A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A highly collectible first edition/printing, tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex-Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. View More...
Part I: New Year -- 1. Hotels and Legends -- 2. In the Middle of the Road - - 3. The Family Mainstays -- 4. The Marriage Go-Round -- 5. High-School Con fidential -- Part II: The Rites of Spring -- 6. Phallicism and Fertility -- 7. The Heian Idyll -- Part III: The Venereal Equinox -- 8. The Edo Period -- 9. The Great Outdoors -- 10. The Culture of Desire -- 11. Spring for Sal e -- Part IV: Heatwaves in the Water Trade -- 12. Mizu Shobai-The Water Bus iness -- 13. The Ladies Upstream -- 14. Sirens in the Silt -- 15. Stripping Japan Style: The Genital Circus -- 16. On the Dark Side -- Part V: A Q... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Gives informative tips on the do's and don'ts of custom in Japan and provides insights into the social and business attitudes of the Japanese people. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. The historical development of Japan's national sport is sketched, with a description of its strategy, rules, traditions, famous wrestlers and stables, and tournaments. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. This publication is the result of a collaboration between international and Japanese authors and makers from various disciplines. What they have in common is their interest and fascination with cities, and in particular Tokyos urban culture. Everybodys efforts resulted in the essays, maps, photo essays, collages, poems, mangas, and observations that have been collected in this book that is hard to categorize. It is called a guide, not because it helps... View More...
A tight clean softcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib edition: Introduction to Japan, its people and its language. View of Japan from calligraphy to karaoke. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A collection of stories about the misapplication of the English language in everyday Japanese life. It contains black & white cartoons and photographs. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Architectural historian Takeshi Nakagawa revisits Japan's traditional domestic architecture in twenty-five essays illustrated gorgeously with color photographs. The essays take on a personal warmth as the author recalls, for example, taking a nap on tatami shaded by reed blinds while "?the din of cicadas would seem to pause for a moment as an occasional cool breeze blew."? Nakagawa demonstrates alarmingly how the quality of life has suffered in Japan's transit... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is mu ch richer. Rather than focus on what the rest of the world has already enco untered, Mark Schilling provides an encyclopedic compendium of books, movie s, music, comedians, and cultural scandals that have had the greatest impac t in Japan. Thus, for the outsider, The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Cultur e is an insider's guide to post-war Japan. Not content to simply catalog hi s entries, Schilling provides real depth and analysis in his articles... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Observing the nuances of language, Shunji Suzuki contends, is more complica ted than simply cataloging speech patterns. Language includes a set of unco nscious expectations that communicate much, much more. Words in Context is an exploration of the intimate relationship between language and lifestyle, psychology, and culture. Suzuki convincingly illustrates the dangers of isolating words from their cultural context, and focuses on the types of misperc... View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. View More...
A vibrant examination of the interchange of fashion, graphics, photography, music and digital media ideas between the cities, shown at the Barbican Ar t Gallery, London. This book distills the reciprocal energies of two very d ifferent scenes. View More...
