Resultaten gefilterd op "Floating World Editions"

Voices of the Fourth Generation

• Hardcover | Engels
• For the first time in bilingual format, this book showcases outstanding poetry emerging from a vibrant and rapidly developing cultural scene and also ... Lees meer

Japanese Marks and Seals in Lit. & the Arts

James Lord Bowes

• Paperback | Engels
• This extremely valuable reference work remains a fundamental resource for all students, scholars, connoisseurs, and collectors of Japanese art and lit... Lees meer

The Iconic Tattooed Man of Easter Island

Adrienne L Kaeppler, Jo Anne Van Tilburg

• Paperback | Engels
• An impressively tattooed but unnamed Easter Island (Rapa Nui) man appears often in the pages of Pacific Island histories and museum catalogs. The Swed... Lees meer

Twilight

Lian Zhang

• Paperback | Engels
• Zhang Lian is a struggling potato farmer who turned to poetry to describe the harsh beauty of his environment and his daily struggle to eke out an exi... Lees meer

Shore of Pearls

Edward Schafer

• Paperback | Engels
• Hainan Island is the southernmost extent of what is now People's Republic of China. Today the island is strategically important for its geographic pos... Lees meer

Tibetan Furniture

Chris Buckley

• Hardcover | Engels
• This is a unique time in the history of Tibetan furniture, and this is the only comprehensive book on the subject. Tibetans value their painted furnit... Lees meer

The Cormorant Fishing Boat

Douglas Brooks

• Paperback | Engels
• To document and preserve an ancient craft tradition in danger of disappearing, Douglas Brooks apprenticed with five master boatbuilders in Japan betwe... Lees meer

The Vermilion Bird

Edward Schafer

• Paperback | Engels
• In the seventh century the great T'ang nation was obliged to reconquer the southernmost portion of what had been considered Chinese territory for many... Lees meer

Heaven Has a Face, So Does Hell

Stephen E Marvin

• Hardcover | Engels, Japans
• A remarkable combination of superb artistry, sophisticated design, and a lengthy history of continuous usage sets the masks of the Noh theater of Japa... Lees meer

James Lee Byars

Sakagami Shinobu

• Hardcover | Engels
• -There has been virtually no discussion of the formative decade in which Byars lived in Japan, nor the profound influence this country had on his arti... Lees meer

Japanese Scrolls

William Delange, Teruo Takayanagi

• Hardcover | Engels
• - A look at the unique and beautiful craftsmanship of Japanese hanging scrolls from their Buddhist origin to its role in modern Japanese art This is t... Lees meer

Hapkido

Marc Tedeschi

• Paperback | Engels | Hapkido Manuals | nr. 2
• HAPKIDO MANUALS ----- An invaluable series of study-guides summarizing all Hapkido belt ranks, from novice to master-level. Concise, affordable, easy ... Lees meer

Acquisition

• Paperback | Engels
• This volume considers how and why people bought, sold, donated, and received works of art during Japan's Edo period (1600-1868), when opportunities to... Lees meer

Dictionary of Japanese Artists

Laurance P Roberts

• Paperback | Engels
• This is a limited-edition reprint of the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Japanese artists yet published. The pertinent facts relate... Lees meer

The Tatar Whirlwind

Shiba Ryotaro

• Hardcover | Engels
• By the early seventeenth century the Tokugawa shogunate had achieved supremacy over nearly all its opponents throughout the islands of Japan. Meanwhil... Lees meer

Empire of Min

Edward Schafer

• Paperback | Engels
• The period between the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and the establishment of the Song in 960 is often dismissed as a bleak chapter in Chinese histo... Lees meer

Famous Japanese Swordsmen

William Lange

• Paperback | Engels
• The final volume of the swordsmen trilogy tells the story of the teo greatest warriors of the late-16th century, when war-ravaged Japan was brought un... Lees meer

Miyamoto Musashi: A Life in Arms

William De Lange

• Paperback | Engels
• A full biography of Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi , Lees meer

Japanese Names & How to Read Them

Albert J Koop, Hogitaro Inada

• Paperback | Engels
• Long out of print, the pioneering work of Koop and Inada remains an important and fundamental reference for those wishing to master the pronunciation ... Lees meer

Every Rock a Universe

Hongdu Wang

• Paperback | Engels
• The Yellow Mountains ( Huang shan ) of China's Anhui Province have been famous for centuries as a place of scenic beauty and inspiration for poets, pa... Lees meer

Hapkido

Marc Tedeschi

• Paperback | Engels | Hapkido Manuals | nr. 3
• HAPKIDO MANUALS ----- An invaluable series of study-guides summarizing all Hapkido belt ranks, from novice to master-level. Concise, affordable, easy ... Lees meer

China's Intrepid Muse

Marcia Ristaino

• Paperback | Engels
• This illustrated study presents the life and work of China's most famous living cartoonist and caricaturist, Ding Cong. Lees meer

Seeing Zen

John Stevens, Felix Hess

• Hardcover | Engels
• -Features 124 masterpieces from the world's finest collection of Zenga Seeing Zen is the catalog of 124 masterpieces in the Kaeru-an Zenga Collection.... Lees meer

Viewing Stones of North America

Thomas S Elias

• Hardcover | Engels
• Although firmly rooted in ancient East Asia cultures, stone appreciation has no necessary boundaries; around the mid-twentieth century it found a cong... Lees meer