Japanese Art in Perspective - East-West Encounters (Takashina Shuji)(Pevná vazba)

Japanese Art in Perspective - East-West Encounters (Takashina Shuji)(Pevná vazba)

The Lost Samurai: Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593-1688 (Turnbull Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

East Asia Strategic Review - China's Rising Strategic Ambitions in Asia(Pevná vazba)

Presents Indian perspectives on the growing influence of China in Asia. These perspectives are particularly seen in the light of expanding Chinese political and economic engagement in Asia. As a major country in Asia, the Indian perspectives contribute the necessary input towards the ongoing debate

Shunga - Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (Gerstle C. Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

The Life of Animals in Japanese Art (Singer Robert T.)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping exploration of animals in Japanese art and culture across sixteen centuriesFew countries have devoted as much artistic energy to the depiction of animal life as Japan. Drawing upon the country's unique spiritual heritage, rich literary traditions, and currents in popular culture,

Kinbaku: The Art of Rope Bondage (Murakawa Nawashi)(Pevná vazba)

Kinbaku is the Japanese word for rope bondage: In the west it is often referred to as Shibari. Although it originated in Japan as a means of restraint and torture, during the last hundred years it has also been used as an activity which gives emotional, physical, and visual pleasure for the

Ancient West Asian Civilization: Geoenvironment and Society in the Pre-Islamic Middle East (Tsuneki Akira)(Pevná vazba)

Civil-Military Entanglements: Anthropological Perspectives (Srensen Birgitte Refslund)(Pevná vazba)

Military-civilian encounters are multiple and diverse in our times. Contributors to this volume demonstrate how military and civilian domains are constituted through entanglements undermining the classic civil-military binary and manifest themselves in unexpected places and manners. Moreover, the

Tradition and Emancipation in Horace and Alexander Pope (Ohsumi Megumi)(Pevná vazba)

In Tradition and Emancipation, Japanese scholar Megumi Ohsumi explores the mimetic encounters of classical material across Alexander Pope's poetry. Focusing particularly on Pope's Horatian Imitations, Ohsumi attempts to identify the extent to which mimesis plays a role in Pope's oeuvre. Horace has

Railway Journeys in Art Volume 7: The Glorious South-West (Furness Richard)(Pevná vazba)

Gender-Based Violence: Perspectives from Africa, the Middle East, and India (Djamba Yanyi K.)(Pevná vazba)

Japanese Ikebana for Every Season (Ueno Yuji)(Pevná vazba)

Ikebana, or 'making flowers alive' in Japanese, is the ancient art of formal flower arrangement. Practiced since the seventh century, the true goal of Ikebana is to take a few beautiful flowers and plants and tastefully present them in very simple containers to enhance home decor. The 53 elegant

The Japanese Garden (Walker Sophie)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth exploration spanning 800 years of the art, essence, and enduring impact of the Japanese garden.The most comprehensive exploration of the art of the Japanese garden published to date, this book covers more than eight centuries of the history of this important genre. Author and garden

Modern Japanese Cuisine - Food, Power and National Identity (Cwiertka Katarzyna J.)(Pevná vazba)

Over the years the popularity of Japanese food in the West has increased immeasurably. This book explores the origins of Japanese cuisine as we know it today, investigating the transformations and developments food culture in Japan has undergone since the late nineteenth

Japan Journeys: Famous Woodblock Prints of Cultural Sights in Japan (Marks Andreas)(Pevná vazba)

Presenting classic Japanese woodblock prints, Japan Journeys offers a unique perspective on the country's most famous travel destinations. This stunning art book gathers together approximately two hundred Japanese woodblock prints depicting scenic spots and cultural icons that still delight

Mastering the Art of Japanese Home Cooking (Morimoto Masaharu)(Pevná vazba)

The revered Iron Chef shows how to make flavorful, exciting traditional Japanese meals at home in this beautiful cookbook that is sure to become a classic, featuring a carefully curated selection of fantastic recipes and more than 150 color photos.Japanese cuisine has an intimidating reputation

Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland (Schlgel Karl)(Pevná vazba)

Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests against

The Art of the Japanese Garden: History / Culture / Design (Young David)(Pevná vazba)

**Winner of the American Horticultural Society Book Award** Japanese gardens are rooted in two traditions: an ancient one in which patches of graveled forest or pebbled beach were dedicated to nature spirits, and a tradition from China and Korea that included elements such as ponds, streams,

Asian Mind Game (Chu Chin-Ning)(Pevná vazba)

This book, by East-West marketing consultant Chin-ning Chu, is must reading for any Westerner in business, government, or academia who negotiates in the Orient or wants to. It is the first to reveal to Westerners the deep secrets of the Asian psyche that influence Asian behavior in business,

Raj Quartet - Vol 2 (Scott Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Records the encounter between East and West through the experiences of a dozen people caught up in the upheavals of the Second World War and the growing campaign for Indian

Zen Landscapes - Perspectives on Japanese Gardens and Ceramics (Weiss Allen)(Pevná vazba)

The essential elements of a dry Japanese garden are few: rocks, gravel, moss. Simultaneously a sensual matrix, a symbolic form, and a memory theater, these gardens exhibit beautiful miniaturization and precise craftsmanship. But their apparent minimalism belies a true complexity. In Zen Landscapes,

Infinite Spaces - The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden(Pevná vazba)

Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art (Tsuji Shizuo)(Pevná vazba)

When it was first published, Japanese Cooking A Simple Art changed the way the culinary world viewed Japanese cooking, moving it from obscure ethnic food to haute cuisine. Twenty-five years later, much has changed. Japanese food is a favorite of diners around the world. Not only is sushi as much a

Florence & Baghdad: Renaissance Art and Arab Science (Belting Hans)(Pevná vazba)

The use of perspective in Renaissance painting caused a revolution in the history of seeing, allowing artists to depict the world from a spectator's point of view. But the theory of perspective that changed the course of Western art originated elsewhere-it was formulated in Baghdad by the