In this enormously enjoyable introduction to a remarkable country, Christopher Harding traces Japan's rich history over several millennia. Beginning with its earliest coastal communities through to the spread of Buddhism, the rise of the warlords, the promise and menace of the West and Japan's own empire-building, Harding explores how a distinctly Japanese society and culture was forged. Drawing on the latest scholarship, A Short History of Japan moves beyond traditional to...
Film studia Ghibli, zapach zielonej herbaty, a może urok drzeworytu Hokusaia? Nieważne, co sprawiło, że pokochałeś Japonię – jeśli chcesz dowiedzieć się, jak wiele kryje się za ulubionym anime lub kawałkiem sushi, ta książka jest właśnie dla ciebie.Christopher Harding, historyk i znawca Kraju Kwitnącej Wiśni, opowiada o jego burzliwych dziejach – od pełnych mitów i legend początków poprzez subtelne piękno arcydzieł poetów i artystów po popkulturę, która podbiła cały świat. Po...
From the time of the ancient Greeks onwards the West's relationship with Asia consisted for the most part of outrageous tales of strange beasts and monsters, of silk and spices shipped over vast distances and an uneasy sense of unknowable empires fantastically far away. By the twentieth century much of Asia might have come under Western rule after centuries of warfare, but its intellectual, artistic and spiritual influence was fighting back.The Light of Asia is a wonderfully ...
