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Parmi les différentes civilisations indianisées de l'Asie du Sud-Est, le Champa occupe une place ambiguë. En effet, en dépit de la fascination qu'a exercée dès sa «découverte», au XIXe siècle, le si……続きを見る

Du 29 septembre au 28 novembre 1998 s'est tenue à la Maison de la culture du Japon à Paris l'exposition Jomon. L'art du Japon des origines. Elle coïncidait avec le premier anniversaire de l'ouvertur……続きを見る

Bunraku has fascinated theatre practitioners through its particular forms of staging, such as highly elaborated manipulation of puppets and exquisite coordination of chanters and shamisen players. H……続きを見る

Dans "Hokousaï", Edmond de Goncourt explore la vie et l'œuvre du célèbre peintre japonais Katsushika Hokusai, figure emblématique de l'estampe Ukiyo-e. Ce roman, écrit avec un style délicat et poéti……続きを見る

The idea that Japanese art is produced through rote copy and imitation is an eighteenth-century colonial construct, with roots in Romantic ideals of originality. Offering a much-needed corrective to……続きを見る

In this book, David Der-wei Wang uses the lyrical to rethink the dynamics of Chinese modernity. Although the form may seem unusual for representing China's social and political crises in the mid-twe……続きを見る

Koichi Shinohara traces the evolution of Esoteric Buddhist rituals from the simple recitation of spells in the fifth century to complex systems involving image worship, mandala initiation, and visua……続きを見る

Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in ……続きを見る

The portrayal of historical atrocity in fiction, film, and popular culture can reveal much about the function of individual memory and the shifting status of national identity. In the context of Chi……続きを見る

Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and mediaーfrom poetry and screen painting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and annual observan……続きを見る

Compiled by two skilled librarians and a Taiwanese film and culture specialist, this volume is the first multilingual and most comprehensive bibliography of Taiwanese film scholarship, designed to s……続きを見る

Bollywood is India's most popular entertainment and one of its most powerful social forces. Its blockbusters contest ideas about state formation, capture the nation's dispersed anxieties, and fabric……続きを見る

Imagine watching an action film in a small-town cinema hall in Bangladesh, and in between the gun battles and fistfights a short pornographic clip appears. This is known as a cut-piece, a strip of l……続きを見る

While we have become familiar with the idea of "Bollywood" here in the West, we know little about the industry's films beyond a certain celebration of kitsch. Bollywood, the latest in Wallflower Pre……続きを見る

The Vessantara Jataka tells the story of Prince Vessantara, who attained the Perfection of Generosity by giving away his fortune, his children, and his wife. Vessantara was the penultimate rebirth a……続きを見る

It is an initiative anthology which is providing platform to the writers whose inks are efforting to explore, by publishing their write-ups. Everyone is going to feel every word jotted down by our a……続きを見る

《红楼梦》是中国文化集大成的作品，它将中国数千年来的哲学认知、历史经验、伦理秩序、审美倾向、世事人情囊括一书，一部《红楼梦》塑造的栩栩如生的文学人物达400余人，与莎士比亚所有剧作塑造的人物数量相近，……続きを見る

I.B.Tauris in association with the Iran Heritage Foundation Iran's rich cultural heritage has been shaped over many centuries by its rich and eventful history. This impressive book, which assembles ……続きを見る

Let’s tour Asia without needing a passport or a plane ticket! This educational book features the people you’ll meet, as well as the places and cultures you’ll experience while touring this vast piec……続きを見る

Japonisme, the nineteenth-century fascination for Japanese art, has generated an enormous body of scholarship since the beginning of the twenty-first century, but most of it neglects the women who a……続きを見る

This book offers a reassessment of how "matter" – in the context of art history, criticism, and architecture – pursued a radical definition of "multiplicity", against the dominant and hierarchical t……続きを見る

The Song Dynasty (960-1279) was divided into two stages: the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty. Song Dynasty painting entered the ranks of handicraft industry and commerce, and est……続きを見る

From blue-and-white china tea sets to entire suites of Chinese-inspired rooms, Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the e……続きを見る

《山静居画论》为方薫晚年的著作，成于1780年前后。此画论采用中国古代画论较为通行的一种形式ーー随感式杂录形式编撰而成，没有明确的体例。全书共两卷，以随笔形式论画二百四十四则，上自晋唐，下至清初各家各派……続きを見る

Combining aesthetic and political history, explores the influence of Chinese people and objects on American visual culture. In Collecting Objects / Excluding People, Lenore Metrick-Chen demonstrates……続きを見る

Tucked away in the East is a sleeping giant: Bedok, a paragon of the heartlands. Previously bordered by the beach, this neighbourhood was known for its scrumptious seafood. Bedok, or Bodo, as it was……続きを見る

Established by the colonial government, southwest of the Singapore River, to cater to Singapore’s Chinese-majority immigrant population, Chinatown is today a bustling destination, much like its coun……続きを見る

Since pre-independence days, Geylang Serai has served as a hub for the Malay and Indonesian communities in Singapore. It was home to the Malay Village, built in 1989 to showcase kampong life and sel……続きを見る

This book explores Asian art therapist experiences in a predominantly white professional field, challenging readers with visceral, racial, and personalized stories that may push them far beyond thei……続きを見る

Directly facing Singapore’s seafront, the eastern neighbourhood of Katong has long inspired fierce pride and loyalty in its residents. Follow the artists from Urban Sketchers Singapore through the s……続きを見る