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Pages: 218
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-08-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Often considered an exotic garment of "traditional Japan," the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature an
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Pages: 340
Authors: Annie M. Van Assche
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"High-quality color photographs and period pictures illustrate this sumptuous volume, which should interest experts and laymen alike." --Choice The Japanese kim
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A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist. When twenty-eight-yea
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Authors: Terry Satsuki Milhaupt
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What is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As this book shows, the kimono has served all of these roles, its meaning changing across tim
Becoming Modern Women
Language: en
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Authors: Michiko Suzuki
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Becoming Modern Women: Love and Female Identity in Prewar Japanese Literature and Culture is a literary and cultural history of love and female identity in Japa