Japan from anime to Zen, quick takes on culture, art, history, food...and more, David Watts Barton ; with illustrations by Yuko Nagasaki
Type
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Japan from anime to Zen, quick takes on culture, art, history, food...and more, David Watts Barton ; with illustrations by Yuko Nagasaki
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Japan from anime to Zen
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1144106569
Responsibility statement
David Watts Barton ; with illustrations by Yuko Nagasaki
Sub title
quick takes on culture, art, history, food...and more
Summary
This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment's need. Explanations go much deeper than a typical travel guide and cover 1,500 years of history and culture, everything from geisha to gangsters, haiku to karaoke, the sun goddess to the shogunate . . . and anime to Zen