Namazu-e and Their Themes
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Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 328
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Namazu-e and Their Themes
Author: Cornells Ouwehand
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Published: 1964
Total Pages: 336
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKMyth and Geology
Author: Luigi Piccardi
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9781862392168
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This book is the first peer-reviewed collection of papers focusing on the potential of myth storylines to yield data and lessons that are of value to the geological sciences. Building on the nascent discipline of geomythology, scientists and scholars from a variety of disciplines have contributed to this volume. The geological hazards (such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and cosmic impacts) that have given rise to myths are considered, as are the sacred and cultural values associated with rocks, fossils, geological formations and landscapes. There are also discussions about the historical and literary perspectives of geomythology. Regional coverage includes Europe and the Mediterranean, Afghanistan, Cameroon, India, Australia, Japan, Pacific islands, South America and North America. Myth and Geology challenges the widespread notion that myths are fictitious or otherwise lacking in value for the physical sciences." -- BOOK JACKET.
Irezumi
Author: Willem R. van Gulik
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9004544976
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Author: Willem R. van Gulik
Publisher: Brill Archive
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 402
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKImaging Disaster
Author: Gennifer Weisenfeld
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2012-11-14
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 0520271955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKImaging Disaster is a rich social history of Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Drawing on a kaleidoscopic range of images from the fine arts, magazines, cartoons, and other popular sources, Gennifer Weisenfeld has produced an original study of this catastrophic event from an art historical perspective. —Jonathan Reynolds, Barnard College Imaging Disaster is an exhaustive and illuminating study of the visual culture generated by Japan’s most devastating natural disaster. Comprehensive in scope—covering photography, cinema, painting, postcards, sketches, urban planning, and even scientific models—Weisenfeld makes a compelling point that the massive profusion of visual representations that followed the quake must itself be considered an integral part of this tragic historical event.—Seiji Lippit, UCLA
Japan and Korea
Author: Frank Joseph Shulman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-23
Total Pages: 923
ISBN-13: 1135158169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1971. This annotated bibliography of doctoral dissertations on Japan and Korea grew out of a decision to expand and bring up to date an earlier list entitled Unpublished Doctoral Dissertations Relating to Japan, Accepted in the Universities of Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States, 1946-1963, compiled by Peter Cornwall and issued by the Center for Japanese Studies in 1965.
Bonds of Civility
Author: Eiko Ikegami
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-02-28
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780521601153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book combines sociological insights in organizations with cultural history.
Civilization and Monsters
Author: Gerald A. Figal
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780822324188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the representation/role of the supernatural or the "fantastic" in the construction of Japanese modernism in late 19th and early 20th century Japan.
Myth and Meaning in Early Taoism
Author: N. J. Girardot
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780520064607
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMyth and Meaning in Early Daoism examines some of the earliest texts associated with the Daoist tradition (primarily the Daode jing, Zhuangzi, and Huainanzi) from the outlook of the comparative history of religions and finds a kind of thematic and soteriological unity rooted in the mythological symbolism of hundun, the primal chaos being and principle that is foundational for the philosophy and practice of the Dao as creatio continua in cosmic, social, and individual life. Dedicated to the proposition that ancient Chinese texts and traditions are often best understood from a broad interdisciplinary and interpretive perspective, this work when it was written challenged many prevailing conceptions of the Daode jing and Zhuangzi as primarily philosophical texts without any religious significance or affinity with the later sectarian traditions. While controversial and at times playfully provocative, the methodology and findings of this book are still important for the ongoing scholarship about Daoism in China and the world.
