02371nam 2200553 a 450 991078998090332120230207214205.01-280-60560-X97866136305681-4629-0427-0(CKB)2670000000153838(EBL)844351(OCoLC)777374916(SSID)ssj0000642541(PQKBManifestationID)12291258(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642541(PQKBWorkID)10651767(PQKB)10861577(MiAaPQ)EBC844351(Au-PeEL)EBL844351(CaPaEBR)ebr10538317(CaONFJC)MIL363056(EXLCZ)99267000000015383820120323d1995 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVanishing Japan[electronic resource] traditions, crafts & culture /Elizabeth Kiritani ; foreword by Donald Richie ; illustrations by Itsuo Kiritani1st ed.North Clarendon, Vt. C. E. Tuttle Co.19951 online resource (216 p.)Includes index.0-8048-1967-X Contents; Foreword; 1 On The Street; 2 Housing and Interiors; 3 Artisans and Crafts; 4 Festivals and Events; 5 Seasonal Customs; 6 Daily Life; 7 Entertainment; Index of Japanese TermsPawnshops and handmade paper. shoe shiners and Shinto jugglers . money rakes and mosquito netting all these were once a familiar part of daily life in JapanMany elements of that daily life , like the Obon dances and oreiboko apprenticeships, have no counterpart in any other culture : they are purely unique to Japan . But with the tremendous changes of the modern age, most traces of traditional life in Japan are fast disappearing, soon to be gone forever. Still, there are a few holdouts. especially in Japan 's shitamachi. or working-class neighborhoods, where many of the survivors ofJapanSocial life and customs390.0952Kiritani Elizabeth1486679Richie Donald1924-302335Kiritani Itsuo1486680MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789980903321Vanishing Japan3706256UNINA