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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “morgan pitelka”
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  • Reading Medieval Ruins

    Urban Life and Destruction in Sixteenth-Century Japan

    by Morgan Pitelka ...
    The Japanese provincial city of Ichijōdani was destroyed in the civil wars of the late sixteenth century but never rebuilt. Archaeological excavations have since uncovered the most detailed late medieval urban site in the country. Drawing on analysis of specific excavated objects and decades of archaeological evidence to study daily life in Ichijōdani, Reading Medieval Ruins in Sixteenth-Century ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Japanese Tea Culture

    Art, History and Practice

    Edited by Morgan Pitelka ...
    From its origins as a distinct set of ritualised practices in the sixteenth century to its international expansion in the twentieth, tea culture has had a major impact on artistic production, connoisseurship, etiquette, food, design and more recently, on notions of Japaneseness. The authors dispel the myths around the development of tea practice, dispute the fiction of the dominance of aesthetics ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji Periods

    The arts of reinvention

    Edited by Morgan Pitelka, Alice Y. Tseng ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
    The city of Kyoto has undergone radical shifts in its significance as a political and cultural center, as a hub of the national bureaucracy, as a symbolic and religious center, and as a site for the production and display of art. However, the field of Japanese history and culture lacks a book that considers Kyoto on its own terms as a historic city with a changing identity.Examining cultural ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

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  • Buddhism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Prof Damien Keown ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction introduces the reader to the teachings of the Buddha and to the workings of Buddhism in daily life. Damien Keown looks at the distinctive features of Buddhism, examining who the Buddha was and what his teachings were. By considering how Buddhist thought has developed over the centuries, Keown considers how contemporary dilemmas can be faced from a Buddhist ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • Japanese Mind

    Understanding Contemporary Japanese Culture

    by Roger J. Davies, Osamu Ikeno ...
    In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an insightful guide to understanding the unique aspects of Japanese culture.Readers of this book will develop a comprehensive grasp of Japanese society and the core values that remain at its foundation.Among the topics explored are:aimai (ambiguity), amae (dependence upon others' benevolence), and amakudari (the nation's descent from heave... ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Tibetan Buddhism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Matthew T. Kapstein ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The Tibetan Buddhist tradition has known over thirteen centuries of continuous development. During that time, it has spread among the neighboring peoples - the Mongol, Himalayan, and Siberian peoples, Manchus and Chinese. At its height is has been practiced in regions as far west as the Volga river and to the east in Beijing. Its capacity for creative adaptation is demonstrated by its recent ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Tales of Moonlight and Rain

    by Akinari Ueda ...
    Translated by Anthony Chambers ...
    First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film Ugetsu.The title Ugetsu monogatari ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Art of Japanese Architecture

    History / Culture / Design

    by David Young, Michiko Young ...
    The Art of Japanese Architecture presents a complete overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. The book begins with a discussion of early prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a description of works by important modern Japanese architects. Along the way it discusses the iconic buildings and architectural styles for which Japan is so justly famous—from elegant ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons

    Nature, Literature, and the Arts

    by Haruo Shirane ...
    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 ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • A New History of Shinto

    by John Breen, Mark Teeuwen ...
    Series series Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
    This accessible guide to the development of Japan’s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto’s enduring religious identity.Offers a unique new approach to Shinto history that combines critical analysis with original researchExamines key evolutionary moments in the long ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Buddhism: All That Matters

    by Pascale Engelmajer ...
    Series series All That Matters
    Get a glimpse of what it means to be a Buddhist in today's world.Buddhism: All that Matters follows the daily lives of four fictional characters who represent four Buddhist traditions (Theravada, Chinese Pure Land, Japanese Zen and Tibetan), describing what being a Buddhist today entails. Discover the religious and devotional practices, dietary requirements, ethical principles, and religious and ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Kendo

    by Kiyota ...
    Kendo is the modern version of Japanese swordsmanship. This book focuses on kendo's philosophical infrastructure, its history and its potential contributions to personal growth. The purpose of this work is to describe the discipline of swordsmanship cultivated by the samurai in medieval and premodern Japan and to show the relevance of that discipline today. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD