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Japanese culture / Paul Varley

By: Material type: TextTextEdition: Fourth edition updated and expandedDescription: 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0824822927
  • 9780824822927
  • 0824821521
  • 9780824821524
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Japanese culture.DDC classification:
  • 952 21
LOC classification:
  • DS821 .V36 2000
Contents:
The emergence of Japanese civilization -- The introduction of Buddhism -- The court at its zenith -- The advent of a new age -- The canons of medieval taste -- The country unified -- The flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- Encounter with the West -- The fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age
Summary: Presents a comprehensive study of Japanese history and culture surveying over two thousand years of art, religion, and ceremonies and includes topics such as samurai values, Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Mito scholarship
Item type: Book
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 952/VAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500001785

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index

The emergence of Japanese civilization -- The introduction of Buddhism -- The court at its zenith -- The advent of a new age -- The canons of medieval taste -- The country unified -- The flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- Encounter with the West -- The fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age

Presents a comprehensive study of Japanese history and culture surveying over two thousand years of art, religion, and ceremonies and includes topics such as samurai values, Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, and Mito scholarship

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