Things Japanese  (reprint Of 1905 5th Edition Revised)

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Full title .......... "Things Japanese. Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected With Japan, for the Use of Travellers and Others. Reprint of the 1905 Fifth Edition Revised to which two appendices have been added." This 1927 published book, is a verbatim reprint of the 5th edition (written in 1905), plus two appendices by the publishers, which were agreed by Basil Hall Chamberlain. From Amazon: "this monumental compilation contains such diversified subjects as Art and Abacus; Botany and Buddhism; Charms and Cherry Blossoms; Daimyos and Divination; Fairy Tales and Flowers; Gardens and Government; History and Hara-kiri; Law and Language; Marriage and Music; Poetry and Pottery; Shinto and Singing Girls (Geisha); Tea and Theatre, and Writing and Wood Engraving. In this long-awaited reprint, in which the title has been changed from Things Japanese, the reader will encounter exquisite objects of daily Japanese life, the gardens and cultures of the fields, the harmony and balance in the f

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