In The Art of the Japanese Sword, master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a comprehensive view on the making, finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades. The Japanese sword, a unique work of art in steel, can be appreciated from a number of viewpoints. Its functionality as a weapon, the sophisticated metallurgy and scientific thinking utilized by the swordsmith, the shap...(展开全部)

Winner of the 2006 American Horitcultural Society Book Award Gardening has reached new heights of sophistication, and this book profiles a number of the most notable gardens in Japan and beyond. The goal of a Japanese garden is to suggest a landscape, to depict famous natural scenes, or to evoke a particular artistic quality or atmosphere. Graveled courtyards, early aristocra...(展开全部)

鲁思·本尼迪克特(Ruth Benedict)1887年生于纽约。原姓富尔顿(Fulton)，其祖先曾参加美国独立战争。她本人大学时期主修英国文学。1919年入哥伦比亚大学研究人类学，是Franz Boas的学生，1923年获博士学位。1927年研究印第安部落的文化，写成《文化的类型》(Patterns of Culture，1934年出版)一书。1940年著《种族：科学与政治》(Race：Science and Politics)，批判种族歧视。第二次世界大战期间从事对罗马尼亚、荷兰、德国、泰国等国民族性的研究，而以对日本的研究，即《菊与刀》一书成就最大。战后，她继续在哥伦比亚大学参加“当代文化研究”，于1948年9月，病逝。

鲁思·本尼迪克特(Ruth Benedict)1887年生于纽约。原姓富尔顿(Fulton)，其祖先曾参加美国独立战争。她本人大学时期主修英国文学。1919年入哥伦比亚大学研究人类学，是Franz Boas的学生，1923年获博士学位。1927年研究印第安部落的文化，写成《文化的类型》(Patterns of Culture，1934年出版)一书。1940年著《种族：科学与政治》(Race：Science and Politics)，批判种族歧视。第二次世界大战期间从事对罗马尼亚、荷兰、德国、泰国等国民族性的研究，而以对日本的研究，即《菊与刀》一书成就最大。战后，她继续在哥伦比亚大学参加“当代文化研究”，于1948年9月，病逝。

Japanese art, like so many expressions of Japanese culture, is fascinatingly rich in its contrasts and paradoxes. Since the country opened its doors to the outside world in the mid-nineteenth century. Japanese art and culture have enjoyed an immense popularity in the West. When in 1993 renowned scholar Penelope Mason wrote the the first edition of History of Japanese Art, it wa...(展开全部)

First published in 1883 and written by the foremost authority of the era, this extremely influential book offers a brief but concise introduction to Asian art. One of its major themes, the connections between spirituality and the evolution of Asian art, provided the earliest lucid English-language account of Zen Buddhism and its relation to the arts.

在线阅读本书 This provocative book by a Japanese executive shows that the keys to business success in the West are the proven techniques of the Far East successful strategic planning and its conservative execution. Strategy in the classic military sense is deploying your forces to achieve a competitive advantage. Concentrating on the thought processes behind Japan's successful str...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 This provocative book by a Japanese executive shows that the keys to business success in the West are the proven techniques of the Far East successful strategic planning and its conservative execution. Strategy in the classic military sense is deploying your forces to achieve a competitive advantage. Concentrating on the thought processes behind Japan's successful str...(展开全部)