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Pages: 298
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-02-22 - Publisher:
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Language: en
Pages: 389
Pages: 389
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-26 - Publisher: Columbia University Press
Satoko Shimazaki revisits three centuries of kabuki theater, reframing it as a key player in the formation of an early modern urban identity in Edo Japan and ex
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-30 - Publisher:
From the mists of prehistory to the present day, Japan has always had stories of fantastic monsters. There are women with extra mouths in the backs of their hea
Language: en
Pages: 168
Pages: 168
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher:
Presents two series, One Hundred Tales of Japan and China (Wakan hyaku monogatari) (1865) and New Forms of 36 Strange Things (Shinken sanjurokkaisen) (1889–92
Language: en
Pages: 232
Pages: 232
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-14 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
This book is a major historical and cultural overview of an increasingly popular genre. Starting with the cultural phenomenon of Godzilla, it explores the evolu