This book traces the genesis and development of haiku in Japan and its history as one of the most popular East-West artistic, cultural, and literary exchanges in modern and postmodern times.
The author argues that interactions between the movement and US Cold Warriors had a profound and lasting impact on Japanese society and Japan-US relations.
Pocket Rough Guide Tokyo Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides. Entertaining, informative and stylish pocket guide, now with free eBook. Get Olympic ready with this pocket guidebook to Tokyo. It's a treasure trove of practical information, expert-curated listings and maps that will help travellers make the most of ......
This cultural history examines representations of pleasure work during Japan's transformation into a modern nation-state. It traces the figure of the prostitute in the context of Japanese nation- and empire-building immediately before and during the Meiji era.
Wild East tells the story of the British in Japan in the years of the Bakumatsu. Beginning with the first foreign treaties in the 1850s this book will concentrate on the events surrounding the Richardson Affair and the bombardments of Kagoshima and Shimonoseki in the 1860s and their effect on future Anglo Japanese relations.
Insight Guides Japan Let us guide you on every step of your travels... Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights, now with free eBook. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Japan is all you need to plan your perfect trip.
Outlines today's challenges to the liberal international order, proposes a role for Japan to uphold, reform and shape the order, and examines Japan's assets as well as constraints as it seeks to play the role of a proactive stabilizer in the Asia-Pacific.
A Unique, Stylish and Offbeat Travel Guide to Tokyo and Places EasilyReached From the City
Lost Guides Tokyo & Beyond a unique, stylish and offbeat travel guide to Tokyo and places easily reached from the city. Tokyo is organised by neighbourhood, where the reader discovers affordable sushi spots to cool coffee stands, flea markets selling vintage kimonos to open-air sento baths.
Guidebook to walking Japan's Kumano Kodo, a network of ancient pilgrimage trails on the Kii Peninsula, south of Osaka. Covering the Nakahechi, Kohechi and Iseji trails, as well as Koyasan and the Choishimichi route, the guide has all the practical information needed, along with notes on the routes' rich history and culture.
