Seeing Kyoto
$67.82
- Hardcover
96 pages
- Release Date
1 July 2017
Summary
Tokyo may be the capital of Japan, but Kyoto is its heart and soul. The rich textures of twelve centuries of culture seem to have woven themselves into the very air. How else could you explain the centuries-old feel of the Gion quarter, where geisha still ply their trade? Or the quiet dignity of the cobblestone back streets lined with traditional wooden houses?
Seeing Kyoto captures all the elegance and charm of Japan’s most beloved city with dozens of stunning images. One ca…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781568364445 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 156836444X |
| Author: | Juliet Winters Carpenter, Soshitsu Sen |
| Publisher: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Imprint: | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 1 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 997g |
| Dimensions: | 305mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
“Juliet Winters Carpenter’s text is written with elegance, guiding through an incredible experience as though the reader were there in person….I found this book allowed me to see the city with new eyes and appreciate it even more. Carpenter has successfully captured, through lyrical and detailed text and spectacular full page color photos, what there is to experience in Kyoto. This extraordinary book - which showcases all that makes it such a fascinating and treasured city - is a must-have for the traveler eager to journey there.” —BookLoons.com
“Captures all the elegance and charm of Japan’s most beloved city with dozens of sumptuous images; includes cultural history as well as its artistic, culinary, and historical treasures.” —ForeWord Magazine
”…Among the best of the genre and fairly priced.” —Library Journal
“Crammed with photographs, each book provides readers with sound bites of information written by an eminent foreign resident of Japan, a foreword by a distinguished Japanese, various short essays, and a map and chronology chart on the inside cover.” —The Japan Times
About The Author
Juliet Winters Carpenter
Award-winning translator JULIET CARPENTER is a graduate of the University of Michigan. During her thirty-plus years in Japan, she has rendered into English a wide array of modern fiction, essays, and poetry by authors such as Kobo Abe, Fumiko Enchi, Machi Tawara, and Ryotaro Shiba. Her most recent translations include Shadow Family, a contemporary mystery by Miyuki Miyabe, and The Sail of My Soul, modern haiku by Seishi Yamaguchi. A devotee of traditional Japanese music, Carpenter is a licensed instructor of the koto and shamisen. She teaches at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto and resides in Ikoma, Nara Prefecture.
SEN SOSHITSU XVI was born in 1956, the first son of Sen Soshitsu XV. He graduated from Doshisha University in Kyoto and was ordained as a Buddhist clergyman at the age of twenty-six. In 2002, he succeeded his father as the grand master of the Urasenke tea school.
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