The Other Japan

The Other Japan
Author: David T. Suzuki
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

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Japan conjures up images of tea ceremonies, serene gardens, and Shinto shrines. Suzuki and Oiwa traveled throughout Japan, interviewing men and women who show them another side of the country. The coauthor is Keibo Oiwa.

The Other Japan

The Other Japan
Author: Joe Moore
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1997
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781563248689

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The analyses and literary portraits in this text elucidate the existing realities of Japan's postwar history. They address, in chronological fashion, major social, environmental, and feminist issues and conflicts that have attended to Japan's postwar economic miracle.

Engaging the Other: 'Japan' and Its Alter-Egos, 1550-1850

Engaging the Other: 'Japan' and Its Alter-Egos, 1550-1850
Author: Ronald P. Toby
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2019-01-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 900439351X

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In Engaging the Other: “Japan and Its Alter-Egos”, 1550-1850 Ronald P. Toby examines new discourses of identity and difference in early modern Japan, a discourse catalyzed by the “Iberian irruption,” the appearance of Portuguese and other new, radical others in the sixteenth century. The encounter with peoples and countries unimagined in earlier discourse provoked an identity crisis, a paradigm shift from a view of the world as comprising only “three countries” (sangoku), i.e., Japan, China and India, to a world of “myriad countries” (bankoku) and peoples. In order to understand the new radical alterities, the Japanese were forced to establish new parameters of difference from familiar, proximate others, i.e., China, Korea and Ryukyu. Toby examines their articulation in literature, visual and performing arts, law, and customs.

Guidebook to Japan

Guidebook to Japan
Author: Amy Chavez
Publisher: Gom Publishing, LLC
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2005-05
Genre: Japan
ISBN: 1932966021

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Guidebook to Japan: What the Other Guidebooks Won't Tell You offers a candid glimpse into Japanese society rarely found in books or media. Based on over a decade of experience living in Japan, Chavez guides you through the complex culture through essays, cultural tips (called "Sword Tips"), and useful Japanese phrases (called "Sparring Japanese"), to make learning about Japan as fun as possible. Over one hundred essays from The Japan Times, matched with two hundred links to Japan-related websites (from the educational to the bizarre), this book is a vast resource of information. Chavez tells you how to get to a naked festival, how to avoid the Japanese mafia, and how to order "Spaghetti-hold the seaweed." Learn the secrets of Japan in an entire chapter called "What the Japanese don't want you to know." You'll also find a special section on teaching in Japan: what jobs are available, how to get them, and how much money you'll make. In short, all the things you need to know, told by someone who has done it herself.

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan

Frank Lloyd Wright and the Art of Japan
Author: Julia Meech
Publisher:
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2001-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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This fascinating study reveals the lesser-known side of this famed architect as an important & avid collector of Japanese art, & the role it played in his life & his architecture. Accompanies an exhibition at the Japan Society, New York.

The Other Side of Zen

The Other Side of Zen
Author: Duncan Ryūken Williams
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691119281

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"Popular understanding of Zen Buddhism typically involves a stereotyped image of isolated individuals in meditation, contemplating nothingness. This book presents the "other side of Zen," by examining the movement's explosive growth during the Tokugawa period (1600-1867) in Japan and by shedding light on the broader Japanese religious landscape during the era. Using newly-discovered manuscripts, Duncan Ryuken Williams argues that the success of Soto Zen was due neither to what is most often associated with the sect, Zen meditation, nor to the teachings of its medieval founder, Dogen, but rather to the social benefits it conveyed." "Williams's work is based on careful examination of archival sources including temple logbooks, prayer and funerary manuals, death registries, miracle tales of popular Buddhist deities, secret initiation papers, villagers' diaries, and fundraising donor lists."--Jacket.

Snow Country Tales

Snow Country Tales
Author: Bokushi Suzuki
Publisher: Weatherhill, Incorporated
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1986
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

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Pachinko Road

Pachinko Road
Author: Craig Mod
Publisher:
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2019-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998221489

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The Cape

The Cape
Author: Kenji Nakagami
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2014-02-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611729106

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Born into the burakumin—Japan’s class of outcasts—Kenji Nakagami depicts the lives of his people in sensual language and stark detail. The Cape is a breakthrough novella about a burakumin community, their troubled memories, and complex family histories. Includes House on Fire and Red Hair. Kenji Nakagami (1946–92) was a prolific writer admired for his vigorous prose style.

Japan in the American Century

Japan in the American Century
Author: Kenneth B. Pyle
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674989082

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No nation was more deeply affected by America’s rise to power than Japan. The price paid to end the most intrusive reconstruction of a nation in modern history was a cold war alliance with the U.S. that ensured American dominance in the region. Kenneth Pyle offers a thoughtful history of this relationship at a time when the alliance is changing.