At Home In Japan

Author : Rebecca Otowa
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781462900008

Get Book

At Home in Japan by Rebecca Otowa Pdf

"This portrait of Japanese country life reminds us that at its core, a happy and healthy life is based on the bonds of food, family, tradition, community, and the richness of nature" —John Einarsen, Founding Editor and Art Director of Kyoto Journal What would it be like to move to Japan, leaving everyone you know behind, to become part of a traditional Japanese household? At Home in Japan tells an extraordinary true story of a foreign woman who goes through an amazing transformation, as she makes a move from a suburban lifestyle in California to a new life, living in Japan. She dedicates 30 years of her life as a housewife, custodian and chatelaine of a 350–year–old farmhouse in rural Japan. This astonishing book traces a circular path from were Rebecca began, to living under Japanese customs, from the basic day to day details of life in the house and village, through relationships with family, neighbors and the natural and supernatural entities with which the family shares the house. Rebecca Otowa then focuses on her inner life, touching on some of the pivotal memories of her time in Japan, the lessons in perception that Japan has taught her and the ways in which she has been changed by living in Japan. An insightful and compelling read, At Home in Japan is a beautifully written and illustrated reminiscence of a once simple life made extraordinary.

Author : Jordan Sand
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684173846

Get Book

House and Home in Modern Japan by Jordan Sand Pdf

"A house is a site, the bounds and focus of a community. It is also an artifact, a material extension of its occupants’ lives. This book takes the Japanese house in both senses, as site and as artifact, and explores the spaces, commodities, and conceptions of community associated with it in the modern era. As Japan modernized, the principles that had traditionally related house and family began to break down. Even where the traditional class markers surrounding the house persisted, they became vessels for new meanings, as housing was resituated in a new nexus of relations. The house as artifact and the artifacts it housed were affected in turn. The construction and ornament of houses ceased to be stable indications of their occupants’ social status, the home became a means of personal expression, and the act of dwelling was reconceived in terms of consumption. Amid the breakdown of inherited meanings and the fluidity of modern society, not only did the increased diversity of commodities lead to material elaboration of dwellings, but home itself became an object of special attention, its importance emphasized in writing, invoked in politics, and articulated in architectural design. The aim of this book is to show the features of this culture of the home as it took shape in Japan."

Author : Lisa Parramore,Chadine Flood Gong
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781462905935

Get Book

Japan Home by Lisa Parramore,Chadine Flood Gong Pdf

Whether you're remodeling your house, redesigning your apartment or just looking for a book of design ideas, Japan Home is a beautiful and indispensable resource full of practical information, shopping resources and inspiration. Japanese interior design has long been renowned for its spare beauty, utility and grace. Today, more and more people outside Japan are incorporating Japanese features in their homes and gardens as they come to appreciate the way in which materials, colors, patterns and shapes are interwoven in a uniquely light and evocative way. Japan Home, lavishly illustrated with full-color photos and packed with practical information, is the perfect source for anyone eager to find ways to decorate or enhance their home with that special Japanese flair. The authors explore ways to create typical Japanese spaces both inside and outside the home that are tranquil yet dramatic, understated yet elegant. All designs are enriched with the distinct Japanese aesthetic.

Author : Richard Ronald,Allison Alexy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136888861

Get Book

Home and Family in Japan by Richard Ronald,Allison Alexy Pdf

In the Japanese language the word ‘ie’ denotes both the materiality of homes and family relations within. The traditional family and family house - often portrayed in ideal terms as key foundations of Japanese culture and society - have been subject to significant changes in recent years. This book comprehensively addresses various aspects of family life and dwelling spaces, exploring how homes, household patterns and kin relations are reacting to contemporary social, economic and urban transformations, and the degree to which traditional patterns of both houses and households are changing. The book contextualises the shift from the hegemonic post-war image of standard family life, to the nuclear family and to a situation now where Japanese homes are more likely to include unmarried singles; childless couples; divorcees; unmarried adult children and elderly relatives either living alone or in nursing homes. It discusses how these new patterns are both reinforcing and challenging typical understandings of Japanese family life.

Author : Sonoko Sakai
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780834842489

Get Book

Japanese Home Cooking by Sonoko Sakai Pdf

“A beautifully photographed . . . introduction to Japanese cuisine.” —New York Times “A treasure trove for . . . Japanese recipes.” —Epicurious “Heartfelt, poetic.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Expand a home chef’s borders” with this “essential guide to Japanese home cooking” featuring 100+ recipes—for seasoned cooks and beginners who crave authentic Japanese food (Martha Stewart Living). Using high-quality, seasonal ingredients in simple preparations, Sonoko Sakai offers recipes with a gentle voice and a passion for authentic Japanese cooking. Beginning with the pantry, the flavors of this cuisine are explored alongside fundamental recipes, such as dashi and pickles, and traditional techniques, like making noodles and properly cooking rice. Use these building blocks to cook an abundance of everyday recipes with dishes like Grilled Onigiri (rice balls) and Japanese Chicken Curry. From there, the book expands into an exploration of dishes organized by breakfast; vegetables and grains; meat; fish; noodles, dumplings, and savory pancakes; and sweets and beverages. With classic dishes like Kenchin-jiru (Hearty Vegetable Soup with Sobagaki Buckwheat Dumplings), Temaki Zushi (Sushi Hand Rolls), and Oden (Vegetable, Seafood, and Meat Hot Pot) to more inventive dishes like Mochi Waffles with Tatsuta (Fried Chicken) and Maple Yuzu Kosho, First Garden Soba Salad with Lemon-White Miso Vinaigrette, and Amazake (Fermented Rice Drink) Ice Pops with Pickled Cherry Blossoms this is a rich guide to Japanese home cooking. Featuring stunning photographs by Rick Poon, the book also includes stories of food purveyors in California and Japan. This is a generous and authoritative book that will appeal to home cooks of all levels.

Author : Ben Offiler,Rachel Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350151963

Get Book

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad by Ben Offiler,Rachel Williams Pdf

American Philanthropy at Home and Abroad explores the different ways in which charities, voluntary associations, religious organisations, philanthropic foundations and other non-state actors have engaged with traditions of giving. Using examples from the late eighteenth century to the Cold War, the collection addresses a number of major themes in the history of philanthropy in the United States. These examples include the role of religion, the significance of cultural networks, and the interplay between civil diplomacy and international development, as well as individual case studies that challenge the very notion of philanthropy as a social good. Led by Ben Offiler and Rachel Williams, the authors demonstrate the benefits of embracing a broad definition of philanthropy, examining how American concepts including benevolence and charity have been used and interpreted by different groups and individuals in an effort to shape – and at least nominally to improve – people's lives both within and beyond the United States.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : UOM:39015012314020

Get Book

The Missionary Herald at Home and Abroad by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jean Mahoney,Peggy L. Rao
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Architecture, Domestic
ISBN : 0804832803

Get Book

At Home with Japanese Design by Jean Mahoney,Peggy L. Rao Pdf

A wonderful introduction to the richness of Japanese culture, providing insights into the philosophic and aesthetic principles that underlie Japanese style. It is also a 'how to' book, with hundreds of useful ideas for integrating the simple elegance of Japanese design into your lifestyle.

Author : Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Japan
ISBN : UOM:39015040757562

Get Book

The Japs at Home by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen Pdf

Author : Inge Daniels
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1845205162

Get Book

The Japanese House by Inge Daniels Pdf

In the West, the Japanese house has reached iconic status in its architecture, decoration and style. Is this neat, carefully constructed version of Japanese life in fact a myth? Inge Daniels goes behind the doors of real Japanese homes to find out how highly private domestic lives are lived in Japan. The book examines every aspect of the home and daily life-from decoration, display, furniture and the tatami mat, to eating, sleeping, gift-giving, recycling and worship. For students and researchers in anthropology and architecture, The Japanese House re-evaluates contemporary Japanese life through an ethnographic lens, examining key topics of consumption, domesticity and the family. Highly illustrated throughout, the book will appeal to all who those are interested Japanese culture, and in how and why people live the way they do in modern Japan.

Author : Tyler Brûlé,Andrew Tuck,Joe Pickard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0500971072

Get Book

The Monocle Book of Japan by Tyler Brûlé,Andrew Tuck,Joe Pickard Pdf

The Monocle team celebrates the endlessly fascinating and culturally rich country of Japan.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1867
Category : Christian literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HNWUN6

Get Book

Hours at Home by Anonim Pdf

Author : Edward Sylvester Morse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798647928542

Get Book

Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Morse Pdf

In the cities the quarters for the wealthier classes are not so sharply defined as with us, though the love for pleasant outlooks and beautiful scenery tends to enhance the value of certain districts, and consequently to bring together the wealthier classes. In nearly all the cities, however, you will find the houses of the wealthy in the immediate vicinity of the habitations of the poorest. In Tokio one may find streets, or narrow [pg 6] alleys, lined with a continuous row of the cheapest shelters; and here dwell the poorest people. Though squalid and dirty as such places appear to the Japanese, they are immaculate in comparison with the unutterable filth and misery of similar quarters in nearly all the great cities of Christendom. Certainly a rich man in Japan would not, as a general thing, buy up the land about his house to keep the poorer classes at a distance, for the reason that their presence would not be objectionable, since poverty in Japan is not associated with the impossible manners of a similar class at home

Author : Anne Allison
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822377245

Get Book

Precarious Japan by Anne Allison Pdf

In an era of irregular labor, nagging recession, nuclear contamination, and a shrinking population, Japan is facing precarious times. How the Japanese experience insecurity in their daily and social lives is the subject of Precarious Japan. Tacking between the structural conditions of socioeconomic life and the ways people are making do, or not, Anne Allison chronicles the loss of home affecting many Japanese, not only in the literal sense but also in the figurative sense of not belonging. Until the collapse of Japan's economic bubble in 1991, lifelong employment and a secure income were within reach of most Japanese men, enabling them to maintain their families in a comfortable middle-class lifestyle. Now, as fewer and fewer people are able to find full-time work, hope turns to hopelessness and security gives way to a pervasive unease. Yet some Japanese are getting by, partly by reconceiving notions of home, family, and togetherness.

Author : Henry Addison Nelson,Albert B. Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : UOM:39015068263055

Get Book

The Church at Home and Abroad by Henry Addison Nelson,Albert B. Robinson Pdf