Titles for Japanese Culture Day
By Coll Rowe | November 2 2023 | HistorySociologyComparative Literature
After three decades in Japan, Pico Iyer knows the country like few others. In A Beginner’s Guide to Japan, he draws on his years of experience—his travels, conversations, readings, and reflections—to illuminate his adopted home like never before. This is a playful and profound guidebook full of surprising, brief, incisive glimpses into Japanese culture.
- Economics > International and Economic Development > International Economics
- Communication > Mass Communication > Media and Society
- Communication > Mass Communication > Media History
- History > Regional History: Asia > History of Japan
- History > Topical History > History of Science and Technology
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Popular Culture
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Sociology of Technology
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- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > Japanese
- History > Regional History: Asia > History of Japan
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
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As much a history of the cherry blossom in Japan as it is the story of one remarkable man, The Sakura Obsession follows the flower from its significance as a symbol of the imperial court, through the dark days of the Second World War, and up to the present-day worldwide fascination with this iconic blossom.
- English > Comparative Literature > Literature by Women
- English > Comparative Literature > Women in Literature
- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > Japanese
- English > Literature > Women and Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Literature and Drama
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Women's and Gender Studies > Women and Literature
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- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > Japanese
- History > Period History: Asia > Medieval
- History > Regional History: Asia > History of Japan
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian Literature and Drama
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