In Far Japan: Glympses
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In Far Japan: Glympses

  1. 348 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

In Far Japan: Glympses

About this book

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
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781136212574
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences
CONTENTS
_________
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...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. A Word of Warning and Acknowledgment
  6. Foreword
  7. Contents
  8. See Revealed!
  9. A Thousand Steps of Stone
  10. Drums of the Mountains
  11. When Rains Descend
  12. Color
  13. The Bridge
  14. The Foreigner Arrives
  15. Young Japan
  16. The Spring Equinox
  17. Nyubai, or the Rainy Season
  18. Sunshine and Summer
  19. Flower of the Buddha
  20. “The Pines Are in Their Glory”
  21. The Mountain Top
  22. One in Each Generation
  23. The Mountain Spat It Forth
  24. The Politician
  25. A Gift for a Gift
  26. The Hakone in Winter
  27. “Blows the Cherry”
  28. At Noon
  29. An Overcrowded Empire
  30. The Priest Is Dead
  31. Toshogu
  32. When the Dead Return
  33. The Spider
  34. A Saint at Peace
  35. Coast and Cliff
  36. The Desire for Friends
  37. The Modern Mecca
  38. The Children
  39. “Merry Kurisumasu”
  40. A Japanese Home
  41. When One Is Host
  42. Flux
  43. A Stranger
  44. Faith
  45. The Plums Are Blossoming
  46. Ichi Riki
  47. The Seventh Night of the Seventh Month
  48. This Morning
  49. May Day
  50. The Immigration Law
  51. Service Completed
  52. Japan in Manchuria
  53. Forebodings
  54. The Internationale
  55. Azalea
  56. Rooftrees
  57. Snow
  58. The Heralds of Spring
  59. A Japanese Cape Cod
  60. The Kimigayo
  61. The City
  62. Throughout the Day
  63. What We Call Progress
  64. Gardens
  65. Ghosts of Kamakura
  66. The Most Sacred Rite
  67. The Seal of Japan
  68. The Emperor
  69. Along the Coast
  70. The Ueno Mausolea
  71. “Like a Mighty Army”
  72. From the Eighth Century
  73. The Moon of Asia
  74. Lost Rapture
  75. “Wassho! Wassho! Wassho!”
  76. An Old-Fashioned Garden
  77. Shinmiri
  78. The Fragrance of Friendship
  79. Chame San
  80. Gift of Poems
  81. Non-Completeness
  82. The Earthquake-Dead
  83. True Tribute
  84. Asakusa Park
  85. Sunset and Moonrise
  86. The Outcast
  87. Happiness in the Hakone
  88. When It Is Cold
  89. The Snow Comes
  90. At Matsushima
  91. The Ginza
  92. From Peking to Tokyo
  93. Bearers of Wood
  94. Far From Echigo
  95. The Mendicant
  96. The Inn
  97. Afoot in Izu
  98. Looking at Japan
  99. Victory !
  100. The Poems of Japan
  101. The Moon of March
  102. The World Awakens
  103. A Happy Land
  104. A First Principle
  105. Pioneers of Empire
  106. Japan’s Gift
  107. Nihon no Koe
  108. My Lord of Sendai
  109. The Western Weavers

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