Best of
Japan

1979

Tea Life, Tea Mind


Sōshitsu Sen XV - 1979
    In this text, Soshitsu Sen XV, the retired grand master of the Urasenke school of tea, tells how he mastered Chado, "The Way of Tea".

The Japanese pottery handbook


Penny Simpson - 1979
    This compact reference explains the basic terms, processes, classifications, tools, materials and techniques of Japanese potters."

Kanji and Kana: A Handbook and Dictionary of the Japanese Writing System


Wolfgang Hadamitzky - 1979
    

Songs of Gods, Songs of Humans: The Epic Tradition of the Ainu


Donald L. Philippi - 1979
    This collection and English translation by Donald Philippi contains thirty-three representative selections from a number of epic genres including mythic epics, culture hero epics, women's epics, and heroic epics. This is the first time, outside of Japan, that the Ainu epic folklore has been treated in a comprehensive manner.Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Japanese Film Directors


Audie Bock - 1979
    Taking ten filmmakers, such as Oshima and Kurosawa, and following their careers chronologically has resulted in a history of Japanese film as well as a study of each master.

The Search for "Satori" & Creativity


E. Paul Torrance - 1979
    

A Concise History of Japanese Art


Peter C. Swann - 1979
    

Empire and Aftermath: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Experience, 1878-1954


John W. Dower - 1979
    This detailed biography of Japan's Postwar prime minister has had a favorable reception in the United States and has sold widely in translation in Japan.Harvard East Asian Monographs, 84