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| | oleh Ruth Strout McCandless, Genro Oryu, Fugai, Steve Hagen *** Out of Print *** Koans are the intellectually unsolvable problem-riddles at the core of the Rinzai tradition of Zen Buddhism, perhaps the most well-known one being "what is the sound of one hand clapping." Though widely recognized, most koan remain narrowly understood. In this new edition of The Iron Flute, one ... [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Yasumari Kawabata, Yasushi Inoue *** Out of Print *** Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, in 1958, The Izu Dancer, a story about a young man's travels through the Izu Peninsula, introduced Kawabata's prodigious talent to the West. Since its first printing, Kawabata, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize, has been recognized as one of ... [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Yei Theodora Ozaki *** Out of Print *** 1903. Twenty-two Japanese legends and fairy tales about peasants and kings, good and bad forces, princesses, animals, the sea, and the sky written for children of the West. [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Boye De Mente *** Out of Print *** Japan has achieved a number of triumphs due to the cultural traits inherited from their samurai ancestors. Examples include the country's transformation from a warrior-dominated agrarian society to a modern industrial nation, and its rebound from the destruction of World War II to its status as the ... [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Kuwako Takahashi *** Out of Print *** [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Herbie J. Pilato *** Out of Print *** [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Mark Spahn, Wolfgang Hadamitzky *** Out of Print *** [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Toni Packer *** Out of Print *** [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Hanshi Steve Kaufman *** Out of Print *** [selengkapnya]
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| | oleh Shiga Naoya *** Out of Print ***
No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. The Paper Door and Other Stories showcases the concise, delicate art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Doyen of Japanese letters Donald Keene ranks some of Shiga's stories "among the ... [selengkapnya]
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