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A Japanese View of Nature
The World of Living Things by Kinji Imanishi
Series: Japan Anthropology Workshop Series
Although Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things), the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars and on the general public, very little is known about it in the English-speaking world. This book makes the complete text available in English for the...
Published September 4th 2002 by Routledge
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Japanese Images of Nature
Cultural Perspectives
Series: NIAS Man and Nature in Asia
It is often claimed that the Japanese have a particular love for nature, a love often reflected in their art and material culture. But today equal notice is being given to the environmental degradation caused by the Japanese at home as well as abroad. How can these phenomena be reconciled? This...
Published December 15th 1996 by Routledge