An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home. But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction. Winner of Japan's Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize, and now with a new preface. Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best work of non-fiction published in Japan.
3616 Руб.
So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting-edge apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando's experimental 4x4 House, Shigeru Ban's conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami. About the editor: Angelika Taschen studied art history and German literature in Heidelberg, gaining her doctorate in 1986. Working for TASCHEN since 1987, she has published numerous titles on art, architecture, photography, design, travel, and lifestyle. About the photographer: Swiss photographer Reto Guntli, based in Zurich, regularly travels the world shooting for international magazines. He has published numerous books and contributed to TASCHEN publications such as Inside Asia, Living in Japan, Living in Bali, Great Escapes Asia and Great Escapes Europe. About the authors: Author, art collector, calligrapher, and director of programs in traditional Asian arts, Alex Kerr has lived in Japan and Thailand since 1964. As a writer, he is known for Lost Japan (1996) and Dogs and Demons (2001). Kathy Arlyn Sokol is a Kyoto-based media professional with a background in print and broadcast journalism. An Emmy award-winning narrator and contributing editor at Kyoto Journal, she has lived in Japan for twenty-seven years. Издание на английском, французском и немецком языках.
1928 Руб.
So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's hard to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding new ways to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a cutting-edge apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials such as wood, bricks, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando's experimental 4?4 House, Shigeru Ban's conceptual Shutter House, and a beautiful homage to bamboo in the form of a home, this book traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Also included is a list of addresses and a glossary of terms, such as tatami.
1049 Руб.
The material world is itself emptiness. Emptiness is itself the material world. Powerful, mystical and concise, the Heart Sutra is believed to contain the condensed essence of all Buddhist wisdom. This brief poem on emptiness has exerted immense influence throughout Asia since the seventh century and is woven into the fabric of daily life. Yet even though it rivals the teachings of Laozi and Confucius in importance, this ancient Buddhist scripture remains barely known in the West. During the many years he has spent living in Japan, Alex Kerr has been on a quest after the secrets of the Heart Sutra. Travelling from Japan, Korea, and China, to India, Mongolia, Tibet and Vietnam, this book brings together Buddhist teaching, talks with friends and mentors, and acute cultural insights to probe the universe of thought contained within this short but intense philosophical work.
2534 Руб.
Каталожный номер MOCCD14234, 8718627235331, Формат 2CD, Лейбл MUSIC ON CD1-1 The Howling1-2 What Have You Done1-3 Frozen1-4 Our Solemn Hour1-5 The Heart Of Everything1-6 Hand Of Sorrow1-7 The Cross1-8 Final Destination1-9 All I Need1-10 The Truth Beneath The Rose1-11 Forgiven1-12 What Have You Done (Rock Mix)1-13 Blue Eyes1-14 Sounds Of Freedom1-15 The Last Time (Demo Version)2-1 Our Solemn Hour (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-2 The Howling (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-3 Frozen (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-4 Stand My Ground (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-5 The Cross (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-6 The Heart Of Everything (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-7 Mother Earth (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-8 Deceiver Of Fools (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-9 Ice Queen (Live In Tokyo, Japan, 2007)2-10 Memories (Live)2-11 Angels (Live)2-12 Hand Of Sorrow (Live)
5699 Руб.
Deep Purple - Last Concert In Japan. 1 LP. A1 Burn, A2 Love Child, A3 You Keep Moving On, A4 Wild Dogs, B1 Lady Luck, B2 Smoke On The Water, B3 Soldier Of Fortune, B4 Woman From Tokyo, B5 Highway Star, Лимитированное переиздание альбомов Британской рок-группы Deep Purple с новым мастерингом с оригинальных мастер лент на цветном виниле. Купить альбом Deep Purple - Last Concert In Japan на цветном виниле.
33699 Руб.
Today's most exceptional Japanese homes So rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it's nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and take inspiration from the ways of old. Whether it's a pristinely preserved traditional house or a sleek modern apartment, the best Japanese homes share a love of cleverly designed spaces and warm materials like wood, brick, and bamboo. From a thatched roof farmhouse occupied by a Zen priest to Tadao Ando's experimental 4x4 House, from Shigeru Ban's conceptual Shutter House to a beautiful domestic homage to bamboo, this elegant compendium traverses the multifaceted landscape of Japanese living today. Enriched by 170 brand new, unpublished photographs, this edition takes you on breathtaking journey through the Land of the Rising Sun-complete with a list of addresses, should you wish to undertake this journey to Japan's most fascinating inns and homes yourself. An insightful glossary of key terms, such as tatami, shoji, and noren, will also help you come to grips with all elements of Japan's unique aesthetic of Eastern minimalism. Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
6078 Руб.
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. "A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling."--W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style Japan is the forge of the world's fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokemon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives. In the 1970s and '80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, gliding on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the "lost decades" of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that's precisely when its cultural clout soared--when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and multimedia empires like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them--connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japan's pop-media complex remade global culture.
1035 Руб.
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. "A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling."--W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style Japan is the forge of the world's fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pokemon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives. In the 1970s and '80s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, gliding on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the "lost decades" of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that's precisely when its cultural clout soared--when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and multimedia empires like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them--connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japan's pop-media complex remade global culture.
1035 Руб.
A selection of Lafcadio Hearn's brilliantly entertaining and eerie ghost stories, regarded as major classics in Japan In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.
2421 Руб.
Blu-ray 1: Rock For The Rising Sun1. Welcome Back To Japan (Live From Japan / 2011)2. Draw The Line (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)3. Love ln An EIevator (Live At The Kanazawa Ishikawa Sports Center, Japan / 2011)4. Livin' On The Edge (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)5. Hangman Jury (Live At The Hiroshima Green Garden, Japan / 2011)6. No More No More (Live At The Hiroshima Green Garden, Japan / 2011)7. Mama Kin (Live At The Hiroshima Green Garden, Japan / 2011)8. Monkey On My Back (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)9. Toys In The Attic (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)10. Listen To The Thunder (Live At The Kanazawa lshikawa Sports Center, Japan / 2011)11. Sweet Emotion (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)12. Boogie Man (Live At The Marine Messe Fukoka, Japan / 2011)13. Rats In The CeIlar (Live At The Osaka Dome, Japan / 2011)14. Movin' Out (Live At The Osaka Dome, Japan / 2011)15. Last Child (Live At The Aichi Perfectur Gym, Japan / 2011)16. S.O.S. (Too Bad) (Live At The Saporro Dome, Japan / 2011)17. Walk This Way (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)18. Train Kept A RoIlin (Live At The Tokyo Dome, Japan / 2011)19. Menu / Aerosmith / Rock For The Rising Sun (Live From Japan / 2011)20. Lick And A Promise (Live At The Hiroshima Green Garden Arena, Japan / 2011)21. One Way Street (Live At The Marine Messe Fukoka, Japan / 2011)Blu-ray 2: Rocks Donington1. lntroduction2. Train Kept A-RoIlin'3. Eat The Rich4. Love ln An Elevator5. Cryin'6. Jaded7. Livin' On The Edge8. Last ChiId9. Freedom Fighter10. Same Old Song And Dance11. Janie's Got A Gun12. Toys ln The Attic13. l Don't Want To Miss A Thing14. No More No More15. Come Together16. Dude (Looks Like A Lady)17. WaIk This Way18. Home Tonight19. Dream On20. Sweet Emotion21. Mama Kin22. Mannish Boy / End Credits23. Menu / Aerosmith / Rocks Donington 201424. Joe Perry Introduction
5499 Руб.
Only weeks into their marriage a young couple embark on a six-month period of separation. Tom Cavendish goes to Japan to build lighthouses and his wife Ally, Doctor Moberley-Cavendish, stays and works at the Truro asylum. As Ally plunges into the institutional politics of mental health, Tom navigates the social and professional nuances of late 19th century Japan. With her unique blend of emotional insight and intellectual profundity, Sarah Moss builds a novel in two parts from Falmouth to Tokyo, two maps of absence; from Manchester to Kyoto, two distinct but conjoined portraits of loneliness and determination. An exquisite continuation of the story of Bodies of Light, Signs for Lost Children will amaze Sarah Moss's many fans.
1881 Руб.
And so, for the very first time, we meet the young Moomin, Moominmamma and Sniff as they search through forest and flood for long lost Moominpappa, last seen wandering with the Hattifatteners. Along the way, in a series of delightful adventures, they encounter Hemulens, stranded kittens and the blue-haired Tulippa. The Moomins and the Great Flood was the original Moomin story, published in Finland in 1945. A rediscovered gem, it offers an extraordinary glimpse into Tove Jansson’s unique vision, featuring beautiful sepia watercolours as well as the pen and ink drawings that would become her trademark.
2680 Руб.
One sunny spring morning in the 1970s, an unlikely Englishman set out on a pilgrimage that would take him across the entire length of Japan. Travelling only along small back roads, Alan Booth travelled on foot from Soya, the country's northernmost tip, to Sata in the extreme south, traversing three islands and some 2,000 miles of rural Japan. His mission: 'to come to grips with the business of living here,' after having spent most of his adult life in Tokyo. The Roads to Sata is a wry, witty, inimitable account of that prodigious trek, vividly revealing the reality of life in off-the-tourist-track Japan. Journeying alongside Booth, we encounter the wide variety of people who inhabit the Japanese countryside - from fishermen and soldiers, to bar hostesses and school teachers, to hermits, drunks and the homeless. We glimpse vast stretches of coastline and rambling townscapes, mountains and motorways; watch baseball games and sunrises; sample trout and Kilamanjaro beer, hear folklore, poems and smutty jokes. Throughout, we enjoy the wit and insight of a uniquely perceptive guide, and more importantly, discover a new face of an often-misunderstood nation.
3617 Руб.
Состояние носителя: S. Состояние конверта: S. In A World Like This. Виниловая пластинка . 2 lp 1 In A World Like This 2 Permanent Stain 3 Breathe 4 Madeleine 5 Show 'Em (What You're Made Of) 6 Make Believe 7 Try 8 Trust Me 9 Love Somebody 10 One Phone Call 11 Feels Like Home 12 Soldier 13 Hot Hot Hot 14 In A World Like This (Live In Japan) 15 Show 'Em (What You're Made Of) (Live In Japan) 16 Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely (Live In Japan) 17 Love Somebody (Live In Japan) 18 The One (Live In Japan) 19 Breathe (Live In Japan) Тип носителя: Виниловая пластинка
8073 Руб.
Lost Not Forgotten Archives: Images And Words – Live In Japan 2017. Виниловая пластинка. 2 lp + cd
4797 Руб.