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The History of the Book in East Asia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 419

The History of the Book in East Asia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-12-14
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The history of the book in East Asia is closely linked to problems of language and script, problems which have also had a profound impact on the technology of printing and on the social and intellectual impact of print in this area. This volume contains key readings on the history of printed books and manuscripts in China, Korea and Japan and includes an introduction which provides an overview of the history of the book in East Asia and sets the readings in their context.

List of Members and Subscribers
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 160

List of Members and Subscribers

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1972
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Japanese Demystified
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 478

Japanese Demystified

Say sayonara to your fears of speaking Japanese! Interested in learning to speak Japanese but feel intimidated by the complex characters and pronunciations? No need to worry! Even if your only experience is ordering sushi, Japanese Demystified will have you saying konnichiwa to your new language skills in no time. Beginning with a review of Japanese writing systems, basic pronunciation, and everyday expressions, this book covers key grammar fundamentals such as particles, nouns, verb forms, and honorifics. You'll build your Japanese vocabulary with essential words and phrases and quickly master this challenging language. Test yourself at the end of every chapter for reinforcement that you're...

Street Performers and Society in Urban Japan, 1600-1900
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 447

Street Performers and Society in Urban Japan, 1600-1900

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-01-13
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This book presents a thoroughly researched and meticulously documented study of the emergence, development, and demise of music, theatre, recitation, and dance witnessed by the populace on thoroughfares, plazas, and makeshift outdoor performance spaces in Edo/Tokyo. For some three hundred years this city was the centre of such arts, both sacred and secular. This study outlines the nature of the performances, explores the social relations which lay behind them, and reveals vast complexity: an obligation of gift-giving on the part of observers; performers who were often economic migrants fallen on hard times; relations of performance to social class; a class system much more finely gradated th...

Pandemonium and Parade
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 310

Pandemonium and Parade

Monsters known as yōkai have long haunted the Japanese cultural landscape. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese imagination over three centuries.

Japanese Language Studies in the Shōwa Period
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 168

Japanese Language Studies in the Shōwa Period

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1961
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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International Perspectives on Translation, Education and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Societies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 357

International Perspectives on Translation, Education and Innovation in Japanese and Korean Societies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2018-03-08
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  • Publisher: Springer

This book studies the three concepts of translation, education and innovation from a Nordic and international perspective on Japanese and Korean societies. It presents findings from pioneering research into cultural translation, Japanese and Korean linguistics, urban development, traditional arts, and related fields. Across recent decades, Northern European scholars have shown increasing interest in East Asia. Even though they are situated on opposite sides of the Eurasia landmass, the Nordic nations have a great deal in common with Japan and Korea, including vibrant cultural traditions, strong educational systems, and productive social democratic economies. Taking a cross-cultural and inter...

Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 411

Minorities and Education in Multicultural Japan

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010-09-13
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  • Publisher: Routledge

This volume examines how Japan’s increasingly multicultural population has impacted on the lives of minority children and their peers at school, and how schools are responding to this trend in terms of providing minority children with opportunities and preparing them for the adult society. The contributors focus on interactions between individuals and among groups representing diverse cultural backgrounds, and explore how such interactions are changing the landscape of education in increasingly multicultural Japan. Drawing on detailed micro-level studies of schooling, the chapters reveal the ways in which these individuals and groups (long-existing minority groups, newcomers, and the ‘ma...

MAVO
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 416

MAVO

  • Categories: Art

Mavo were aJapanese group of artists active in Tokyo from 1923-1925.

The Europa World of Learning
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1396

The Europa World of Learning

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Provides: over 26,000 academic institutions, 150,000 staff and officials; extensive coverage of universities, colleges and other centres of learning; and detailed information on over 400 international cultural, scientific and educational organizations.