Author: Bunkio MatsukiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Catalogue of Ancient and Medieval Pottery and Porcelains of China, Important Japanese Helmets, Old Wood Carvings, Satsuma Ware, and Modern Leathers
Author: Bunkio MatsukiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Essex Institute Historical Collections
Author: Essex InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
"A Pleasing Novelty"
Author: Frederic A. SharfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Lacquerware in Asia, Today and Yesterday
Author: Monika KopplinPublisher: Unesco
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Dating back several thousand years, the art of lacquer is one of the most ancient expressions of Asian culture, and this publication provides an overview of the different kinds of methods and materials used in Cambodia, China, India, Korea, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The number of people employed in this ancestral art has fallen dramatically throughout Asia in recent decades, and this book considers the challenges to its survival as well as highlighting the importance of documenting past and modern procedures.
Catalogue of Ancient Chinese Tapestries, Porcelains and Pottery, Wood Carvings, Armor, Helmets, Blue and White Porcelains, Stone Garde Ornaments and Old Japanese Prints
Author: Warren Chambers (Firm)The Making of Modern Japan
Author: Marius B. JansenPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 933
Book Description
Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than fifty years’ engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching social and institutional change, following the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society by the Tokugawa shogun; the opening of Japan’s ports by Commodore Perry; and defeat in World War II. The Making of Modern Japan charts these changes: the social engineering begun with the founding of the shogunate in 1600, the emergence of village and castle towns with consumer populations, and the diffusion of samurai values in the culture. Marius Jansen covers the making of the modern state, the adaptation of Western models, growing international trade, the broadening opportunity in Japanese society with industrialization, and the postwar occupation reforms imposed by General MacArthur. Throughout, the book gives voice to the individuals and views that have shaped the actions and beliefs of the Japanese, with writers, artists, and thinkers, as well as political leaders given their due. The story this book tells, though marked by profound changes, is also one of remarkable consistency, in which continuities outweigh upheavals in the development of society, and successive waves of outside influence have only served to strengthen a sense of what is unique and native to Japanese experience. The Making of Modern Japan takes us to the core of this experience as it illuminates one of the contemporary world’s most compelling transformations.
Essentials of Shinto
Author: Stuart PickenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313369798
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Shinto is finally receiving the attention it deserves as a fundamental component of Japanese culture. Nevertheless, it remains a remarkably complex and elusive phenomenon to which Western categories of religion do not readily apply. A knowledge of Shinto can only proceed from a basic understanding of Japanese shrines and civilization, for it is closely intermingled with the Japanese way of life and continues to be a vital natural religion. This book is a convenient guide to Shinto thought. As a reference work, the volume does not offer a detailed critical study of all aspects of Shinto. Instead, it overviews the essential teachings of Shinto and provides the necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Shinto as a dynamic force in Japanese civilization. The book begins with an historical overview of Shinto, followed by a discussion of Japanese myths. The volume then discusses the role of shrines, which are central to Shinto rituals. Other portions of the book discuss the various Shinto sects and the evolution of Shinto from the Heian period to the present. Because Japanese terms are central to Shinto, the work includes a glossary.
Images 1923-1974
Author: Ansel AdamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780821006016
Category : Landscape photography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Japan in the Muromachi Age
Author: John Whitney HallPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520325524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1977.
Ōsaka Archaeology
Author: Richard J. PearsonPublisher: Archaeopress Archaeology
ISBN: 9781784913755
Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book summarizes results of decades of Japanese intensive archaeological study and introduces some local museums conserving and interpreting cultural heritage in the face of overwhelming urbanization.