Kodoku: Sailing Alone Across the Pacific

Kenichi Horie

Charles E.Tuttle Company

Great for comparing to myths and legends of other Polynesian islands and other parts of the world.

THE LEGENDS AND MYTHS OF HAWAII

David Kalakaua

This book is designed for the amateur artist who is eager to find a new outlet for his talents as well as for the one who has already discovered the enchanting world of Japanese ink-painting. It is, quite frankly, a copybook, and it does not pretend to be anything else. The paintings are the work of Shutei Ota, an artist who has had a long career of introducing Japanese ink-painting to Westerners. Ota teaches by showing, and by holding the hands of her students - beginning immediately with strokes and foregoing preliminary sketches. 'Paint Now' is her philosophy. She likes to think of her paintings as written compositions. Each stroke is a sentence, and each sentence builds up to a complete message or picture. In this books, examples graded from easy to difficult, are provided. Westerners will no doubt make practical use of the art to create place and greeting cards. This study of Japanese ink painting will lead to better understanding of the discipline of Asian arts

Copybook for Japanese Ink Painting

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Court Dishes of China: The Cuisine of the Ch'ing Dynasty

Chung, Su (Lucille Davis)

When Zen Buddhism crossed from China to Japan in the twelfth century, it entered a phase of development that was not only to inspire a magnificent range of artistic achievement but also to exert a tremendous influence upon Japanese life itself and, eventually, to bring to the attention of the West a religious philosophy both unique and challenging in its power. 'Yet,' as one of the contributors to A First Zen Reader expresses it, 'If asked what Zen is, to reply is very difficult.' It is the purpose of this anthology to suggest an approach to such a reply.

First Zen Reader

The Folk Arts of Japan

Hugo, Münsterberg

Japan underwent tumultuous changes in the eighteenth century. The merchant class was rising in power, and the privileges of the professional warriors, or "samurai", were disappearing. The 47 Ronin Story is the classic story of Lord Asano of Ako and one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. In 1701 in Edo, Japan, Lord Asano of Ako lashed out at a corrupt court official and set in motion a chain of events that shocked the country and brought the Shogun himself to a legal and moral impasse. When it was over, there emerged the most unlikely set of heroes-the forty-seven ronin, or "ex-samurai", of Ako.

The Forty-Seven Ronin Story

Literature & Fiction

Allyn, John

United States

The Gossamer Years: Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan

Michitsuna no Haha (Mother of Michitsuna). Translated By Edward Seidensticker

A manual of basic Japanese designed to provide instruction in the essential characters and a basis for fluent reading and writing of the language

A Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese

Reference

Florence & Emori Susumu Sakade

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include companion materials, may have some shelf wear, may contain highlighting/notes, may not include CDs or access codes. 100% money back guarantee.

Hawaiian Flowers and Flowering Trees: A Guide to Tropical & Semitropical Flora

Science & Math

Loraine E. Kuck

Richard C. Tongg

Biological Sciences

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