Japan category: 1648 books

J E Thomas examines the historical roots of Japanese social structures and preoccupations and he sets these within the broad chronological framework of Japan's political and military development. The book can thus serve as an introduction to modern Japan in a more general sense - but its focus throughout...

Thousands of wounded servicemen returned to Japan following the escalation of Japanese military aggression in China in July 1937. Tens of thousands would return home after Japan widened its war effort in 1939. In Casualties of History, Lee K. Pennington relates for the first time in English the experiences...

Suzuki Shin’ichi, the Tokyo String Quartet, Midori - How did Japanese violinists manage to revolutionize violin teaching, win international competitions, conquer Western concert stages, study at world-famous conservatories and take up positions in leading orchestras and prestigious music faculties?...

Japan: The "other," lesser-known 1968 The analysis of May 68 in Paris, Berkeley, and the Western world has been widely reconsidered. But 1968 is not only a year that conjures up images of Paris, Frankfurt, or Milan: it is also the pivotal year for a new anti-colonial and anti-capitalist...

This is an updated edition of Conrad Totman’s authoritative history of Japan from c.8000 BC to the present day. The first edition was widely praised for combining sophistication and accessibility. Covers a wide range of subjects, including geology, climate, agriculture, government...

Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to directly affect social structure, political practice, and economic production. This apparent contradiction between official norms...

What are people’s life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding Japan in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Its chapters collectively reveal a questioning of middle-class ideals once considered the essence of Japaneseness....

In recent decades, many countries have experienced both a rapid increase of in-migration of foreign nationals and a large-scale devolution of governance to the local level. The result has been new government policies to promote the social inclusion of recently arrived residents. In New Policies for...

Discard both your clothes and daily cares and enjoy a time-honoured bathing ritual with Onsen of Japan. For thousands of years, Japanese hot springs (or onsen) have been revered for their relaxing and healing qualities, and this guidebook highlights 140 of the very best places for tourists to visit...

特輯1：京．町家 風格．旅／親近京都探訪町家之美 町家，彷彿就是日式風格的縮影，低矮木造樓房、狹窄入口與深邃內院、格子窗、蟲籠窗、箱庭……每處獨特的設計，都成為打造日式風格的元素。古都京都無疑是町家大本營，京町家指的是建於京都的町家，職住一體型的設計，展現江戶時期町人們的生活點滴。經歷戰火與歲月的堆疊，現存町家不到5萬間，許多更面臨老朽、無人繼承將成空屋的命運。近年來，在眾人努力下，京町家開始轉變為各式各樣的繽紛場域，有咖啡廳、旅宿、雜貨商店，許多大品牌也進駐展店，每樣事物都在與京町家融合後展現出全新的化學變化。 感受京都，就從多樣七彩的町家風格之旅，出發。 特輯2：讓你不迷路！銀座．表參道．池袋精選東京巷弄美食 充滿無限魅力的東京，不管玩幾次都永遠充滿驚喜。除了知名景點之外，藏身在鬧區巷弄中的低調美食，往往比熱門店更充滿道地風情與滋味。走入表參道、銀座和池袋，重新探索東京內行人才知道的私房秘密美食！ 特輯3：東京人氣取景地巡禮！跟著日劇、電影去旅行～ 不管是哪個世代，日劇都曾經影響過你我，並且因為話題日劇和日影，隨之造就出許多令遊客趨之若鶩的熱門取景地，經典台詞或畫面讓人始終難忘。其中，東京因為電視台地利之便，拍攝場景更是眾多，本期將以東京為主，介紹知名取景地點和路線，而你，去過了幾個呢？ ZOOM...

According to the Preface: "...the rare charm of Japanese life, so different from that of all other lands, is not to be found in its Europeanised circles. It is to be found among the great common people, who represent in Japan, as in all countries, the national virtues, and who still cling to their delightful...

During late 1891, Hearn obtained a teaching position in Kumamoto, Kyushu, at the Fifth Higher Middle School, where he spent the next three years and completed his book Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (published 1894). Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by...

May 22, 2017 (Edition 2.0) * Some misprints were corrected. * Some URLs were updated. * Another magnet was added. - - - - - - - - - - - - - Do you have any souvenirs from your trip? I think that many people keep their memories of their trip through photographs. Why don’t you start collecting “Souvenir...

Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; unfortunately, our modern portrait of this folk hero is derived mainly from popular books, comics, and film, with little heed paid to the early records by men who knew Musashi, practiced with Musashi,...