Vanishing Japan : traditions, crafts & culture / Elizabeth Kiritani ; foreword by Donald Richie ; illustrations by Itsuo Kiritani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiritani, Elizabeth.

Contributor:

Richie, Donald, 1924-

Kiritani, Itsuo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japan--Social life and customs.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, Vt. : C. E. Tuttle Co., 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pawnshops and handmade paper. shoe shiners and Shinto jugglers . money rakes and mosquito netting all these were once a familiar part of daily life in JapanMany elements of that daily life , like the Obon dances and oreiboko apprenticeships, have no counterpart in any other culture : they are purely unique to Japan . But with the tremendous changes of the modern age, most traces of traditional life in Japan are fast disappearing, soon to be gone forever. Still, there are a few holdouts. especially in Japan 's shitamachi. or working-class neighborhoods, where many of the survivors of

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; 1 On The Street; 2 Housing and Interiors; 3 Artisans and Crafts; 4 Festivals and Events; 5 Seasonal Customs; 6 Daily Life; 7 Entertainment; Index of Japanese Terms

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-280-60560-X

9786613630568

1-4629-0427-0

OCLC:

777374916