| Other author/creator | Keene, Donald interviewee, writer of preface. |
| Other author/creator | Shiba, Ryōtarō, 1923-1996 interviewee, writer of preface. |
| Other author/creator | Uemura, Yōkō, author of introduction, etc. |
| Other author/creator | Gonzalez, Tony translator. |
| Variant title |
colophon title : (Eibunban) Nihonjin to Nihon bunka |
| Series |
Japan Library
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan) ^A1287377
|
| Contents |
The birth of Japanese culture -- Kukai, Ikkyu, and the University of Religion -- The world of gold, the world of silver: the aesthetics of troubled times -- The Japanese view of war -- Confucianism and Japanese morals -- Westerners in Japan -- Japanese morals, revisited -- The culture of Edo. |
| Abstract |
"The People and Culture of Japan features conversations between Donald Keene, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, and Shiba Ryotaro, the author who continued to contemplate the human condition through his original and distinctive lens of history. These talks-which mainly explore the foundations of Japanese culture-took place in Japanese on three occasions in 1971, in the historic cities of Nara, Kyoto, and Osaka. Drawing on their profound insights into Japan's relations with foreign cultures over the course of Japanese history, the two engage in a passionate discussion of their first-hand impressions and observations of Japanese culture." from back cover |
| General note | Includes index. |
| General note | "This book is a complete translation of 'Nihonjin to nihonbunka' from 'The Collected Works of Donald Keene, Vol.9 ; Donarudo kiin chosakushu dai 9 kan: sekai no naka no nihonbunka' (Shinchosa Publishing Co., Ltd., 2013), which is also in print since its original publication in 1972 as a book published by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc." -- title verso. |
| General note | Foreword by Uemura Yoko. |
| General note | Prefaces by Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro. |
| Related Item | Translates selections from (manifestation): Keene, Donald. Sekai no naka no Nihon bunka. Tōkyō : Shinchōsha, 2013. Donarudo Kīn chosakushū ; dai 9-kan 9784106471094 |
| Related Item | Translates (expression): Shiba, Ryōtarō, 1923-1996. Nihonjin to Nihon bunka. Shohan. Tōkyō : Chūō Kōronsha, Shōwa 47 [1972] 9784121002853 |
| ISBN | 9784916055576 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 4916055578 (hbk.) |
