Jirafa - 人文・思想・社会 1

Masujiro Honda (1866–1925), who wrote this autobiography, may be known to some through his translation such as the English version of Tadayoshi Sakurai's Nikudan (Human Bullets). As to his life and works little is known to the world, but in fact he was a figure who left a significant mark on ……続きを見る

Wrap anything from a wine bottle to a yoga mat with this practical Japanese fabric-wrapping book. Long before today's eco-friendly philosophy of "reduce, reuse, recycle" entered America's collective consciousness, furoshiki--the Japanese method of wrapping things with fabric--flourished as a time……続きを見る

Long before today's eco-friendly philosophy of "reduce, reuse, recycle" entered America's collective consciousness, furoshiki-the Japanese method of wrapping things with fabric-flourished as a time-honored and practical art form. In Wrapping With Fabric, Etsuko Yamada-born into a long-line of furo……続きを見る

心に残るユダヤ文化の面影──日本人の視点から 本書は、大学院生時代にユダヤ文化と運命的出会いを果たした 著者が、過去25年間の講演経験をふまえて、 心に深く刻み込まれたユダヤの肖像をまとめた、 ユダヤ文化論・文芸論である。 「ユダヤ世界」や「ユダヤ人」といっても日本人にはピンとこない。 戦前の東欧・ロシア……続きを見る

This book is highly significant in that it contains the words of military officials, journalists, diplomats and others who were in Nanjing in 1937. The so-called “Nanjing Incident” is a very controversy issue – even what to name it is controversial. The most obvious path to take to arrive at the f……続きを見る