A detailed study of the Japanese Heian period (c. AD 950-1050), and court life in Ancient Japan, where the elite were highly cultured and acutely aware of the aesthetic.

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

History

Morris, Ivan

Asia

Penguin??Books

A study of court life in ancient Japan during the Heian period (c. A.D. 950-1050), where the elite were highly cultured and aware of the aesthetic. The book outlines the social and political life of the period as well as the superstitions and rules of conduct between men and women.

Puffin

'The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon', an informal diary of the reminiscences of a lady-in-waiting at the court of a Heian Empress.

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon (TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ASIAN CLASSICS)

Literature & Fiction

SHONAGON, SEI

History & Criticism

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan. Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame of reference, The World of the Shining Prince recreates an era when women set the cultural tone. Focusing on the world of the emperor’s court—a world deeply admired by Virginia Woolf, among others—renowned scholar of Japanese history and literature Ivan Morris explores the politics, society, religious life, and superstitions of the period. Offering readers detailed portrayals of the daily lives of courtiers, the cult of beauty they espoused, and the intricate relations between the men and women of the age, The World of the Shining Prince has been a cornerstone text on ancient Japan for half a century.

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

The Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

A study of Japanese history via its failed heroes.

The nobility of failure: Tragic heroes in the history of Japan

Secker Warburg

Long recognized as a core book in any study of Japanese culture and literature, The Nobility of Failure examines the lives and deaths of nine historical individuals who faced overwhelming odds, and, realizing they were doomed, accepted their fate--to be killed in battle or by execution, to wither in exile, or to escape through ritual suicide. Morris then turns his attention to the kamikaze pilots of World War II, who gave their lives in defense of their nation in the full realization that their deaths would have little effect on the course of the war. Through detail, crystal-clear prose and unmatched narrative sweep and brilliance, Professor Morris takes you into the innermost hearts of the Japanese people.

Morris: The Nobility of Failure

New American Library

Nobility of Failure: Tragic Heroes in the History of Japan

Plume

105 pages, recipes for traditional Korean dishes with instructions on making egg decoration, prepared sesame seed, vinegar soy sauce and sprouting beans, black and single color illustrations and text

Art of Korean Cooking

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Tuttle+publishing

Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology

Literary

Tuttle Pub

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