Japan And Things Japanese
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Japan And Things Japanese
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Author : Mock Joya
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-12
Japan And Things Japanese written by Mock Joya and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-12 with Social Science categories.
First published in 2006. For over fifty years, the Japanese-born Western-trained author of this remarkable volume devoted himself to explaining Japanese traditions and customs to foreigners through his newspaper columns, talks and four short books. The comprehensive work presented here, drawn from all these sources deals with all aspects of Japanese life and material culture - apparel and utensils; cures and medicines; houses and buildings; fetes and festivals; fish, birds and animals; folk tales; food, sake and tobacco; living habits; marriage, funerals and memorials; natural phenomena; plants and flowers; popular beliefs and traditions; recreation and entertainment; religious rites and social customs. With over seven hundred and thirty separate entries, this unique volume is the definitive work on all Japanese things.
Japanese Things
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-13
Japanese Things written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-13 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Armchair travelers beware! Japanese Things will lure you out of your cozy, comfy home and chair to an unusual country with bewitching manners and customs—and once you have succumbed to its spell you will never be the same. Here in one neat package you will meet the flavor, charm, and piquancy of old Japan—a revised reprint of one of the indispensable books on Japan, by the late Prof. Basil Hall Chamberlain, eminent British scholar who in the latter part of the 19th century "taught Japanese and Japan to the Japanese." Many books in one, this monumental compilation contains such diversified subjects as Art and Abacus; Botany and Buddhism; Charms and Cherry Blossoms; Daimyos and Divination; Fairy Tales and Flowers; Gardens and Government; History and Hara-kiri; Law and Language; Marriage and Music; Poetry and Pottery; Shinto and Singing Girls (Geisha); Tea and Theater, and Writing and Wood Engraving. In this long-awaited reprint, in which the title has been changed from Things Japanese, the reader will encounter exquisite objects of daily Japanese life, the gardens and cultures of the fields, the harmony and balance in the fundamentals of day-by-day existence.
Japan And Things Japanese
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Author : 黙·城谷
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Japan And Things Japanese written by 黙·城谷 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Japan -- Social life and customs categories.
Mock Joya S Things Japanese
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Author : Moku Jōya
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Mock Joya S Things Japanese written by Moku Jōya and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Japan categories.
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-10-28
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-28 with History categories.
To have lived through the transition stage of modern Japan makes a man feel preternaturally old; for here he is in modern times, with the air full of talk about bicycles and bacilli and "spheres of influence" and yet he can himself distinctly remember the Middle Ages. The dear old Samurai who first initiated the present writer into the mysteries of the Japanese language, wore a queue and two swords. This relic of feudalism now sleeps in Nirvana. His modern successor, fairly fluent in English, and dressed in a serviceable suit of dittos, might almost be a European, save for a certain obliqueness of the eyes and scantiness of beard. Old things pass away between a night and a morning. The Japanese boast that they have done in thirty or forty years what it took Europe half as many centuries to accomplish. Some even go further, and twit us Westerns with falling behind in the race. It is waste of time to go to Germany to study philosophy, said a Japanese savant recently returned from Berlin:—the lectures there are elementary, the subject is better taught at Tokyo. Thus does it come about that, having arrived in Japan in 1873, we ourselves feel well-nigh four hundred years old, and assume without more ado the two well-known privileges of old age,—garrulity and an authoritative air. We are perpetually being asked questions about Japan. Here then are the answers, put into the shape of a dictionary, not of words but of things,—or shall we rather say a guide-book, less to places than to subjects?—not an encyclopædia, mind you, not the vain attempt by one man to treat exhaustively of all things, but only sketches of many things. The old and the new will be found cheek by jowl. What will not be found is padding: for padding is unpardonable in any book on Japan, where the material is so plentiful that the chief difficulty is to know what to omit. In order to enable the reader to supply deficiencies and to form his own opinions, if haply he should be of so unusual a turn of mind as to desire so to do, we have, at the end of almost every article, indicated the names of trustworthy works bearing on the subject treated in that article. For the rest, this book explains itself. Any reader who detects errors or omissions in it will render the author an invaluable service by writing to him to point them out. As a little encouragement in this direction, we will ourselves lead the way by presuming to give each reader, especially each globe-trotting reader, a small piece of advice. We take it for granted, of course, that there are no Japanese listening, and the advice is this:—Whatever you do, don't expatiate, in the presence of Japanese of the new school, on those old, quaint, and beautiful things Japanese which rouse your most genuine admiration. Antiquated persons do doubtless exist here and there to whom Buddhist piety is precious; others may still secretly cherish the swords bequeathed to them by their knightly forefathers; quite a little coterie has taken up with art; and there are those who practise the tea ceremonies, arrange flowers according to the traditional esthetic rules, and even perform the mediæval lyric dramas. But all this is merely a backwater. Speaking generally, the educated Japanese have done with their past. They want to be somebody else and something else than what they have been and still partly are. When Sir Edwin Arnold came to Tōkyō, he was entertained at a banquet by a distinguished company including officials, journalists, and professors, in fact, representative modern Japanese of the best class. In returning thanks for this hospitality, Sir Edwin made a speech in which he landed Japan to the skies—and lauded it justly—as the nearest earthly approach to Paradise or to Lotus-land,—so fairy-like, said he, is its scenery, so exquisite its art, so much more lovely still that almost divine sweetness of disposition, that charm of demeanour, that politeness humble without servility and elaborate without affectation, which place Japan high above all other countries in nearly all those things that make life worth living. (We do not give his exact words, but we give the general drift.)—Now, do you think that the Japanese were satisfied with this meed of praise? Not a bit of it. Out comes an article next morning in the chief paper which had been represented at the banquet,—an article acknowledging, indeed, the truth of Sir Edwin's description, but pointing out that it conveyed, not praise, but pitiless condemnation. Art forsooth, scenery, sweetness of disposition! cries this editor. Why did not Sir Edwin praise us for huge industrial enterprises, for commercial talent, for wealth, political sagacity, powerful armaments? Of course it is because he could not honestly do so. He has gauged us at our true value, and tells us in effect that we are only pretty weaklings.
Things Japanese
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Author : Nicholas Bornoff
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Things Japanese written by Nicholas Bornoff and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Art categories.
Traditional Japanese design imbues objects with a sense of history and artistry that easily reaches across cultural boundaries. In Things Japanese: Everyday Objects of Extraordinary Beauty and Significance, author Nicholas Bornoff and photographer Michael Freeman examine over 60 traditional objects that are uniquely Japanese, deftly illustrating their beauty and significance. Beautifully crafted samurai swords Elegant wooden tansu chests Elaborate tea ceremony implements Exquisitely carved netsuke toggles Fabulous silk-and-gold embroidered kimonos Each item is described in loving detail alongside lovely full-color photographs that highlight the great artistry and craftsmanship in everyday items used by real people in traditional Japan. Things Japanese is the perfect book for Japanese antique collectors or anyone interested in Japanese art and the culture and history of Japan.
Things Japanese
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-07-17
Things Japanese written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-17 with History categories.
Basil Chamberlain (1850-1935) arrived in Japan in 1873, and was immediately fascinated by its traditions. Teaching English, at the same time he studied the Japanese language, becoming a professor at Tokyo University. This 1890 book, organised alphabetically by topic, gives an affectionate account of aspects of fast-disappearing Japanese culture.
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Japan categories.
Things Japanese
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2013-11
Things Japanese written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Nabu Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with categories.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others
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Author : Basil Hall Chamberlain
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Things Japanese Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan For The Use Of Travellers And Others written by Basil Hall Chamberlain and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with Japan categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... beautiful tilings in Japan is the Glass Rope Sponge (Hyalonema Sieboldi), whose silken coils adorn the shell-shops at Enoshima. Bookm reeommended. The above artiele is founded chiefiy on Rein's Japan, p. 157, el seq. Rein's treatment of the fishes is specially full, but a good re'sume' of the other elasses is given, together with references to the chief authorities on each.--See also ttlakiston and Prycr's Catalogue of the Birds of Japan, printed in Vol. X. Part I. of the Asiatic Transactions; Pryer's Catalogue of the Ltpidoptcra of Japan, in Vol. XI. Part II. and Vol. XII. Part II. of the same, with Additions and Corrections in Vol. XIII. Part I., and the same author's beautifully illustrated work entitled Shopalocera Xihonica. 'Postscript to Article on Earthquakes. After the foregoing pages had passed through the press, there occurred on the morning of the 28th October, 1891, an earthquake second only--if second--to the great earthquake of 1855. Felt in Tokyo as a severe, unusually protracted, but not disastrous shock, it seems to have had its centre in the province of Mino, where the towns of Gifu and Ogaki were completely destroyed. At Osaka, at Otsu, at Fukui, at Toyama, and almost the whole way along the Tokaido-- especially at Nagoya--incalculable damage was done and thousands of lives were lost. CORRECTIONS. Page 156, line 2, for July 1, read Juhj 7. Page 835, last line but one, for Lock, read Loch. INDEX. (When several references are given, the most important is placed first.) "A Social Departure," 63, 143. Abacus, 9. Abdication, 10. Abe-no-Nakamaro, 287. Academy of Music, 317. Actors, 414, 415, 429. Acupuncture, 13. Adams's " History of Japan," 62, 223, 445. Adams (Will), 13, 65, 232, 380. Addresses, 428; 86. Administrative...