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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii Press
ISBN-100824821521
ISBN-139780824821524
eBay Product ID (ePID)1691810
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameJapanese Culture
Publication Year2000
SubjectAsia / Japan, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorPaul Varley
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight19.2 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number4
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN99-057345
ReviewsThough many books on Japanese culture have appeared in recent years, none has yet matched Varley's for the combined breadth and depth of detail and for his skill at conjuring up the zeitgeist of each period of Japanese history., This is a masterpiece of much in little space. It neatly surveys over 2,000 years of the arts, religion, and cultural peculiarities (e.g., the tea ceremony) of one of the most cultivated of nations. It leaves virtually no major individual, religious sect, genre and style of visual art, form of literary expression, variety of theater, or influence of extra-Japanese origin unconsidered. It nonetheless admirably retains its focus, ignoring the temptation to relate history that doesn't impinge on cultural developments. What's more, Varley writes superbly lucid prose. . . . A superior one-volume introduction to Japanese culture.
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal952
Edition DescriptionRevised edition,Expanded
SynopsisFor nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This widely used undergraduate text is now available in a new edition. Thoroughly updated, the fourth edition includes expanded sections on numerous topics, among which are samurai values, Zen Buddhism, the tea ceremony, Confucianism in the Tokugawa period, the story of the forty-seven ronin, Mito scholarship in the early nineteenth century, and mass culture and comics in contemporary times.