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Vanishing Japan [[electronic resource] ] : traditions, crafts & culture / / Elizabeth Kiritani ; foreword by Donald Richie ; illustrations by Itsuo Kiritani



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Autore: Kiritani Elizabeth Visualizza persona
Titolo: Vanishing Japan [[electronic resource] ] : traditions, crafts & culture / / Elizabeth Kiritani ; foreword by Donald Richie ; illustrations by Itsuo Kiritani Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: North Clarendon, Vt., : C. E. Tuttle Co., 1995
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (216 p.)
Disciplina: 390.0952
Soggetto geografico: Japan Social life and customs
Altri autori: RichieDonald <1924->  
KiritaniItsuo  
Note generali: Includes index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Terms
Sommario/riassunto: Pawnshops 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 of
Titolo autorizzato: Vanishing Japan  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-60560-X
9786613630568
1-4629-0427-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789980903321
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