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Largely ignored hitherto by Western scholars, Plutschow's Edo Period Travel provides the first in-depth study of the subject which is centred on fifte...
This work is an armchair excursion though the rich past and vibrantresent-day life of Japan's ancient capital. Colour photographs and lucidext aim to ...
Ritual in Early and Medieval Japanese Literature
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The Significance of Names in a Religious, Political and Social Context
This is the first comprehensive study in English of Japanese names - their history and evolution, and ontological implications. Its main purpose is to...
A Re-evaluation
This new study challenges the conventional view that the key figures involved in the opening of Japan were the US Navy's Commodore Perry, and the dipl...
A Biography of Hounsai Shositsu Sen XV
Plutschow (Japanese cultural history and folklore, U. of California- Los Angeles) recounts the life of the fifteenth descendent of the great tea maste...
The first comprehensive book-length study in over half a century of the celebrated Japanese tea master Rikyu, considered the father of the Tea Ceremon...
"This informative volume gives the curious reader a fully documented history of the way of tea, even offering insights gained from the author's inclus...