Author: Noriko Morishita
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760874248
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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For more than 25 years Noriko Morishita studied and practised the intricate ceremonies of the famous Way of Tea, attempting to learn its complexities and achieve a perfection of movement and mood that few can master. In The Wisdom of Tea Noriko describes her gradual discovery of freedom and insight within the very rules that once seemed so constricting. Looking back across her life, Noriko illuminates the real teachings of the Way of Tea: to live absolutely in the moment, to notice and delight in the smallest of details, to embrace the vital skills of patience and perseverance, and to allow yourself to be. The Wisdom of Tea is a distillation of the life lessons Noriko learned through many seasons, spanning girlhood to adulthood. It is a wise and inspiring book that reveals the lasting relevance of an ancient ceremony.
Author: Andy Rothwell
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1838594434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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A dark, fast paced fairy tale of action packed adventures in perilous lands. In our world before men, the finding of a mysterious, bewitched fairy princess called Noriko starts a catastrophic chain of events that lay a fatal curse upon the kingdom that saved her. The unique tree blessed with the still beating heart of a shooting star that protects the kingdom has been slain of its power and is dead. Ten ancient scrolls of immense power must be found as they are the only chance to give the tree rebirth and save the magical kingdom. But the scrolls are hidden far away in a perfect prison beyond reach and protected by a powerful, ancient magic. Thus, Noriko's journey to retrieve the scrolls and save the kingdom unfolds. From the point of destruction she will rise to ultimately discover who she really is. For Noriko is the catalyst to the scrolls themselves and the falling of the kingdom she must now save. Why has this happened? Who is responsible? Why are the scrolls imprisoned? What monsters await? What secrets wait to be uncovered?
Author: Toni Johnson-Woods
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441155694
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 586
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Once upon a time, one had to read Japanese in order to enjoy manga. Today manga has become a global phenomenon, attracting audiences in North America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The style has become so popular, in fact, that in the US and UK publishers are appropriating the manga style in a variety of print material, resulting in the birth of harlequin mangas which combine popular romance fiction titles with manga aesthetics. Comic publishers such as Dark Horse and DC Comics are translating Japanese "classics", like Akira, into English. And of course it wasn't long before Shakespeare received the manga treatment. So what is manga? Manga roughly translates as "whimsical pictures" and its long history can be traced all the way back to picture books of eighteenth century Japan. Today, it comes in two basic forms: anthology magazines (such as Shukan Shonen Jampu) that contain several serials and manga 'books' (tankobon) that collect long-running serials from the anthologies and reprint them in one volume. The anthologies contain several serials, generally appear weekly and are so thick, up to 800 pages, that they are colloquially known as phone books. Sold at newspaper stands and in convenience stores, they often attract crowds of people who gather to read their favorite magazine. Containing sections addressing the manga industry on an international scale, the different genres, formats and artists, as well the fans themselves, Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives is an important collection of essays by an international cast of scholars, experts, and fans, and provides a one-stop resource for all those who want to learn more about manga, as well as for anybody teaching a course on the subject.
Author: 森下典子
Publisher:
ISBN: 9784866580623
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 181
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Author: Adam Mars-Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781907903458
Category : Banshun (Motion picture)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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'Late Spring, directed and co-written by Yasujiro Ozu, was released in 1949, which makes it an old film, or a film that has been new for a long time...' So begins this remarkable essay in narrative reconstruction, which elicits a world of meanings from the reticences of one classic Japanese movie, and reserves to the very end a resolution of its mystery. Adam Mars-Jones gives a virtuoso comeback performance as that lost figure from the earl days of cinema: the film explainer. There has never been a film book like this one.
Author: Trudy McNair
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665738642
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
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In the world of eighteenth-century Japan, during the famous Edo period, an orphaned ten-year-old Japanese girl named Noriko lives with her six adopted aunts in a geisha house, one that is a haven for homeless cats. As she grows up, she experiences the well-known arts and spiritual expression of that time period. Offering a child’s perspective, this guide presents an exploration of Japanese history and the culture of the Edo period. Learn about the rise of the samurai warriors and their leader, the shogun. The time period also witnessed the rise of Kabuki theater, Bunraku puppetry, ukiyo-e painting, the way of tea, and a unique form of poetry called haiku. These arts had a profound effect on Noriko, who practiced both the native religion of Shinto and Buddhism. Noriko become famous for her woodblock prints of cats and flowers and her haiku. This narrative history invites young readers to get to know a new culture and gain knowledge of the wider world and its history.
Author: Noriko T. Reider
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0874217946
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Oni, ubiquitous supernatural figures in Japanese literature, lore, art, and religion, usually appear as demons or ogres. Characteristically threatening, monstrous creatures with ugly features and fearful habits, including cannibalism, they also can be harbingers of prosperity, beautiful and sexual, and especially in modern contexts, even cute and lovable. There has been much ambiguity in their character and identity over their long history. Usually male, their female manifestations convey distinctivly gendered social and cultural meanings. Oni appear frequently in various arts and media, from Noh theater and picture scrolls to modern fiction and political propaganda, They remain common figures in popular Japanese anime, manga, and film and are becoming embedded in American and international popular culture through such media. Noriko Reiderýs book is the first in English devoted to oni. Reider fully examines their cultural history, multifaceted roles, and complex significance as "others" to the Japanese.
Author: Noriko Carroll
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740757075
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Provides full-color photographs that chronicle the life of a hummingbird, following the story of Honey, an adult female, and her two chicks, Ray and Zen, including building a nest, laying the eggs, hatching, and their first flight.
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9460911285
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Although scholars in various academic fields have a keen interest in the social institutions that reproduce the university system, generally their gaze has been averted from a close analysis of the professors themselves. This volume aims to initiate a project of describing academic traditions at universities in East Asia. The present neoliberal discourses of university reform amplify the need for just such an ethnographic study of the professoriate. How does change toward institutional models resembling the Western university affect the traditional, local cultures of the professoriate in Asia? The ten authors first document changes to both the workplace and workers and then analyze how these reforms have affected the very nature of academic work and scholarship in East Asia. This volume is of special interest to scholars in the fields of comparative education, Asian Studies, and sociocultural anthropology as well as academic and administrative staff employed at universities in Asia.
Author: Doug Palmer
Publisher: Chin Music Press
ISBN: 1634059824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Palmer, a long-time friend of Bruce Lee and one of his youngest martial arts students, recounts Lee’s early years, when he would train a multicultural group of local toughs in empty parking lots and backyards around Seattle. Palmer spends a summer with Lee and his family in Hong Kong and provides fascinating insight into Lee’s personality, from his silly sense of humor and love of practical jokes to his uncanny ability to learn from different fighting traditions to hone his skills. Palmer’s stories paint a picture of a fun-loving, intense young man who worked hard to excel at his craft.
