Japan from Anime to Zen (eBook)

Quick Takes on Culture, Art, History, Food . . . and More

David Watts Barton (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
Stone Bridge Press (Verlag)
978-1-61172-945-0 (ISBN)

Infos

An accessible compendium of the most important aspects of Japanese arts, culture and history, for quick reference or a longer, in-depth read, for actual and armchair travelers alike..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 moments 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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2021
• Zusatzinfo: 30 black and white line drawings
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Reisen ► Reiseführer
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Anime • Bushido • cherry blossoms • gaijin • Haiku • Ikebana • Japanese culture • japanese customs • Japanese film • Japanese Food • Japanese Gardens • Japanese manners • Kami • Karaoke • Kimono • Kyoto • machiya • Manga • Shinkansen • Shinto • sun goddess • tea ceremony • Tokyo • ukiyoe • Wabi Sabi • Yakuza
• ISBN-10: 1-61172-945-9 / 1611729459
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61172-945-0 / 9781611729450