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El autor, profesor emérito de la universidad de Kyoto, nos muestra los aspectos más destacados de su cultura a partir de una "doble iluminación": la que le es propia a la civilización japonesa en cu……続きを見る

For over two centuries Japan had been hidden behind a veil of seclusion. This changed in when Commodore Perry arrived in 1853. Unsurprisingly for a world power, Britain was fast to get in on the act……続きを見る

First published in 1929, "The Garden of Vision" treats the debt of Japan to Zen Buddhism. Once again Lily Adams Becks sets her work in Asia, more specifically in Japan, as a great connoisseur of its……続きを見る

In "Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods," Frank Rinder adeptly weaves a rich tapestry of Japanese mythology and folklore, illuminating the intersecting narratives that define this ancie……続きを見る

In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up at the execution ground proclaimed their crime: they were devotees of the “pernicious creed” of Christian……続きを見る

Conservation as a tool of colonialism in early twentieth-century Korea Japanese colonial rule in Korea (1905–1945) ushered in natural resource management programs that profoundly altered access to a……続きを見る

Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, Patricia Tsurumi vividly documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs.……続きを見る

Tokyo, which in Japanese means the “Eastern Capital,” has only enjoyed that name and status for 150 years. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the city that is now Tokyo was a sprawling fish……続きを見る

Brutal Samurai invade your home. You watch as they murder family, servants, and guards. You and your sister are the only survivors. Whisked away to a desolate mountain castle, you later watch throug……続きを見る

Un GRAND classique en stratégie martial également exploité en développement personnel, philosophique ou encore dans le monde de l'entreprise ! Le Livre des cinq anneaux, également connu sous le nom ……続きを見る

This is a short but very concise introduction to Asian art. Written from a Japanese perspective, and focusing on Japanese art, one of the major themes is the relationship between spirituality, parti……続きを見る

以京都為名， 縱為時間，横為空間 傳統與現代交錯出充滿立體感的紙上行旅 京都，擁有專屬的漫步速度、角度和深度 京都，擁有許多在地人才知道的這些、那些事 看似靜懿悠然的古都，其實在日本歷史上是個不斷流動著……続きを見る

從青年團的教化到志願兵的構築， 探究殖民地臺灣的青年群像與地域變遷。 臺灣的青年團是對被統治者之教化政策的一環，以「社會教育」之形式進行，並與公學校同為灌輸臺人日本價值觀的場域，在戰爭末期時轉型遣送特……続きを見る

Dans "Considérations générales sur l'état actuel du Japon", Charles comte de Montblanc propose une analyse approfondie et nuancée de la Japon de la fin du XIXe siècle. À travers un style littéraire ……続きを見る

Dans "Le Japon en 1866", Charles comte de Montblanc dresse un tableau vivant et nuancé du Japon à une époque charnière de son histoire, juste avant la restauration Meiji. À travers un style descript……続きを見る

Dans "Le Japon", le Comte Charles de Montblanc nous propose un récit à la fois détaillé et poétique d'un pays alors méconnu de l'Occident, offrant une exploration de sa culture, de ses traditions et……続きを見る

In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, ……続きを見る

In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trials and their counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East……続きを見る

By 1816, Japan had recovered from the famines of the 1780s and moved beyond the political reforms of the 1790s. Despite persistent economic and social stresses, the country seemed headed for a new p……続きを見る

Beginning in late 1945, the United States, Britain, China, Australia, France, the Netherlands, and later the Philippines, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China convened national court……続きを見る

Japan in the early seventeenth century was a wild place. Serial killers stalked the streets of Kyoto at night, while noblemen and women mingled freely at the imperial palace, drinking saké and watch……続きを見る

In 1995, an Okinawan schoolgirl was brutally raped by several U.S. servicemen. The incident triggered a chain of protests by women's groups, teachers' associations, labor unions, reformist political……続きを見る

Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. He was a failure as a soldier, incompetent at dealing with state business, and dominated by his wife. But his influence on the cultural l……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

Providing comparisons to the United States and Britain, this book examines Japan's postwar consumer protection movement. Organized largely by and for housewives and spurred by major cases of price g……続きを見る

The first study of colonial Taiwan in English, this volume brings together seventeen essays by leading scholars to construct a comprehensive cultural history of Taiwan under Japanese rule. Contribut……続きを見る

The Record of Great Doubts emphasizes the role of qi in achieving a life of engagement with other humans, with the larger society, and with nature as a whole. Rather than encourage transcendental es……続きを見る

What happens when a critique of modernityーa "revolt against the traditions of the Western world"ーis situated within a non-European context, where the concept of the modern has been inevitably tied……続きを見る

Many books in Japanese have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886–1912). Although he died at the age of twenty-six and wrote many of his best-known poems in the space of a few ……続きを見る

Since the late 1980s, Brazilians of Japanese descent have been "return" migrating to Japan as unskilled foreign workers. With an immigrant population currently estimated at roughly 280,000, Japanese……続きを見る