Japan from anime to Zen : quick takes on culture, art, history, food...and more / David Watts Barton ; with illustrations by Yuko Nagasaki.
Material type: TextPublisher: Berkley, California : Stone Bridge Press , [2021]Description: 304 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 161172063X
- 9781611720631
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 915.2 B293 | Available | 33111010505507 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment's need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment's need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen.