Introduction to Japanese Culture

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<b>Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, this text is a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture.</b><BR><BR>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 <i>Introduction to Japanese Culture</i>, you''ll read an overview, through sixty-eight original and informative essays, of Japan''s most notable cultural achievements, including:<BR><ul><li>Religion, Zen Buddhism, arranged marriages and Bushido</li><li>Drama and Art—from pottery, painting and calligraphy to haiku, kabuki and karate</li><li>Cuisine—everything from rice to raw fish</li><li>Home and Recreation, from board games such as Go to origami, kimonos and Japanese gardens</li></ul>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