Japan and the Wider World, Iriye

Автор: Shirane Haruo
Название: Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons
ISBN: 0231152817 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231152815
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media. In "Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons," Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery. Shirane discusses a wide array of representations of nature in the Japanese arts: textual (poetry, chronicles, tales), cultivated (gardens, flower arrangement), material (kimonos, screens), performative (noh, festivals), and gastronomic (tea ceremony, food rituals). He reveals how this kind of "secondary nature," which flourished in Japan`s urban environment, fostered and idealized a sense of harmony with the natural world just at the moment when nature began to recede from view. Illuminating the deeper meaning behind Japanese aesthetics and artifacts, Shirane also clarifies the use of natural and seasonal topics and the changes in their cultural associations and functions across history, genre, and community over more than a millennium. In this fascinating book, the four seasons are revealed to be as much a cultural construction as a reflection of the physical world.

Автор: Koolhass Rem
Название: Project Japan
ISBN: 3836525089 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783836525084
Издательство: Taschen
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Описание: Architect Rem Koolhaas and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist compile a history of Metabolism: the first non-Western avant-garde architecture, born out of postwar Tokyo. Extensive interviews and rare photographs introduce the movement and shed light on the group`s futuristic vision for the future; a dream of cities that would grow, reproduce, and...

Автор: Marks Andreas
Название: Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Japan
ISBN: 4805313102 ISBN-13(EAN): 9784805313107
Издательство: Tuttle
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Описание: Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations.
This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots and cultural icons that still delight visitors today. Many of the prints are by masters such as Utagawa Hiroshige, Kitagawa Utamaro, and Utagawa Kunisada, and currently hang in prestigious galleries and museums worldwide. Katsuhika Hokusai, the artform's most celebrated artist, is also well represented, with many prints from his "Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series and "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji" series, including his world-renowned "Great Wave" print.
In addition to prints showcasing Japan's natural beauty, this carefully curated selection depicts roads and railways; favorite pastimes, such as blossom viewing and attending festivals; beloved entertainment, such as kabuki theater; the fashions they wore, and the food they ate. Author Andreas Marks is a leading expert on Japanese woodblock prints, and his Illuminating captions provide background context to the scenes depicted.

Автор: Goto-Jones, Christopher
Название: Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction
ISBN: 0199235694 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199235698
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Japan is an icon of the modern world, and yet it remains an enigma to many, who see it as a confusing montage of the alien and the familiar, the ancient and modern. The aim of this Very Short Introduction is to explode the myths and explore the reality of modern Japan - by taking a concise look at its history, economy, politics, and culture.

Автор: Keene Donald
Название: Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
ISBN: 0231123418 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231123419
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: This is the extraordinary story of how Japan was dramatically transformed during the long reign of Emperor Meiji, from an isolated island nation to one of the five great powers of the world, poised as a rival in Asia to Russia and the European colonial powers.

Автор: Gwyn Campbell
Название: Early Exchange between Africa and the Wider Indian Ocean World
ISBN: 3319338218 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319338217
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This volume comprises a selection of essays by scholars from a variety of disciplines that discuss the exchange relationship between Africa and the wider Indian Ocean world (IOW), a macro-region running from East Africa to China, from early times to about 1300 CE. The rationale for regarding this macro-region as a “world” is the central significance of the monsoon system which facilitated the early emergence of long-distance trans-IOW maritime exchange of commodities, peoples, plants, animals, technologies and ideas.

Автор: Dunbabin
Название: The Post-Imperial Age: The Great Powers and the Wider World
ISBN: 1138162922 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138162921
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: This volume examines the impact on the wider world of the end of the European empires and their replacement by a new international order dominated by East-West rivalries.

Автор: Alessio Patalano
Название: Post-war Japan as a Sea Power: Imperial Legacy, Wartime Experience and the Making of a Navy
ISBN: 1350011088 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350011083
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: In Post-war Japan as a Sea Power, Alessio Patalano incorporates new, exclusive source material to develop an innovative approach to the study of post-war Japan as a military power. This archival-based history of Asia's most advanced navy, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), looks beyond the traditional perspective of viewing the modern Japanese military in light of the country's alliance with the US. The book places the institution in a historical context, analysing its imperial legacy and the role of Japan's shattering defeat in WWII in the post-war emergence of Japan as East Asia’s ‘sea power’.

Автор: Brett L. Walker
Название: A Concise History of Japan
ISBN: 1107004187 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107004184
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this engaging new history, Brett L. Walker tackles key themes regarding Japan's relationships with its minorities, state and economic development, and the uses of science and medicine. The book begins by tracing the country's early history through archaeological remains, before proceeding to explore life in the imperial court, the rise of the samurai, civil conflict, encounters with Europe, and the advent of modernity and empire. Integrating the pageantry of a unique nation's history with today's environmental concerns, Walker's vibrant and accessible new narrative then follows Japan's ascension from the ashes of World War II into the thriving nation of today. It is a history for our times, posing important questions regarding how we should situate a nation's history in an age of environmental and climatological uncertainties.

Автор: Thompson J. Lee
Название: A Wider Patriotism: Alfred Milner and the British Empire
ISBN: 1138663484 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138663480
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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Описание: When Alfred Milner was knighted, he took as his motto Communis Patria, `patriotism for our common country`. This is the study of Milner, which takes his politics, or `constructive` imperialism as its primary theme. It also discovers a group of young female supporters of his vision.

Автор: Guntli Reto
Название: Living in Japan
ISBN: 3836535009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783836535007
Издательство: Taschen
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Описание: Nippon nests. Today's most exceptional Japanese homes. So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting-edge apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando's experimental 4X4 House, Shigeru Ban's conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami.

Автор: Miller Edward Stokes
Название: War Plan Orange: The U.S. Strategy to Defeat Japan, 1897-1945
ISBN: 1591145007 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591145004
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: `A masterly study of the evolution of history`s most successful war plan` - The New York Times Book Review `A magnificent book` - General Colin L. Powell Based on twenty years of research in formerly secret archives, this book reveals for the first time the full significance of War Plan Orange - the U.S. Navy`s strategy to defeat Japan.