Author: Hiroshi IshidaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
An Historical-cultural Geography of Japan
Author: Hiroshi IshidaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
Geography of Religion in Japan
Author: Keisuke MatsuiPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 4431545506
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This book discusses modern aspects of Japanese religion in terms of cultural geography. To understand the function of religion, it is essential to examine it in the context of local societies. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Japanese religion is its diversity; indeed, it is often remarked that “Japan is a museum of religions.” In this work, the author clarifies some geographical aspects of the complex situation of Japanese religion. Chapter 1 discusses the trend of geographical studies of religion in Japan, of which four types can be identified. Chapter 2 focuses on certain characteristics of Japanese religious traditions by discussing tree worship and the landscape of sacred places. Chapter 3 clarifies regional divisions in the catchment areas of Japanese Shintoism by analyzing the distribution of certain types of believers. The author discusses two case studies: the Kasama Inari Shrine and the Kanamura Shrine. Chapter 4 discusses some modern aspects of sacred places and tourism through two case studies. The first part of the chapter focuses on changes in the types of businesses at the Omotesando of the Naritasan Shinshoji-Monzenmachi, and the following sections examine the revitalization of the local community through the promotion of religious tourism.
Printing Landmarks
Author: Robert GoreePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 1684176263
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Printing Landmarks tells the story of the late Tokugawa period’s most distinctive form of popular geography: meisho zue. Beginning with the publication of Miyako meisho zue in 1780, these monumental books deployed lovingly detailed illustrations and informative prose to showcase famous places (meisho) in ways that transcended the limited scope, quality, and reliability of earlier guidebooks and gazetteers. Putting into spellbinding print countless landmarks of cultural significance, the makers of meisho zue created an opportunity for readers to experience places located all over the Japanese archipelago. In this groundbreaking multidisciplinary study, Robert Goree draws on diverse archival and scholarly sources to explore why meisho zue enjoyed widespread and enduring popularity. Examining their readership, compilation practices, illustration techniques, cartographic properties, ideological import, and production networks, Goree finds that the appeal of the books, far from accidental, resulted from specific choices editors and illustrators made about form, content, and process. Spanning the fields of book history, travel literature, map history, and visual culture, Printing Landmarks provides a new perspective on Tokugawa-period culture by showing how meisho zue depicted inspiring geographies in which social harmony, economic prosperity, and natural stability made for a peaceful polity.
Tokyo
Author: Louis G. PerezPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
This indispensable one-volume narrative examines the history, culture, environment, economy, politics, future, and more of the city of Tokyo, Japan's political and cultural capital. Tokyo has endured and moved beyond horrible disasters in the 20th century, first an earthquake in 1923 and later the events that unfolded during World War II, to grow into one of the most populated cities in the world. This volume examines Tokyo's history, politics, culture, and more. Narrative chapters cover a wide breadth of topics, including Tokyo's location and geography, peoples, history, politics, economy, environmental issues and sustainability initiatives, local crime and violence, security issues, natural hazards and emergency management, culture and lifestyle, pop culture, and the future. Inset boxes entitled "Life in the City" include interviews with those who have lived in Tokyo as well as those who have traveled to the city, allowing readers to get a better idea of what daily life is like in this global megacity. A chronology, sidebars, and bibliography complete the text. The perfect one-stop resource for high school and undergraduate students, this volume is also suited to general readers interested in learning more about Tokyo and its role as a global city.
Geographical Review of Japan
Author: Geography in Japan
Author: Shinzō KiuchiPublisher: [Tokyo] : University of Tokyo Press
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Japan and the West: The Perception Gap
Author: Keizo NagataniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429814798
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book first published in 1998 containes the work of Six members of the Centre for Japanese Research (CJR), an area unit of the Institute for Asian Research at the University of British Columbia. They were motivated by the fact that after over a century of cultural, economic and political interaction between the two regions, mutual misunderstandings or perception gaps remain deep and wide and by the belief that highlighting these differences, as they manifest in diverse areas and manners, might potentially contribute to a better understanding, if not an immediate narrowing, of the gaps. The six essays that follow are the products of such group efforts. Three authors are Westerners and the remaining three are Japanese by origin. By speciality, they represent modern Japanese literature, cultural anthropology, art history, political science, economics and geography.
Japan
Author: Pamela McDowellPublisher: Av2 by Weigl
ISBN: 9781489610195
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The island country of Japan is a land of mountains, volcanoes, and densely populated cities. Located off Asia's eastern shore, Japan's many features include beautiful landscapes, rich cultural heritage, and ancient traditions. Learn more about Japan's fascinating history, culture, geography and more in Japan, an Exploring Countries book. The Exploring Countries series takes readers on a worldwide tour to discover diverse countries from around the globe. Learn about each country's land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, goods and services, indigenous peoples, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, politics and government, and much more! Exploring Countries is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more. Book jacket.
Japanese Geography
Author: Robert Burnett HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Author: Tohru Ogawa