Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, this text is a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture.The richness of Japan''s history is renowned worldwide. The heritage of culture that its society has produced and passed on to future generations is one of Japan''s greatest accomplishments. In
Introduction to Japanese Culture, you''ll read an overview, through sixty-eight original and informative essays, of Japan''s most notable cultural achievements, including:
- Religion, Zen Buddhism, arranged marriages and Bushido
- Drama and Art—from pottery, painting and calligraphy to haiku, kabuki and karate
- Cuisine—everything from rice to raw fish
- Home and Recreation, from board games such as Go to origami, kimonos and Japanese gardens
The Japan of today is a fully modern, Westernized society in nearly every regard. Even so, the elements of an earlier age are clearly visible in the country''s arts, festi
