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Shinagawa, Shinryō. Tradition, ethics, and medicine in Japan. Humanitas Verlag, 2000.

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1962-, Thompson Christopher, and Traphagan John W, eds. Wearing cultural styles in Japan: Concepts of tradition and modernity in practice. State University of New York Press, 2006.

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1956-, Maguire Joseph A., and Nakayama Masayoshi 1949-, eds. Japan, sport, and society: Tradition and change in a globalizing world. F. Cass, 2005.

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Centonze, Katja. Avant-gardes in Japan: Anniversary of futurism and Butō : performing arts and cultural practices between contemporariness and tradition. Cafoscarina, 2010.

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Peppas, Lynn. Cultural traditions in Japan. Crabtree Pub. Co., 2012.

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Novielli, Maria Roberta, Bonaventura Ruperti, and Silvia Vesco. Italy-Japan. Dialogues on Food. Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-559-9.

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Italy and Japan are two of the countries where food has traditionally had greater symbolic value. They are two culinary realities now exported all over the world, for a long time representative of lifestyles, social and economic dynamics in many cases similar in the course of their respective histories. This volume, by the contributions offered by authorities and guests, managers, experts, journalists and scholars from Japan and Italy, presents a great number of implications of the cultural representations of Food Culture, analysed in a multi-perspective approach, underlying the value of food

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Sankaranarayanan, Kalpakam. Traditional cultural link between India and Japan. Somaiya Publications, 1998.

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Bremen, Übersee-Museum, ed. Cool Japan: Trend und Tradition = Kūru Japan. Übersee-Museum Bremen, 2017.

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Merviö, Mika. Harmony in the political tradition of Japan: Outline for research. University of Tampere, Dept. of Political Science, Unit of Peace Research and Development Studies, 1988.

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Barshay, Andrew E. The social sciences in modern Japan: The marxian and modernist traditions. University of California Press, 2002.

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Bulian, Giovanni, and Yasushi Nakano. Small-scale Fisheries in Japan. Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-226-0.

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This collection of essays brings together a range of critical approaches, from varying disciplinary backgrounds, to provide an in-depth overview of the past and current status of small-scale fisheries in Japan. The book attempts to map out some of the major themes relating to community-based fisheries-management systems, environmental sustainability, lottery systems for allocating fishing spots, fishing livelihoods, local knowledge, social vulnerability to environmental hazards, socioeconomic factors affecting small-scale fisheries development, history of destructive fishing practices, women’s

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International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine, East and West (1st 1976 Susono-shi, Japan). History of traditional medicine: Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd International Symposia on the Comparative History of Medicine--East and West : 1st Symposium: October 22-28, 1976, 2nd Symposium: October 23-29, 1977, Susuno-shi, Shizuoka, Japan. Division of Medical History, the Taniguchi Foundation, 1986.

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Maugeri, Giuseppe, and Graziano Serragiotto. L’insegnamento della lingua italiana in Giappone Uno studio di caso sul Kansai. Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-525-4.

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This research stems from the need of the Italian Cultural Institute to map the institutions involved in teaching Italian in the area considered and to analyse the quality of the teaching and learning process of the Italian language. The objectives are multiple and linked to the importance of finding the causes that slow the growth of the study of Italian in Japanese Kansai. Therefore, the first part of this action research will outline the cultural and linguistic education coordinates that characterize the Japanese context; in the second part, the research data will be interpreted in order to

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Gaitanidis, Ioannis, Luis Fernando Bernardi Junqueira, Morrow Avery, and Sangyun Han. Therapy, Spirituality, and East Asian Imaginaries. Amsterdam University Press, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789048559015.

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In the context of modern global exchanges, an imagined and essentialised notion of ‘East Asia’ has served as both a source of inspiration and a catalyst for new connections, extending beyond the geographic boundaries of China, Japan, and Korea. This volume explores the global circulation of practices, technologies, and ideas identified as ‘East Asian’ in alternative therapies and spiritual practices since the 1970s. Case studies range from the incorporation of traditional Chinese medicine into Brazilian naturopathy to self-development seminars promoting Korean national identity. Rather than fo

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International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine, East and West (18th 1993 Susono-shi, Japan). Disease and society: Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine--East and West, August 29-September 4, 1993, Susono-Shi, Shizuoka, Japan. Ishiyaku EuroAmerica, 1997.

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Cultural tradition in Japan today. Nippon Steel Corporation, 1986.

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(Editor), Christopher S. Thompson, and John W. Traphagan (Editor), eds. Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice. State University of New York Press, 2007.

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Traphagan, John W., and Christopher S. Thompson. Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice. State University of New York Press, 2006.

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(Editor), Christopher S. Thompson, and John W. Traphagan (Editor), eds. Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition And Modernity in Practice. State University of New York Press, 2006.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto. Routledge, 2013.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

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Brumann, Christoph. Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Taylor & Francis Group, 2012.

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Tradition, democracy and the townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a right to the past. Routledge, 2012.

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Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past. Routledge, 2012.

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Starrs, Roy. The Paradoxes of Japan's Cultural Identity. Amsterdam University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789048559756.

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Japan is widely regarded as having a unique culture and a strong national identity. Paradoxically, however, many basic elements of Japanese culture are not originally Japanese. Since the beginning of its history, Japan has been one of the world’s major importers of foreign cultures. Its culture was thoroughly "hybrid" long before that word became fashionable in contemporary global studies. But this does not mean that Japan’s culture lacks originality. The Japanese have always made strikingly original contributions, even improvements, to whatever they imported. Even more significantly, the "hyb

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Heine, Steven. Traditions. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190637491.003.0001.

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Chapter 1 provides an overview of major trends and movements leading up to and contributing to the successful transmission of the Chinese Chan tradition to Japan while considering methodological problems that arise in conducting research on East Asian religion and culture in the post–World War II era. Set against the historical context of Song-dynasty China and Kamakura-era Japan, the chapter shows how and when Zen took hold in Japan with the rise of the shogun government by highlighting the differences between Chinese and Japanese societies during the period of transplantation. The chapter al

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Porcu, Elisabetta. Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Traditions. Edited by Michael Jerryson. Oxford University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199362387.013.48.

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Based on the premise that there is no single and homogeneous Japanese Buddhism but a multifaceted religious tradition resulting from a long history of adaptations and cross-cultural interactions, this chapter explores some aspects of Buddhism in Japan, including Buddhism-based new religious movements, in connection to the challenges of contemporary society. These include the structure of today’s temples in terms of membership and activities, issues of politics and social engagement closely linked to the role of Buddhism in the public sphere, the innovative ways through which Buddhist instituti

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Industrial Harmony in Modern Japan: The Invention of a Tradition. Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

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Industrial Harmony in Modern Japan: The Invention of a Tradition. Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

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Industrial Harmony in Modern Japan: The Invention of a Tradition. Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

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Kumagai, Fumie, and Donna Keyser. Unmasking Japan Today. Praeger, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216030843.

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Modern-day Japan has proven to be a complex nation struggling to combine traditional attitudes with the political and social demands of an advanced industrialized economy. This struggle to balance the past with the present has had a significant impact on the structure of human relations in contemporary Japan, particularly in the areas of the family and family dynamics, lifestyles, the education of children, the socialization of youth, women in the workplace, and the elderly. In all cases, we find a dual structure where traditional values and modern practices coexist. Based on a dual perspectiv

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Hiroko, Goda. Kagura. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190456320.003.0013.

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Cultural anthropology, a branch of anthropology that studies cultural variations among human beings, can illuminate Japanese perspectives on environmental philosophy. By studying the kagura dance performances of the Kyushu regions of Takachiho and Gokase, the environmental anthropology of Japanese mythology can be revealed. The traditional Shinto religious and philosophical ideologies embodied in these ritual dance performances illustrate how the invisible power of divinity can become manifest in the environment. While nature in the Japanese tradition is morally neutral, the human response to

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Shea, Jeanne, Katrina Moore, and Hong Zhang, eds. Beyond Filial Piety: Rethinking Aging and Caregiving in Contemporary East Asian Societies. Berghahn Books, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/9781789207880.

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Known for a tradition of Confucian filial piety, East Asian societies have some of the oldest and most rapidly aging populations on earth. Today these societies are experiencing unprecedented social challenges to the filial tradition of adult children caring for aging parents at home. Marshalling mixed methods data, this volume explores the complexities of aging and caregiving in contemporary East Asia. Questioning romantic visions of a senior’s paradise, chapters examine emerging cultural meanings of and social responses to population aging, including caregiving both for and by the elderly. T

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Case Studies of Traditional Cultural Accommodations in the Republic of Korea, Japan and China. World Tourism Organization, 2016.

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Barshay, Andrew E. Social Sciences in Modern Japan: The Marxian and Modernist Traditions. University of California Press, 2004.

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Barshay, Andrew E. Social Sciences in Modern Japan: The Marxian and Modernist Traditions. University of California Press, 2004.

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Denecke, Wiebke. Early Sino-Japanese Literature. Edited by Wiebke Denecke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199356591.013.35.

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Sino-Japanese literature stands out among the Chinese-style literatures of East Asia for the wealth of texts preserved from the early period, its complex symbiosis with a flourishing vernacular tradition, and its pervasive reliance on gloss-reading techniques of Chinese texts (kundoku). These techniques allowed the transformation of Chinese texts into Japanese sound, syntax, and morphology and enabled a distinctive linguistic and creative distance from continental literary production. This chapter surveys the literary culture and production of Early Japan (Asuka, Nara and Heian Periods, sevent

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Denecke, Wiebke, Wai-Yee Li, and Xiaofei Tian, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Classical Chinese Literature. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199356591.001.0001.

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This handbook of Classical Chinese literature from 1000 bce through 900 ce aims to provide a solid introduction to the field, inspire scholars in Chinese Studies to explore innovative conceptual frameworks and pedagogical approaches in the studying and teaching of classical Chinese literature, and facilitate a comparative dialogue with scholars of premodern East Asia and other classical and medieval literary traditions around the world. The handbook integrates issue-oriented, thematic, topical, and cross-cultural approaches to the classical Chinese literary heritage with historical perspective

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Reader, Ian, and Clark Chilson. On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350541504.

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Challenging the notion of the nonreligious in Japan being religious through tradition and institution, this book demonstrates how negativity and antipathy for religion relate to religious decline in Japan today. Why do most Japanese say they are ‘nonreligious’ (mushukyo)? Since the 1990s, scholars have answered this key question for understanding religion in contemporary Japan as follows: although the Japanese say they are nonreligious because they do not identify with a particular religious tradition or institution, they are in fact religious through their traditional practices; New Year’s vi

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Barshay, Andrew E. The Social Sciences in Modern Japan: The Marxian and Modernist Traditions (Twentieth Century Japan: the Emergence of a World Power). University of California Press, 2007.

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Callicott, J. Baird, and James McRae, eds. Japanese Environmental Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190456320.001.0001.

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Comparative environmental philosophy is valuable in many ways. Perhaps it is most valuable because it reveals some of the foundational assumptions that run so deep in the poles of comparison that they might otherwise have gone unnoticed. These revelations may invite us to challenge those assumptions that have led to the kind of thinking responsible for much of the environmental degradation that we see today. Japanese Environmental Philosophy gathers papers focused on the environmental problems of the twenty-first century. Drawing from Japanese philosophical traditions they investigate our rela

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Winfield, Pamela, and Steven Heine, eds. Zen and Material Culture. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190469290.001.0001.

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The stereotype of Zen Buddhism as a primarily minimalistic or even immaterial meditative tradition persists in the Euro-American cultural imagination. By contrast, this volume calls attention to the vast range of “stuff” in Zen by highlighting the material abundance and iconic range of the Sōtō, Rinzai, and Ōbaku sects in Japan. Chapters on beads, bowls, buildings, staffs, statues, rags, robes, and even retail commodities in America all shed new light on overlooked items of lay and monastic practice in both historical and contemporary perspectives. Nine authors from the cognate fields of art h

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Asai, Susan M. Nōmai Dance Drama. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216183228.

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Nōmai Dance Drama, an artistic expression combining sacred, communal, economic, and cultural spheres of community life in the district of Higashidorimura, is a performing tradition that provides an identity to agriculturally based villages. It has retained features characteristic of the music, drama, and sacred practices of medieval Japan. Nōmai singing exhibits traits linked to Buddhist chanting. The instrumental music originates from folk Shinto. This study highlights the social and cultural value nōmaii has for the residents in villages that perform it by providing the historical context in

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Cinato, Franck, Aimée Lahaussois, and John B. Whitman. Glossing Practice. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2023. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781666995886.

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This volume is the first book to focus specifically on the topic of comparative glossing. It brings together new research on glossing practices from traditions in both the West and East Asia, with a focus on Japan. It also touches on the relation between glossing in the medieval manuscript tradition and the modern linguistic use of the gloss. Its purpose is to present a sample of the most recent studies on glossing as it is practiced across very different parts of the world, highlighting the many shared features found across space and time. Glosses take many forms and serve numerous functions

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Lopes, Dominic McIver. Shikinen Sengu. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198796657.003.0004.

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An ontology of art specifies the category of being to which works of art belong. Most philosophers accept that works in different art forms belong to different categories of being—e.g. sculptures are objects but symphonies are events. Some go further: also ontology varies by cultural context because practices of art appreciation vary enough from one culture to the next that they imply different ontologies. This chapter examines the continuous plan of architectural renovation and restoration in the Shinto shrine complex of Ise Jingu in Japan as a case study in Japanese traditional architectural

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Hoppenstand, Gary, and Michael K. Schoenecke, eds. Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216193807.

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Discover popular funk musicians in Nigeria, and the Senegalese performers who use a rich mix of hip-hop, reggae, and techno to sing about village life and women's rights. Find out about Belgium's long tradition of comics and graphic novels. Learn about Iran's plans, amidst all of its problems with the West, to encourage tourism. Uncover the story behind manga magazines (or comic books), which sell upwards of several million copies every week in Japan. The wealth of information inside the Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture is sure to surprise even the most seasoned pop culture aficionado. Fo

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Hoppenstand, Gary, and Lynn Bartholome, eds. Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216193784.

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Discover popular funk musicians in Nigeria, and the Senegalese performers who use a rich mix of hip-hop, reggae, and techno to sing about village life and women's rights. Find out about Belgium's long tradition of comics and graphic novels. Learn about Iran's plans, amidst all of its problems with the West, to encourage tourism. Uncover the story behind manga magazines (or comic books), which sell upwards of several million copies every week in Japan. The wealth of information inside the Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture is sure to surprise even the most seasoned pop culture aficionado. Fo

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