[PDF.66ac] Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts

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 | #1118171 in Books |  Haruo Shirane |  2013-03-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.90 x6.00l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

 | Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons Nature Literature and the Arts

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| The finest study of Japan's sensitivity to seasonal change|By Merrily Baird|For most Westerners, Japan today is viewed as a mecca of high technology, martial arts, video games, manga, culinary achievement, flower arranging, or fine art and design. But in taking a longer view, one that stretches back well more than a thousand years, it can be argued that Japan's most enduringly| |Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons provides a compelling account of how Japan has appropriated, interpreted, and valued nature over the centuries. Haruo Shirane's wide-ranging study tracks the culture of nature in Japan and especially the central

Elegant representations of nature and the four seasons populate a wide range of Japanese genres and media―from poetry and screen painting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, and annual observances. In Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons, Haruo Shirane shows how, when, and why this practice developed and explicates the richly encoded social, religious, and political meanings of this imagery.

Refuting the belief that this tradition reflects Japan...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons: Nature, Literature, and the Arts   |  Haruo Shirane. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.

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