Tuttle Publishing imprint: 1545 books
Origami Love Notes Ebook
Romantic Hand-Folded Notes & Envelopes: Origami Book with 12 Original Projects
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Nothing says "I love you" more than a handmade gift!
With this easy origami instruction book you can create romantic hand-folded and personalized notes using the authentic Japanese art of paper-folding. Your words of love take on special meaning when written on these lovely origami...
by Chiura Obata
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 1990
This Japanese ink painting guide is presented by master painter, Chiura Obata, a well-known Japanese artist.
Obata has traveled throughout Japan, recording with charm and insight the beauty of the country. Using the traditional brush-and-ink technique, he skillfully presents the varied aspects...
by Reiko Chiba
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2011
This guide to the Japanese zodiac gives a complete explanation of all 12 animal years.
Like people of the West, Eastern people have a zodiac. Unlike that of the West, however, the Eastern system has a cycle of twelve years instead of months. Each year of the cycle has its own particular animal...
Painted Fans of Japan
15 Noh Drama Masterpieces
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Noh Fans are an essential element element of Japanese theater and this collection of fans is a rare example of this fine Japanese art.
The chief purpose of Painted Fans of Japan is to present for Westerners some of the gorgeous paintings found on fans used in the traditional Japanese Non drama....
Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation
Suiseki and its Use with Bonsai
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The Japanese Art of Stone Appreciation is an exploration into the art of suiseki—small, naturally formed stones selected for their shape, balance, simplicity and tranquility.
Written by two leading experts in the field of Japanese gardening and art, this concise introduction offers aesthetic...
The Book of Tea
Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.
The Book of Tea doesn't...
Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto
A Guide to Kyoto's Most Important Sites
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
This Japan travel guide presents a journey into the true heart of the Kyoto experience—one which brings you deep into the world of Kyoto's ancient Zen Buddhist culture.
This is the first comprehensive guide to Kyoto's most important Zen garden and temple sites. Kyoto's Zen heritage represents...
by Philip Sandoz
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 1996
This Japan travel guide features dozens of beautiful photographs and insightful commentary.
Japan: Land of Beauty and Tradition takes the reader on a sweeping tour of this always enticing and often surprising country. From the gaudy exuberance of the Sensoji temple to the tranquility of Ryoanji's...
by Natsume Soseki
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2011
A modern classic in Japan on par with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, Botchan is a very popular Japanese novel and still widely read decades after its first publication.
Botchan, a timeless Japanese novel written by Japan's most beloved novelist, Soseki Natsume,...
Out of the East
Reveries and Studies in New Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Out of the East came wonderful tales by a Westerner who loved the old Japan—devotion, ancestor worship, courtesy, and kindness—and record his feelings for the rest of the world to read.
This collection of "reveries and studies," as author and legendary Japanologist Lafcadio Hearn...
by Venerable Myokyo-Ni The Vene
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
This Zen guide offers a readable, helpful interpretation of a classic pillar of Zen training.
The Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing...
Vita Sexualis
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
This classic and controversial work of Japanese literature presents a rare look at Meiji-ara Japanese sexuality.
Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualis is far more than a prurient erotic novel. The narrator, a professor of philosophy, wrestles with issues of...
Five Women Who Loved Love
Amorous Tales from 17th-Century Japan
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1989
"Five charming novellas … which have astonishing freshness, color, and warmth." — The New Yorker
First published in 1686, this collection of five novellas was an immediate bestseller in the bawdy world that was Genroku Japan, and the book's popularity has increased with age, making...
Japan: Theme & Variations
A Collection of Poems by Americans
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
This collection of Japanese poetry contains over 200 poems by some 153 Americans writing of their impressions and experiences of Japan.
If Japan forms the theme of the poems collected here, the variations are certainly the deep feeling so many Americans have come to have for Japan and the Japanese...