Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture
by Rimer, J. Thomas, Groemer, Gerald, Addiss, Stephen, Addiss
by Rimer, J. Thomas, Groemer, Gerald, Addiss, Stephen, Addiss
Compiled in this volume is original material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These sources, including many translated here for the first time, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, all…
Nishiyama Matsunosuke is one of the most important historians of Tokugawa (Edo) popular culture, yet until now his work has never been translated into a Western language. Edo Culture presents a selection of Nishiyama's writings that serves not only to provide an excellent introd…