The Mother Of Dreams And Other Short Stories: Portrayals Of Women In Modern J…

To Lafcadio Hearn at the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's most priceless objets d'art were not the delicate masterpieces of its fine arts but its women. Today, the women of Japan are viewed with a mixture of old stereotypes and new misconceptions. The Mother of Dreams is an anthology of modern Japanese fiction portraying Japanese women, arranged according to five categories: the maiden, t…

Little One-Inch And Other Japanese Children's Favorite Stories

Welcome to a fantastic world populated by mischievous monkeys, a dragon king and a host of other beloved characters who have lived on for centuries in the traditional tales of Japan. Drawn from folklore passed down from generation to generation, the ten enchanting stories collected in this Japanese children's book have been lovingly retold for today's readers. Vibrantly illustrated in full …

Urashima Taro And Other Stories Japanese Children's Stories

With this multicultural children's book, your whole family can experience the wonder and excitement that Japan's classic tales bring to story time or bedtime reading. Welcome to a fantastic world populated by lonely dragons, adventuresome boys, magical elves, and a host of other beloved characters who have lived on for centuries in the traditional tales of Japan. Drawn from folklore pass…

Yokomitsu Riichi: Modernist

In these two works by contemporary Japanese playwright Yamazaki Masakazu, potent figures from Japan's past illuminate the psychological and philosophical concerns of the twentieth century.Translated here in full are Zeami (1963), based on the life of the great master of the no theater, and Sanetomo (1973), the hero of which is the Kamakura general and poet. The translation by J. Thomas Rimer in…

Usagi Yojimbo Shades Of Death: Buku 1: Bayang-Bayang Kematian

Miyamoto Usagi, adalah samurai yang hidup di penghujung abad ke 16. Jalan hidupnya sarat dengan pertempuran. Ia hidup pada zaman dimana para tuan tanah (Lord) harus bertarung guna memperebutkan tanah dan kekuasaan. Usagi mengabdikan dirinya pada Lord Mifune. Dalam sebuah pertempuran yang dahsyat Usagi harus kehilangan majikannya yang tewas terbunuh. Otomatis Usagi menjadi seorang Ronin, samurai…

Japanese Fiction In The Taisho Era

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x, 61 p.: ind.; 23 Cm

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Series Japanese Life and Culture, Vol. xv

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895.6 MIT j

Requiem

The end of World War II in the city of Yokohama, Japan, is portrayed through the heartfelt conversations and letters of two young women. Setsuko and Naomi, classmates and friends living in a bombed-out city, sort through their individual beliefs: "two girls, seventeen and fifteen at their next birthday, and though their real lives had yet to begin they were talking like old folk lost in reminis…

Dogra Magra

Often, reviewers will settle for analogues whenever they are unable to devise an explicit explanation for what a particular story contains in its form and content. For example, "Kafkaesque" and "surreal" are often used to denote works in which the inexplicable is occurring, often in ways that seem to indicate a fatalism that underlies complex and often fractured narratives. It is a handy catc…

Biographical Dictionary of Japanese History

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Ed. 1

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0-87011-274-0

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655 p.: bibl.; indx.; 21.5 Cm

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R 920.03.952 IWA b

A Dictionary of Abbreviations and Trancations

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Ed. 1

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xii, 268 p.: 19.5 Cm

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R 495.603 MOT a