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

• Autore: Kiritani Elizabeth
• 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
• ISBN: 1-280-60560-X; 9786613630568; 1-4629-0427-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824222503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II