Japanese Things
Format: Hardcover
ISBN13: 9780710310071
Hardcover|9780710310071
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Overview
One of the first westerners to write about Japan, Chamberlain lived there for over thirty five years, and was proficient in ancient and modern Japanese. Chamberlain's resided in Japan during a time of transition when, as he put it, old things passed away between a night and a morning. To record some things before they vanished, but also to show how old and new coexisted in Japan, he wrote this guide. Instead of places, like a travel guide, he writes about subjects, in alphabetical order beginning with abacus and ending with the zoology of Japan. In between he discusses, among other subjects, acupuncture, Japanese chess, music, fashionable crazes, foreign employees, tattooing, silk, the Japanese use of English, the navy, embroidery, and the traditional Japanese system of time.
| ISBN-13 | 9780710310071 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0710310072 |
| List Price | $255.00 |
| Edition | 5th Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 576 pages |
| Publisher | Kegan Paul Intl |
| Published On | 2005-09-01 |
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