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Where They Create: Japan

Author : Kanae Hasegawa
Publisher : Frame Publishers
ISBN 13 : 949231102X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book Where They Create: Japan written by Kanae Hasegawa and published by Frame Publishers. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring the work of photographer Paul Barbera, this book documents creativity in 32 Japanese studios. Photographer Paul Barbera presents his next volume in the Where They Create series – this time with a different approach, by exploring the theme of his series through geographical locales. Reinvigorated by his first visit to Japan in five years, he makes this country the starting point of this new volume. Through the lens of creative spaces, Barbera chronicles his journey as he uncovers how contemporary Japanese design, art and creative thinking, has influenced and inspired the world (and vice versa). Barbera's search is simple and clear: he only visits the studios of people whose work he loves and admires, and who have inspiring spaces. For this book, Barbera was invited to shoot the studios of 32 creatives like Anrealage, Kengo Kuma, Wonderwall, Nendo, Tadao Ando, Tokujin Yoshioka, Toyo Ito and many more. Interviews with these creators reveal how their daily environment influences their output. Features Successor to the first portfolio book of Paul Barbera, which was an inspiring publication created out the successful weblog (wheretheycreate.com)The subjects of this book come from all walks of life artists, architects and graphic designers to fashion designers and a flower artists – with engaging stories of how they have arrived at ‘where they create’.The book provides a rare view into the surroundings of some of the greatest Japanese creative minds of our time.Additional interviews with experts on Japanese design shed some light and personal insights on the country’s creative thinking.

Where They Create

Author : Paul Barbera
Publisher : Where They Create
ISBN 13 : 9789077174494
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Where They Create written by Paul Barbera and published by Where They Create. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where they Create documents thirty studios where creativity takes place by showing the work of interior photographer Paul Barbera.

Pure Invention

Author : Matt Alt
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1984826697
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book Pure Invention written by Matt Alt and published by Crown. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.”—W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style Japan is the forge of the world’s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokémon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives. In the 1970s and ’80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, gliding on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the “lost decades” of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that’s precisely when its cultural clout soared—when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and multimedia empires like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them—connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japan’s pop-media complex remade global culture.

The Arts of the Microbial World

Author : Victoria Lee
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022681288X
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book The Arts of the Microbial World written by Victoria Lee and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-12-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth study of Japanese fermentation science in the twentieth century. The Arts of the Microbial World explores the significance of fermentation phenomena, both as life processes and as technologies, in Japanese scientific culture. Victoria Lee’s careful study documents how Japanese scientists and skilled workers sought to use the microbe’s natural processes to create new products, from soy-sauce mold starters to MSG, vitamins to statins. In traditional brewing houses as well as in the food, fine chemical, and pharmaceutical industries across Japan, they showcased their ability to deal with the enormous sensitivity and variety of the microbial world. Charting developments in fermentation science from the turn of the twentieth century, when Japan was an industrializing country on the periphery of the world economy, to 1980 when it had emerged as a global technological and economic power, Lee highlights the role of indigenous techniques in modern science as it took shape in Japan. In doing so, she reveals how knowledge of microbes lay at the heart of some of Japan’s most prominent technological breakthroughs in the global economy. At a moment when twenty-first-century developments in the fields of antibiotic resistance, the microbiome, and green chemistry suggest that the traditional eradication-based approach to the microbial world is unsustainable, twentieth-century Japanese microbiology provides a new, broader vantage for understanding and managing microbial interactions with society.

The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits (Myths)

Author : Joshua Frydman
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500777357
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits (Myths) written by Joshua Frydman and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon. While people around the world love Japan’s cultural exports—from manga and anime to Zen—not everyone is familiar with Japan’s unique mythology that shapes these interests, which is enriched by Shinto, Buddhism, and regional folklore. The Japanese Myths is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami with their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of vengeful ghosts, through to the modern-day reincarnation of ancient deities as the heroes of mecha anime. Mythology remains a living, evolving part of Japanese society. The ways in which the people of Japan understand their myths are very different today even from a century ago, let alone over a millennium into the past. This volume not only retells these ancient stories but also considers their place within the patterns of Japanese religions, culture, and history, helping readers understand the deep links between past and present in Japan, and the ways these myths live and grow. Author Joshua Frydman takes the very earliest written myths in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as his starting point, and from there traces Japan’s mythology through to post-war State Shinto, the rise of the manga industry in the 1960s, J-horror, and modern-day myths. Frydman ties in reinventions and retellings of myths that are present across all genres of contemporary Japanese culture, from its auteur cinema to renowned video games such as Okami. This book is for anyone interested in Japan and Japanese exports, as knowing its myths allows readers to understand and appreciate its culture in a new light.

Itō Hirobumi - Japan's First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji Constitution

Author : Takii Kazuhiro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317818474
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Itō Hirobumi - Japan's First Prime Minister and Father of the Meiji Constitution written by Takii Kazuhiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant and influential statesman, Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), and the first prime minister of Japan’s modern state, has been poorly understood. This biography attempts to set the record straight about Itō’s thought and vision for Japan’s modernisation based on research in primary sources. It outlines Itō’s life: the son of a poor farmer, he showed exceptional talent as a boy and was sent to study in Europe and the United States. He returned home convinced that Western civilisation was the only viable path for Japan. Following the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Itō became a powerful intellectual and political force behind reforms of Japanese laws and institutions aimed to shape a modern government based on informed leadership and a knowledeable populace. Among his many achievements were the establishment of Japan’s first constitution—the Meiji Constitution of 1889, and the founding in 1900 of a new type of constitutional party, the Rikken Seiyukai (Friends of Constitutional Government), which, reformulated after 1945, became the Liberal Democratic Party that has dominated Japanese politics in the postwar period. Concerning Itō’s role as Japanese Resident-General in Korea from 1905, the author argues that Itō’s aim, not understood by either the Japanese home government or Koreans themselves, was not to colonize Korea. He was determined to modernise Korea and consolidate further constitutional reforms in Japan. This aim was not shared by others, and Itō resigned in 1909. He was assassinated the same year in Manchuria by a Korean nationalist. The Japanese language edition of this book is a bestseller in Japan, and it received the Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities, one of Japan's most prestigious publishing awards.

Japan’s New Imperialism

Author : Rob Steven
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349109274
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book Japan’s New Imperialism written by Rob Steven and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectacular rise of the yen in the mid-1980s has unleashed a new wave of imperialism from Japan. Its origins are traced to a series of crises and rivalries between the two great capitalist powers, Japan and the USA. To escape the high yen, Japanese capital is closing down factories at home and shifting them overseas. Some are going to the advanced countries, but the book's main focus is on the search for cheap labour in Southeast Asia to make parts for Japan's two leading industries: motor vehicles and electronics.

War, Revolution and Japan

Author : Ian Neary
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135319014
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book War, Revolution and Japan written by Ian Neary and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005-07-18 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The end of the Cold War years has brought tumultuous change. Revolutionary changes, however, are not new to the Japanese.

An Ethnography of the Lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian Migrants

Author : Ethel V. Kosminsky
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498522602
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book An Ethnography of the Lives of Japanese and Japanese Brazilian Migrants written by Ethel V. Kosminsky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ethel Kosminsky studies the Japanese emigration to the planned colony of Bastos in São Paulo, Brazil in the early twentieth century. She explores the stories of Japanese immigrants who replaced the labor of recently-freed slaves on coffee plantations, and their descendants’ return migration to Japan when the Bastos economy began to suffer in the late twentieth century. Using interviews and fieldwork done in both Bastos and Japan, Kosminsky integrates sociological, historical, political, economic, and ethnographic knowledge to analyze the consequences of these temporary labor migrations on the immigrants and their families.

Reinventing Japan

Author : Martin Fackler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Reinventing Japan written by Martin Fackler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly readable yet deeply researched, this book serves as an essential guide to the many ways in which Japan has risen to become one of the world's most creative and innovative societies. During its so-called Lost Decades, Japan has quietly reinvented itself from a nation with an economy playing catch-up into a global leader in innovation and creativity, one whose "soft power" extends from postmodern architecture to pluripotent stem cells. Written by a dozen experts in their fields, including architect Kengo Kuma, designer of Tokyo's 2020 Olympic stadium, this book describes Japan's contributions to the world in fields ranging from fashion and pop culture to development aid and historical reconciliation. In addition, it demonstrates how Japan has led efforts to contend with several social and economic challenges facing the entire developed world, including demographic aging, rising health-care costs, and wasteful consumption. Using these accomplishments as evidence, it argues that, in an era of questions surrounding the capability of American leadership, the time has come for Japan to step into a new role as a purveyor of models and values better suited to today's multipolar and diverse world.

The Japanese Grill

Author : Tadashi Ono
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 158008737X
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Japanese Grill written by Tadashi Ono and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American grilling, Japanese flavors. In this bold cookbook, chef Tadashi Ono of Matsuri and writer Harris Salat share a key insight: that live-fire cooking marries perfectly with mouthwatering Japanese ingredients like soy sauce and miso. Packed with fast-and-easy recipes, versatile marinades, and step-by-step techniques, The Japanese Grill will have you grilling amazing steaks, pork chops, salmon, tomatoes, and whole chicken, as well as traditional favorites like yakitori, yaki onigiri, and whole salt-packed fish. Whether you use charcoal or gas, or are a grilling novice or disciple, you will love dishes like Skirt Steak with Red Miso, Garlic–Soy Sauce Porterhouse, Crispy Chicken Wings, Yuzu Kosho Scallops, and Soy Sauce-and-Lemon Grilled Eggplant. Ono and Salat include menu suggestions for sophisticated entertaining in addition to quick-grilling choices for healthy weekday meals, plus a slew of delectable sides that pair well with anything off the fire. Grilling has been a centerpiece of Japanese cooking for centuries, and when you taste the incredible dishes in The Japanese Grill—both contemporary and authentic—you’ll become a believer, too.

Japan's Minorities

Author : Michael Weiner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134744412
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Japan's Minorities written by Michael Weiner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-07-13 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides clear historical introductions to the six principal ethnic minority groups in Japan, including the Ainu, Chinese, Koreans and Okinawans, and discusses their place in contemporary Japanese society.

The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy

Author : Chikara Higashi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401577501
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy by : Chikara Higashi

Download or read book The Internationalization of the Japanese Economy written by Chikara Higashi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The internationalization of the J apanese economy, or the shift from an export-Ied to a domestic demand-Ied growth, is one of the important cu ne nt developments in the world-economy. lt involves the interaction of a variety of economic, social and cultural factors which many observers outside of Japan need to appreciate in order to understand what the process entails. Drs. Higashi and Lauter have written a book which is providing de tailed insight into the policy alternatives which the Japanese government has chosen to achieve the objectives of the internationalization process. Moreover, they have also analyzed the potential problems which sur round the implementation of the complex policies. I believe that their book is a valuable addition to both the academic and the generalliterature on Japan's efforts to change its role in the world economy and to contribute to the well-being of people everywhere. Michio Watanabe Tokyo, March 1987 Minister of International Trade and Industry December 1985-July 1986 Minister of Finance July 1980-November 1982 Xl The Internationalization Of The Japanese Economy 1 THE PATH TO ECONOMIC POWER Japan, known around the world as a smalI, resource-poOf island country, has experienced a greater than tenfold increase in its gross national product (GNP) in real terms since 1950.

Japan the Culture

Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780778792987
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (929 download)

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Download or read book Japan the Culture written by Bobbie Kalman and published by Crabtree Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the religious beliefs, traditional arts, customs, fine arts, and festivals of Japan.

The Other Empire

Author : Ronald D. Klein
Publisher : UP Press
ISBN 13 : 9715425623
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Other Empire written by Ronald D. Klein and published by UP Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this survey of literary images of Japan, Ronald Klein has identified more than 160 works with Japanese characters, providing both comprehensive overviews as well as individual monographs on specific writers. This book creates a subgenre of thematic work, positing an alternative postcolonial relationship.

Japanese Americans

Author : Paul R. Spickard
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813544335
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Americans written by Paul R. Spickard and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1855, nearly half a million Japanese immigrants have settled in the United States, and today more than twice that number claim Japanese ancestry. While these immigrants worked hard, established networks, and repeatedly distinguished themselves as entrepreneurs, they also encountered harsh discrimination. Nowhere was this more evident than on the West Coast during World War II, when virtually the entire population of Japanese Americans was forced into internment camps solely on the basis of ethnicity.

Hands-on Culture of Japan

Author : Kate O'Halloran
Publisher : Walch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780825130861
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Hands-on Culture of Japan written by Kate O'Halloran and published by Walch Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six different world cultures are the focus of Hands-On Culture: Japan, Mexico and Central America, Southeast Asia, West Africa, Ancient Egypt, and Ancient Greece and Rome. These colorful volumes examine each culture's art, science, history, geography, and language and literature. From making sushi to designing a drum to reading hieroglyphics, students use an array of hands-on activities to grow more culturally aware and appreciative if differences among peoples. Topics in this volume include: A Japanese view of aesthetics Japan: a closed society Geography and Japanese prints Counting in Japanese: ichi, ni, san, yon, go Haiku See other Hands-on Culture titles