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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kamachi, Noriko. Culture and customs of Japan. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607401932 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Noriko Kamachi |
| ISBN: | 0313301972 9780313301971 |
| OCLC Number: | 40683664 |
| Description: | xxxii, 187 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Thought and religion -- ch. 3. Literature -- ch. 4. Art -- ch. 5. Housing and architecture -- ch. 6. Cuisine -- ch. 7. Clothing -- ch. 8. Women, marriage, and family -- ch. 9. Holidays, festivals, and annual events -- ch. 10. Leisure activities and entertainment -- ch. 11. Social customs and lifestyle. |
| Series Title: | Culture and customs of Asia. |
| Responsibility: | Noriko Kamachi. |
Abstract:
An overview of the traditional elements in the culture and customs of modern Japan. It examines religious rituals, classic and modern literature, performing arts, fine arts and handicrafts, housing, clothing, women's roles and family life, holidays and festivals, and social customs.
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?Komachi's selection of topics and explanations are a good, readable (junior high and above) introduction to the vanishing world of Japanese traditional culture.?-American Reference Books Annual
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