In Far Japan: Glympses
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In Far Japan: Glympses

Frank H. Hedges

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In Far Japan: Glympses

Frank H. Hedges

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First published in 2006. These unique sketches of Japan and Japanese life were written by Frank Hughes. foreign correspondent of the London Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post. Shrines, mountains, traditional drums, misty rains and the shrill wailing of Shinto music come to life in Hedges' brief, lyrical descriptions and lovers of Japan are sure to be overwhelmed by memory.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
9781136212574
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences
CONTENTS
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Dedication
A Word of Warning and Acknowledgment
Foreword
See Revealed!
A Thousand Steps of Stone
Drums of the Mountains
When Rains Descend
Color
The Bridge
The Foreigner Arrives
Young Japan
The Spring Equinox
Nyubai, or the Rainy Season
Sunshine and Summer
Flower of the Buddha
“The Pines Are in Their Glory”
The Mountain Top
One in Each Generation
The Mountain Spat It Forth
The Politician
A Gift for a Gift
The Hakone in Winter
“Blows the Cherry”
At Noon
An Overcrowded Empire
The Priest Is Dead
Toshogu
When the Dead Return
The Spider
A Saint at Peace
Coast and Cliff
The Desire for Friends
The Modern Mecca
The Children
“Merry Kurisumasu”
A Japanese Home
When One Is Host
Flux
A Stranger
Faith
The Plums Are Blossoming
Ichi Riki
The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month
This Morning
May Day
The Immigration Law
Service Completed
Japan in Manchuria
Forebodings
The Internationale
Azalea
Rooftrees
Snow
The Heralds of Spring
A Japanese Cape Cod
The Kimigayo
The City
Throughout the Day
What We Call Progress
Gardens
Ghosts of Kamakura
The Most Sacred Rite
The Seal of Japan
The Emperor
Along the Coast
The Ueno Mausolea
“Like a Mighty Army”
From the Eighth Century
The Moon of Asia
Lost Rapture
“Wassho! Wassho! Wassho!”
An Old-Fashioned Garden
Shinmir...

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