Japan category: 1648 books

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"The best of the best from this year's bountiful harvest of uncommonly strong offerings ... Deeply original." -O, The Oprah Magazine"Exceptional ... In today’s less-than-brave new world in which sincere human interaction is disappearing even as the numbers of so-called ‘friends’ are multiplying,...

'The Book of Tea' by Okakura Kakuzo shows how tea has affected nearly every aspect of Japanese culture, thought, and life. The book is accessible to Western audiences because, though Kakuzo was born and raised Japanese, he was trained from a young age to speak English. In this book he explains tea...

A Brief introduction to Japanese Art and Symbols written in the late nineteenth century by the well known American orientalist.

The intellectual and social theorist Yukichi Fukuzawa wrote An Encouragement of Learning (1872–1876) as a series of pamphlets while completing his critical masterpiece, An Outline of a Theory of Civilization (1875). These closely linked texts illustrate the core tenets of his philosophical outlook:...

This book is a burning flame. “A Cry From The Heart” is what the author needs to share with all of you who care about the future. Wake up! he says, Fukushima is only the tip of the iceberg. Yogan Baum, no longer a stranger in his adopted country, lived through the catastrophic events of...

The first scientific-iconological survey ever on the most traditional and most topicalized genre in Japanese arts, Fuji Painting, from its origin in antiquity in the 9th century, through the Middle Ages (Sansui-Painting in especial), to its apex in Edo Ukiyoe Painting (Hiroshige and Hokusai). It facilitates...

Hari-Kiri is a definitive text on Japanese ritual suicide, also known as suppuku. To the average westerner, the word hara-kiri conjures up an image of excruciating, self-inflicted pain; of a deep, fatal incision. To the Japanese, this kind of suicide embodies the best qualities of courage,...

The First to Cry Down Injustice explores the range of responses from Jews in the Pacific West to the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII. While it is often assumed that American Jews_because of a commitment to fighting prejudice_would have taken a position against this discriminatory...

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The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness....

**一本京都史，半部日本史 十七座古都文化財，內蘊千年的恩怨情仇和興衰無常 《表裏日本》蔡亦竹暢銷新作 首開以文化人類學巡檢手法 引領讀者深入每一座世界遺產的歷史紋理肌骨 在戰亂與盛世之間、從貴族到庶民文化 有系統地認識京都之所以為京都的迷人風景** 　　為什麼京都名勝多佛寺？ 　　清水寺周畔竟然曾是生人勿近的死者國度？ 　　集結龐大宗教勢力的本願寺，為何一分為東、西二寺？ 　　金閣寺只有二、三樓貼金箔，暗藏什麼陰謀論？ 　　戰國雙雄秀吉與家康，個性大不同的兩人分別在京都留下哪些古都文化財？ 　　京都這座千年歷史之都，不只擁有優雅與光明的一面，也曾有過鮮為人知的黑暗與兇殘。那些寺院建築上的亮紅，也許是歷史遺留下的血色；極顯華麗莊嚴之姿的樓臺閣院，興許不是勝者為王的產物，而是盛極必衰、人事皆非的蒼涼見證。 　　因此，在欣賞京都建築和庭園之餘，更要看看這個古都的漫長歲月裡，記載的人們活著的痕跡，和所有悲歡離合的記憶。京都有十七座的世界文化遺產，本書就以這十七個名勝為觸媒，以兼具學術與娛樂的行文，娓娓訴說那些驚心動魄或悠遠動人的故事，來仔細看看平安京這座千年王城的風景。 本書特色 　　台日藝術家連袂出擊，打造磅礡視覺效果 　　視覺設計：霧室，金蝶獎金獎設計 　　封面題字：曾山尚幸，來自沖繩的街頭書法藝術家 　　內頁彩圖：氫酸鉀，台灣知名插畫家 專文推薦 　　吳洛纓...

The Way of Tea draws upon the wisdom of ancient writings to explain how modern tea lovers can bring peace and serenity to their time with a steaming mug of their favorite beverage—and how to carry that serenity with them throughout the day. Looking at all aspects of tea and the tea ceremony...

The inspiration for the Jedi knights of Star Wars and the films of Akira Kurosawa, the legendary Japanese samurai have captured modern imaginations. Yet with these elite warriors who were bound by a code of honor called Bushido—the Way of the Warrior—the reality behind the myth proves more fascinating...