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Title All-Japan : the catalogue of everything Japanese / intro. by Oliver Statler ; Liza Dalby [and others].

Imprint New York : Quill, 1984.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection M Schick  952.047 Al51 1984    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition 1st Quill ed.
Description 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note "A Quarto book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 206) and index.
Contents 1. Crafts -- Folk crafts -- Textiles -- Ceramics -- Wooden crafts -- Dolls -- High craft -- Plastic food -- 2. Design -- Architecture -- Lighting -- Clothing -- Gardens -- Gardening -- Graphics -- High-tech -- Packaging -- 3. Visual arts -- Scrolls -- Screens -- Prints -- Photography -- Sculpture -- Calligraphy -- Dutch studies -- 4. Literature and film -- Poetry -- Story -- Diaries and zuihitsu -- Comics -- Films -- 5. The bath -- The Japanese bath -- Hot spring baths -- Domestic baths and public baths -- 6. The tea ceremony -- Hot spring baths -- Domestic baths and public baths -- 6. The tea ceremony -- Ritual -- Objects -- Surroundings -- 7. Food and drink -- Sashimi and sushi -- Noodles and bean curd -- The Japanese meal -- Ceremonial food -- Garnishes -- Portable meals -- Sake -- Beer and whiskey -- Coffee shops -- 8. Music -- An Eastern melting pot -- Drums, flutes, and strings -- East-West influence -- Jazz -- 9. Medicine -- Traditional and folk -- Massage -- 10. Sports -- Sumo -- Baseball -- Martial arts -- 11. Religion -- Festivals -- Rituals -- Practices -- Talismans -- 12. Theater -- N -- Kabuki -- Bunraku -- Modern theater -- Dance -- 13. Travel -- Cultural travel -- Ritual travel -- Fantasy travel -- Pilgrimage -- Getting there -- Lodging -- Mountain and sea -- 14. Child's play -- Games -- Origami -- Kite flying -- Modern toys -- 15. After hours -- The bar -- Geisha -- Yoshiwara -- 16. Language -- Learning Japanese -- Levels of politeness -- Characters.
Subject Japan -- Civilization.
Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
Added Author Dalby, Liza Crihfield.
ISBN 0688025307 (pbk.)
9780688025304 (pbk.)
0688025285
9780688025281

 
    
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