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Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
by Leona Koren  Publisher Comments Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional....
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The Book of Tea (Shambhala Library)
by Kakuzo Okakura Publisher Comments This modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. The author celebrates the Way of Tea from its ancient origins in Chinese Taoism to its...
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The Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy
by Stephen F Kaufman Synopsis The only edition of this classic text written specifically for the martial artist....
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The Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke
by Yuzan Daidoji Publisher Comments The Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese way of the warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations...
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Dojo Wisdom: 100 Simple Ways to Become a Stronger, Calmer, More Courageous Person
by Jennifer Lawler Publisher Comments 100 simple ways to become a stronger, calmer, more courageous person....
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Religions of Japan in Practice (Princeton Readings in Religions)
by George Joji Tanabe Publisher Comments This anthology reflects a range of Japanese religions in their complex, sometimes conflicting, diversity. In the tradition of the Princeton Readings in Religions series, the collection presents documents (legends and miracle tales, hagiographies, ritual...
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
by Yamamoto Tsunetomo Publisher Comments |Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves"') is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of short anecdotes and reflections that give both insight and instruction-in the philosophy and code of behavior that foster the true spirit of Bushido-the...
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Book of Tea
by Kazuko Okakura Publisher Comments Minor classic of the Orient. Perhaps the most entertaining, most charming explanation and interpretation of traditional Japanese culture in terms of the tea ceremony. Introduction, notes by E. F. Bleiler....
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The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi Publisher Comments One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of leadership, conflict, and mastery to emerge from Asia, "The Book of Five Rings" was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi....
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The Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi Publisher Comments "The Book of Five Rings" is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to...
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The Illustrated Book of Five Rings
by Miyamoto Musashi Publisher Comments A classic on martial arts strategy and confrontation originally written in 1643 is enhanced by fifty-four full-color illustrations from Japanese sources, including battle scenes, reproductions of fine samurai swords and armor, and art from the Zen...
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Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan
by Helen Hardacre Publisher Comments Adherents of several hundred groups known as "new religions" include roughly one-third of the Japanese population, but these movements remain largely unstudied in the West. To account for their general similarity, Helen Hardacre identifies a common world...
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Enduring Identities: The Guise of Shinto in Contemporary Japan
by John Nelson Synopsis Enduring Identities is an attempt to understand Shinto's continuing relevance to the cultural identity of contemporary Japanese. The enduring significance of this ancient yet innovative religion is evidenced each year by the millions of Japanese who...
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Bushido
by Inazo Nitobe Publisher Comments A century ago, when Japan was transforming itself from an isolated feudal society into a modern nation, a Japanese educator queried about the ethos of his people composed this seminal work, which with his numerous other writings in English made him the...
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Religion in Contemporary Japan
by Ian Reader Book News Annotation Through a series of case studies of religious activities--at temples and festivals, in Zen meditation halls, at fire rituals, at home and work--Reader (Japanese studies, U. of Stirling, Scotland) examines the major areas in which the Japanese...
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Daidoji Yuzan's Code of the Samurai: A Contemporary Dual-Language Edition of the Bushido Shoshinshu
by Seigo Nakao Publisher Comments For almost 700 years shoguns ruled Japan. These "gentleman warriors" developed a dedicated system of honor and strict guidlelines of behavior that Taira Shigesuke first brought together in his 16th century book--Bushido Shoshinshu. Present to a modern...
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Japanese Religion: A Cultural Perspective (Prentice-Hall Series in World Religions)
by Robert Ellwood Publisher Comments A survey of Japanese religion which emphasizes its interaction with the culture of Japan. The book provides an overview of religion in Japan, from ancient times to the present. It also emphasizes the attitudinal manifestations of religion in Japan...
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Sources of Japanese Tradition: Volume 1
by Wm Theodore De Bary Publisher Comments To provide an understanding of the background of contemporary Japanese civilization, the editors present material that illustrates Japanese thought since earliest times. The traditions represented range from early Shinto and Buudhism to Confucianism...
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Musashi's Book of Five Rings
by Stephen F. Kaufman Publisher Comments Often used to explain Japanese business competition, Musashi's Book of Five Rings is more properly a definitive treatise on mortal combat from one of Japan's most formidable warriors - the martial arts luminary Miyamoto Musashi. Famed martial artist...
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On Understanding Japanese Religion
by Joseph M Kitagawa Publisher Comments Joseph Kitagawa, one of the founders of the field of history of religions and an eminent scholar of the religions of Japan, published his classic book Religion in Japanese History in 1966. Since then, he has written a number of extremely influential...
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