struggle versus adversity and injustice, but it is also about surrender to one true higher power and finding one's voice while listening for the small, still voice of God.

The Master Key

Author : Masako Togawa
Publisher : Pushkin Vertigo
ISBN 13 : 1782277722
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book The Master Key written by Masako Togawa and published by Pushkin Vertigo. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new edition of this prizewinning classic mystery from one of Japan's best-loved crime writers A building full of secrets. A key that will unleash them all... The K Apartments for Ladies in Tokyo conceals a sinister past behind each door; a woman who has buried a child; a scavenger driven mad by ill-health; a wife mysteriously guarding her late husband's manuscripts; a talented violinist tortured by her own guilt. The master key, which opens the door to all 150 rooms, links their tangled stories. But now it has been stolen, and dirty tricks are afoot. For a deadly secret lies buried beneath the building. And when it is revealed, there will be murder.

The Lady Killer

Author : Masako Togawa
Publisher : Pushkin Vertigo
ISBN 13 : 1782274103
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book The Lady Killer written by Masako Togawa and published by Pushkin Vertigo. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dizzying tale of lust, mystery, and murder—from a beloved Japanese crime fiction author and LGBT icon The Lady Killer leads a double life in Tokyo's shadowy underworld. By day, he is a devoted husband and hard worker; by night, he cruises cabaret bars and nightclubs in search of lonely single women to seduce. But now the hunter is being hunted, and in his wake lies a trail of gruesome murders. Who is the culprit? The answer lies tangled in a web of clues—and to find it, he must accept that nothing is what it seems. The Lady Killer pulls from author Masako Togawa’s vibrant personal life as a cabaret performer for Tokyo’s gay nightclub scene during the ‘50s and ‘60s. Throughout her writing career, Togawa continued to champion the LGBT community as a queer woman—sealing her reputation as one of Japan’s most prominent crime fiction authors and LGBT heroines.

Heroic with Grace

Author : Chieko Irie Mulhern
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317468686
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Heroic with Grace written by Chieko Irie Mulhern and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents the lives and times of eight prominent Japanese women who epitomize the tragedies and triumphs of eight characteristically female roles. In examining the lives of the mythological Empress Jingu, Jito Tenno (645-702), Murasaki Shikibu (970s-1000s), Tomoe Gozen (12th century), Hojo Masako (1157-1225), Hani Motoko (1873-1957), Takamine Hideko (b.1924) and Ariyoshi Sawako (1931-1984), the contributors provide a mosaic of Japanese history and culture that encompasses issues of women's status in various stages of Japanese history, the social climate conducive to positive female roles, the concept of Japanese womanhood in relation to the male hero types of each age and the popular need for strong female figures.

A Pair of Red Clogs

Author : Masako Matsuno
Publisher : Purple House Press
ISBN 13 : 9781948959063
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book A Pair of Red Clogs written by Masako Matsuno and published by Purple House Press. This book was released on 2019-06 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A child's delight in a new pair of shoes is the same all over the world, whether the shoes are patent-leather sandals, straw alpargatas, deerskin moccasins or wooden clogs. For Mako, a little Japanese girl, the new shoes were clogs painted with red lacquer that shone beautifully. This is the story of what happened after she cracked the new clogs playing the weather-telling game and so longed for a bright, shiny new pair to replace them that she almost did a dishonest thing. The warmth and quiet understanding of the grandmother who, remembering her own temptations as a little girl, recalls this story for her granddaughter, makes A Pair of Red Clogs especially moving. Kazue Mizumura's charming illustrations are as delicate and graceful as the story itself. "Perfect for preschoolers." ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"Parents Magazine

Beautiful as the Rainbow

Author : Song Nai Rhee
Publisher : Inspiring Voices
ISBN 13 : 1462407064
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Beautiful as the Rainbow written by Song Nai Rhee and published by Inspiring Voices. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reared in a palace and educated at Gakushuin, the elite Peers School, Princess Masako was elegant, refined, and proper in all things royal and Japanese. She was also stunningly beautiful. It was therefore only natural that she was being groomed to be betrothed to a prince-no less than Crown Prince Hirohito, the future Emperor of Japan. The rulers of the newly emerging Empire of the Sun, however, decided to offer the beautiful princess as a sacrifice on the altar of Japan's imperialism. She, they conspired, must marry Yi Eun, the crown prince of Korea's Joseon Kingdom, whose national independence they were strangulating with their conquest ambition. As Korea was forced to become a part of Japan, so was Masako forced to become a part of Korea in order to symbolize the union of the two nations in mortal conflict. Like a fish in a net or a bird in a snare, Princess Masako turned and twisted to live, to be free, and to be happy. Painfully aware that events in her life were beyond her control, however, she decided to accept her destiny. Even so, the imposed destiny would not control her, for she decided to become a heroine, not a victim of her misfortunes, driven by her passion for love, life, and happiness. Masako's story is about the human spirit empowering a victim of misfortunes and an unwanted destiny to become a hero, transforming adversity into patches of paradise as beautiful as the rainbow.

Mandala Road

Author : Masako Bandō
Publisher : Thames River Press
ISBN 13 : 0857282808
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (572 download)

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Download or read book Mandala Road written by Masako Bandō and published by Thames River Press. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two generations of the Nonezawa family – Asafumi and his wife Shizuka, and Asafumi's grandfather Rentaro and his Malayan lover Saya – are connected across the years by the mysterious Mandala Road, which simultaneously casts Asafumi and Rentaro from their respective ages into a haunting post-apocalyptic world. As becomes apparent, Asafumi, Rentaro, Saya, and Shizuka are all, in their own way, on a private journey to discover and reconcile themselves with their memories of violence, both seen and experienced, as they struggle to understand themselves, unearth the emotions they have repressed, and learn to live with a past that seems always to be too close behind them.

Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle

Author : Mark D. West
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226894118
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle written by Mark D. West and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the charges. Debates over definitions of moral leadership ensue. Sound familiar? If you guessed Clinton and Lewinsky, try again. This incident involved former Japanese prime minister Sosuke Uno and a geisha. In Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle, Mark D. West organizes the seemingly random worlds of Japanese and American scandal—from corporate fraud to baseball cheaters, political corruption to celebrity sexcapades—to explore well-ingrained similarities and contrasts in law and society. In Japan and the United States, legal and organizational rules tell us what kind of behavior is considered scandalous. When Japanese and American scandal stories differ, those rules—rules that define what’s public and what’s private, rules that protect injuries to dignity and honor, and rules about sex, to name a few—often help explain the differences. In the cases of Clinton and Uno, the rules help explain why the media didn’t cover Uno’s affair, why Uno’s wife apologized on her husband’s behalf, and why Uno—and not Clinton—resigned. Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle offers a novel approach to viewing the phenomenon of scandal—one that will be applauded by anyone who has obsessed over (or ridiculed) these public episodes.

Shoshaman

Author : Shinya Arai
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520071414
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (714 download)

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Download or read book Shoshaman written by Shinya Arai and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shoshaman takes us inside Japan's integrated trading companies to explore the daily lives of the shoshamen, the high-powered pro-fessionals who make them work.

Reading the Literatures of Asian America

Author : Shirley Lim
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781439901212
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Reading the Literatures of Asian America written by Shirley Lim and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of essays explores the diversity of Asian American literature from the 19th century to the present.

Tokyo Stories

Author : Lawrence Rogers
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520217881
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Tokyo Stories written by Lawrence Rogers and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-06-27 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of translated stories about life in Tokyo throughout most of the twentieth century.

Red Ghost, White Ghost

Author : Morio Kita
Publisher : Cornell East Asia Series
ISBN 13 : 9781939161680
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Red Ghost, White Ghost written by Morio Kita and published by Cornell East Asia Series. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume introduces short stories and essays by Kita Morio (1927-2011), one of the most significant, prolific, and beloved post-war writers in Japan. Also known by his literary persona, Dokutoru ManbÅ (Doctor Manbo), Kita was a remarkably versatile writer who produced both serious and comical works in a wide variety of genres. The short stories and essays included in this collection have been carefully selected from Kita's large body of writings to exhibit the breadth of his work. The collection includes his autobiographical fiction, comical essays, science fiction, somber fictional stories, and stories for children. Death, a work of autobiographical fiction, depicts the death and the writer's memories of his father, SaitÅ Mokichi, one of the most important poets in modern Japan. Being a psychiatrist and bipolar patient himself, Kita comically talks about his eccentric behavior during the manic state in the essay "I Am a Manic Patient." The title story, "The Red Ghost and the White Ghost," is a children's story about two ghosts who are incapable of scaring people. Although it is a story for children, Kita subtly includes his criticism of modern society where people value only scientific and tangible things.