Explains the meaning of Japanese holidays celebrated throughout the year, and describes the food, decorations, gifts, attire, and activities associated with each occasion.
In the order in which they are celebrated during the year, presents traditional Japanese holidays and festivals, introducing the foods, dress, gifts, decorations, and activities associated with each.
Colorful introduction to Japanese holidays and celebrations.
In more than 300 beautiful photographs of the homes of both Westerners and Japanese, this book presents the art of living with Japanese style, offering exciting new ideas and inspiration for all. Exquisite homes in the Tokyo area, focusing on original and attractive use of Japan…
"Author Colin M. Roach collaborated with top-level artisans, historians, and martial arts experts to create a unique, in-depth study of these magnificent weapons from a historical, iconographical, and technological perspective. In addition to a foreword by seventh degree iaido b…
The DVD features a documentary on traditional Japanese sword making, scenes from an iaido class, and an introduction to the Japanese sword at a shop in Kyoto.
The ecology of Sulawesi
by Whitten, Tony, Mustafa, Muslimin, Henderson, Gregory S.
fromEcology of Indonesia series
In Ancient Okinawan Martial Arts: Koryu Uchinadi the Western reader has ready access, for the first time, to an extensive collection of the most important documents written by and about Okinawa's most famous karate and kobudo masters and their arts, as well as to photographs of …
Volume Two contains McCarthy's Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: The Mabuni Kenwa Story, the Dai Nippon Butokukai, and Karatedo: Development, Essence and Aims, as well as Miyagi Chojun's Karatedo Gaisetsu: An Outline of Karatedo and the transcription of the 1936 Meeting of Ok…
