LEADER 02339nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910781631603321 005 20230207231418.0 010 $a1-283-30152-0 010 $a9786613301529 010 $a1-4629-0205-7 035 $a(CKB)2550000000049875 035 $a(EBL)784138 035 $a(OCoLC)756484545 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000642598 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216933 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000642598 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10648093 035 $a(PQKB)11166274 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC784138 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL784138 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10503097 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330152 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000049875 100 $a19990505d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVillage Japan$b[electronic resource] $eeveryday life in a rural Japanese community /$fMalcolm Ritchie 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aRutland, Vt. $cCharles E. Tuttle$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8048-2121-6 327 $aContents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Village Japan; Afterword; Glossary 330 $aIn this elegiac account that is part travelogue, part memoir, British poet and writer Malcolm Ritchie recounts his and his wife's unforgettable three-year-sojourn in Sora, a remote farming and fishing village on the Japan Sea coast. Ritchie weaves together anecdotes, conversations, lyrical verses, and unforgettable character studies to vividly and hauntingly evoke the rhythms of life in a traditional rural Japanese community. Underlying this portrait is the author's growing awareness that the aged inhabitants of Sora and the surrounding villages are the custodians of a fragile, barely sur 606 $aVillages$zJapan$vCase studies 607 $aJapan$xRural conditions$vCase studies 607 $aNoto Peninsula (Japan)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century 615 0$aVillages 676 $a309.15219 676 $a952.04092 700 $aRitchie$b Malcolm$01582765 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781631603321 996 $aVillage Japan$93865384 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01366aam 2200385I 450 001 9910710756103321 005 20240807004209.0 024 8 $aGOVPUB-C13-56887b90ff36dd89d709f0d719575006 035 $a(CKB)5470000002478746 035 $a(OCoLC)947049507 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002478746 100 $a20160421d2012 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aIREX III $espuulement I : failure analysis /$fG. W. Quinn; P. Grother 210 1$aGaithersburg, MD :$cU.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNISTIR ;$v7853 300 $a2012. 300 $aContributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. 300 $aTitle from PDF title page. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 517 $aIREX III 700 $aQuinn$b George W$c(Of the National Institute of Standards and Technology)$01397259 701 $aGrother$b Patrick J$01385097 712 02$aInformation Technology Laboratory (National Institute of Standards and Technology).$bInformation Access Division. 801 0$bNBS 801 1$bNBS 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910710756103321 996 $aIREX III$94199441 997 $aUNINA