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Japanese Culture and Customs

Books on: japanese customs

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Japanese American Celebration and Conflict: A History of Ethnic Identity and Festival, 1934-1990

Book by Lon Kurashige; University of California Press, 2002

Subjects:

Citizens' Associations--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Ethnic Festivals--California--Los Angeles--History--20th Century, Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social Conditions--20th Century, Japanese Americans--California--Los Angeles--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, Japanese Americans--Ethnic Identity--California--Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Ethnic Relations, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social Conditions--20th Century, Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social Life And Customs--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...which was certainly uncommon for Japanese Americans at that time, and currently...many internees, did not follow Japanese customs. Yoneda himself noted that one...collaborating with, the WRA, Japanese American women, like the earlier...
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Evolution of the Japanese: A Study of Their Characteristics in Relation to the Principles of Social and Psychic Development

Book by Sidney L. Gulick; Fleming H. Revell, 1903

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Japan--Civilization, Japan--Social Life And Customs, National Characteristics, Japanese

Collections: History, Entire Library

...should be added, however, that Japanese customs in regard to feeing are rapidly...now with certain classes of the Japanese that they and those that wait on...bringing to light certain aspects of Japanese character hitherto not generally...
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Modern Japanese Stories: An Anthology

Book by Ivan Morris, Edward Seidensticker, George Saitō, Geoffrey Sargent; Charles E. Tuttle Publishing, 1962

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Japan--Social Life And Customs--Fiction, Short Stories, Japanese--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...has been chosen for its specifically Japanese or Oriental quality. While characteristic Japanese scenes, customs, and psychology emerge throughout the...Meiji Japan that makes the specifically Japanese qualities stand out. To read the works...
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Made in Japan and Other Japanese "Business Novels"

Book by Tamae K. Prindle; M.E. Sharpe, 1989

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Business Enterprises--Fiction, Japan--Social Life And Customs--Fiction, Short Stories, Japanese--Translations Into English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...recovery restored in the minds of the Japanese people a trust in their own economic...type of economic recovery to uniquely Japanese systems and customs, or to the personality and ability of the Japanese people, could claim any of the credit...
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Behind the Japanese Mask

Book by Jesse F. Steiner; Macmillan, 1943

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Japan--Social Life And Customs, National Characteristics, Japanese

Collections: History, Entire Library

...American tendency to belittle the Japanese, 60 Amusements, traditional...sports, 95 - 99 Axis powers, Japanese alliance with, 14 Bathing customs, 93 , 94 Black Dragon Society...Allies, 154 Brutalities of Japanese soldiers, 48 - 51 Cafe types...

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Journal Articles on: japanese customs

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Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist "ancestor Worship" with Home Décor and Consumer Choice

Journal article by John Nelson; Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, Vol. 35, 2008

Subjects:

Buddhism, Japan, Japanese culture, Rites & ceremonies, Social life & customs, Spirituality

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhism alone, religious customs once outlawed (such...world. According to Japanese art historian Andrew...have emulated this custom and likewise placed...someone we love. This custom is called KUYO. Prayers...forgiven for thinking the Japanese are both morbidly obsessed...funeral and burial customs in Japan are changing...the newly popular custom of temoto kuyo...
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Gender Enactment on a First Date: A Japanese Sample

Journal article by Masayuki Nakanishi; Women and Language, Vol. 21, 1998

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Dating (Social customs)--Social aspects, Japanese--Rites and ceremonies

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Gender enactment on a first date: a Japanese sample. by Masayuki Nakanishi In recent...for a typical dating episode by young Japanese people. By asking respondents about...episode, this study will examine how young Japanese women and men conceptualize a "first...
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Courtiers and Christians: The First Japanese Emissaries to Europe

Journal article by Judith C. Brown; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1994

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Diplomacy--History, Japanese in foreign countries--History, Renaissance--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Literature, Entire Library

...some European customs. Daily life...included both Japanese and European...languages or customs. The two men...small group of Japanese and a few Franciscans...languages or customs, he dressed according to the Japanese style, his...
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Spirited Away: Film of the Fantastic and Evolving Japanese Folk Symbols

Journal article by Noriko T. Reider; Film Criticism, Vol. 29, 2005

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Animated films--Criticism and interpretation, Animated movies--Criticism and interpretation, Hayao, Miyazaki--Criticism and interpretation, Japanese movies--Criticism and interpretation, Motion pictures, Japanese--Criticism and interpretation, Spirited Away (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation

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...excellent job of portraying Japanese traditions within the film...numerous references to the Japanese customs and folk beliefs including...more conspicuous examples of Japanese folk legend, custom, and belief present in the...
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"They Are Our Human Secret Weapons": The Military Intelligence Service and the Role of Japanese-Americans in the Pacific War and in the Occupation of Japan (1)

Journal article by Kelli Y. Nakamura; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008

Subjects:

Japanese Americans--History, Japanese Americans--Influence, Japanese Americans--Military aspects, Military intelligence--History, Military intelligence--Usage, Pacific Campaign, 1941-1945

Collections: History, Entire Library

...knowledge of the culture and customs of the Japanese people held by, the Nisei...respect, and cooperation of the Japanese." (69) Familiarity with...pivotal roles in explaining Japanese customs to the teams and maintaining...

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Magazine Articles on: japanese customs

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Characteristics of Japanese Communication

Magazine article by Sanae Kobayashi; Communication World, Vol. 14, December 1996

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Corporate culture, Internal public relations, Interpersonal communication, Japan, Social life & customs

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...process, culture and customs. First, with structure...academic circles. Japanese corporations, for...the accepted labor custom for more than a century...The Japanese labor customs, especially life employment...the employee. These customs have enabled organizations...this last one, the custom of seniority and life...is primarily because Japanese management found it...
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Guilt, Identity, and Japaneseness: If We Are to Love Japan, We Must Learn to Forgive the Japanese. This Will Never Be Easy, since the Japanese Do Not Seek Collective Forgiveness and Believe They Did Nothing as a Nation That Might Make It Necessary

Magazine article by Robert Fulford; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 113, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Japan--History, Japan--Social aspects, Japanese (Asian people)--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese (Asian people)--History, Japanese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Japanese--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Japanese--History, Japanese--Social aspects

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...home what the West considered Japanese qualities. Isozaki turns these...paragraph by Isozaki or any other Japanese commentator, I experience feelings...Excessive devotion to or worship of Japanese art and customs"). I am never happier than...
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Japanese Mountain Deities

Magazine article by Fred Thompson; The Architectural Review, Vol. 202, October 1997

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Architecture, Japanese--Analysis, Japan--Popular culture, Space (Architecture)--Japan

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...Yoshino Hiroko4 to the original Japanese creation myth involving the...transformed by larger commercial Japanese towns and cities. In contrast...the rituals and the social customs of the festival to the young...Kakunodate I began to see how the Japanese might think of physical spaces...
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The New Japanese Sat

Magazine article by Christopher Buckley; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 296, November 2005

Subjects:

Boards of education--Education policy, School boards--Education policy, Textbooks--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...mitzvah ceremonies. d.) Japanese baseball games when Toshimura...tyrant. c.) Invited Imperial Japanese Navy to participate in a "friendship...for the purpose of experiencing Japanese culture and customs and promoting friendship and...
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Emaki: Japanese Picture Scrolls

Magazine article by Wendy Strauch-Nelson; Art Education, Vol. 61, May 2008

Subjects:

Art education, Art history, Comic books, Learning, Middle school students, Smoking, Teaching methods

Collections: Education, History, Entire Library

...best during their exams. The Japanese and the American Art Classrooms...be respectful of everyone. Japanese people have developed many customs that encourage cooperation...individualist) mode of thinking, Japanese schools have now been called...

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Newspaper Articles on: japanese customs

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Japanese Aid Bolsters Customs Operations

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 12, 2011

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ECC International Corp., International Organization for Standardization, Japan. International Cooperation Agency, Simulator industry, Synthetic training device industry

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Japanese Aid Bolsters Customs Operations. MANILA, Philippines - Despite its lack of funds, the Bureau of Customs (BoC) has found a way to intensify...lawyer Lourdes Mangaoang, chief of the Customs XIP, did not disclose the amount of...
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Customs Officials Begin New Effort to Make Travel to US Easier

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, June 14, 2007

Subjects:

Customs administration

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...monitors a video on the customs process and peruse guides to filling out custom forms. Officers will...the effort to make the customs process easier and more...Bush Intercontinental, customs officials plan to select...English and German. Japanese and Arabic are in the works. Brochures about custom forms and travel to...
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In a Japanese School

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 21, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...lovely meal." We think this custom is very polite and shows respect and good manners. Our Japanese school has a swimming pool...liked most about going to Japanese school was learning about Japanese customs. One of our happiest days...
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Focusing on Japanese Art Fulbright Scholar to Host Art Festival

Newspaper article by Gretchen Marquardt; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 7, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Scholarship. Her resulting knowledge of Japanese customs and art has undoubtedly benefited...she experienced by organizing a Japanese American Art Festival on Saturday...Oakland School has plenty of unique, Japanese-inspired artwork on display since...
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N. Korea's Other Affront; Film Documents Japanese Teen's Abduction for Spy Schooling

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...abduction but that of 12 other Japanese citizens who had gone missing over...teach their spies how to emulate Japanese customs and language traits for future...Megumis family took time. "The Japanese people are very private. Its hard...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: japanese customs

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Korea

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...years and adapted to Korean customs controlled the pattern of government...The 1592 invasion by the Japanese shogun Hideyoshi was driven...with Korea, and to offset the Japanese influence, trade agreements...tightened after the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 95) and the Russo...
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Shinto

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...traditional ceremonies and customs, many involving pilgrimages...is the equivalent of the Japanese kami-no-michi, "the way...d. 712. From those first Japanese accounts of the religion of...found abroad wherever large Japanese communities exist, as in the...
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Roosevelt, Theodore

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the appointment of a U.S. customs receiver. This policy aroused...H., to end the Russo-Japanese War; and he was awarded the...to discourage emigration of Japanese laborers to the United States...caused by Californias anti-Japanese legislation. The 1912 Election...
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Alaska

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...which government was in the hands of customs officials, the U.S. navy was given...needed link with the United States. After Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands...1943, after intense fighting, and the Japanese evacuated Kiska in August after intensive...
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Suicide

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...compulsory, prescribed by custom or enjoined by the authorities...the ancient and widespread custom of immolating servants and...chief or noble (see funeral customs ). Self-murder may also...execution, as among the feudal Japanese gentry (see hara-kiri...of treason. In traditional Japanese society, in certain situations...

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