A Day in the Life of Japan

A Day in the Life of Japan

Author: Rick Smolan

Publisher: Harper San Francisco

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Captioned photographs depict Japanese life during one twenty-four hour period in 1985.


Japan, in our day

Japan, in our day

Author: Bayard Taylor

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-01-17

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 336861200X

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.


Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

Author: Bungei Shunjū Senshi Kenkyūkai

Publisher:

Published: 1968

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13:

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Orginally published in Japanese as Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi, 1965 ...


Circus Day in Japan

Circus Day in Japan

Author: Eleanor Coerr

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2012-06-26

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 1462908462

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This multicultural children's book contains both English and Japanese script along with beautiful, colorful illustrations. Circus Day in Japan is the warmly-illustrated story of an exciting day spent by two Japanese children, Joji-chan and Koko-chan, at a circus. Joji-chan and Koko-chan delight at the new sights of their first circus, and young readers are gently introduced to Japanese customs and sites. Perfect for those interested in retro books, the simple text and artwork provide a nostalgic window into Japanese family life in the early 1950s. Originally written by Eleanor Coerr, author of the popular Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, this English translation of a classic Japanese children's book accessible to a new generation of both English and Japanese speaking readers.


The Making of Modern Japan

The Making of Modern Japan

Author: Marius B. Jansen

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 933

ISBN-13: 0674039106

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Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than fifty years’ engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching social and institutional change, following the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society by the Tokugawa shogun; the opening of Japan’s ports by Commodore Perry; and defeat in World War II. The Making of Modern Japan charts these changes: the social engineering begun with the founding of the shogunate in 1600, the emergence of village and castle towns with consumer populations, and the diffusion of samurai values in the culture. Marius Jansen covers the making of the modern state, the adaptation of Western models, growing international trade, the broadening opportunity in Japanese society with industrialization, and the postwar occupation reforms imposed by General MacArthur. Throughout, the book gives voice to the individuals and views that have shaped the actions and beliefs of the Japanese, with writers, artists, and thinkers, as well as political leaders given their due. The story this book tells, though marked by profound changes, is also one of remarkable consistency, in which continuities outweigh upheavals in the development of society, and successive waves of outside influence have only served to strengthen a sense of what is unique and native to Japanese experience. The Making of Modern Japan takes us to the core of this experience as it illuminates one of the contemporary world’s most compelling transformations.


The Cambridge History of Japan

The Cambridge History of Japan

Author: John Whitney Hall

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13: 9780521223546

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Survey of the historical events and developments in medieval Japan's polity, economy, society and culture.