Bibliograph

Japanese culture, H. Paul Varley

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Japanese culture, H. Paul Varley

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Japanese culture

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

10559604

Responsibility statement

H. Paul Varley

Summary

A survey of the history of cultural life in Japan from the earliest times to the present. Beginning with the first glimmerings of civilised life in the remote past, the author traces the development through the ages of religion, thought, literature, theatre, the visual arts, and other forms of culture and art. He also provides a discussion of Japan in the twentieth century, focusing particularly on the cultural consequences of Japan's defeat in World War II, the postwar development of arts and literature, and Japanese adaptation of Western forms and technology in architecture and films

Table Of Contents

The emergence of Japanese civilization -- The introduction of Buddhism -- The court at its zenith -- The advent of a new age -- The canons of medieval taste -- The country unified -- The flourishing of a bourgeois culture -- Heterodox trends -- The fruits of modernity -- Culture in the present age

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