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First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This work presents the story of the growth of Japanese culture and philosophy as illustrated by gardens. The author identifies the importance of the garden to Japanese art throughout history, tracing its development from ancient Chinese prototype to early Japanese gardens to the Tea Gardens and finally to modern gardens.

This family saga of a wicked stepmother has been called the world's first novel. Written during the 10th century Heian Era and first translated into English and published by Kegan Paul in 1934, it follows the changing fortunes of the heroine, Lady Ochikubo, who is forced to live almost as a servant in her noble father's house while the stepmother gives preference in all things to her own daughters. Beautiful and clever, the Lady is told she is ugly and stupid, and kept indoors so no one knows of her existence. The story of how the Lady marries a powerful nobleman of the royal court and triumphs over adversity is told with emotion, wit and humour. A worthy precursor to Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji which was written some thirty years later, this masterpiece of Heian writing is a classic that richly deserves rediscovery. The work includes appendices on the literature and political organization of the Heian Era.

Begins with a study of core Shinto rituals as revealed in ancient texts, which embody the deepest and oldest traditions of Shinto belief in divinity, national destiny and, above all, Japan's special favoured status as 'the country of the gods', beliefs that endure today behind the facade of Japan.

After describing women's position in Roman society, this book surveys the crypto-sexual satisfaction derived by Romans from a range of activities: the sadistic treatment of slaves, savage public executions involving crucifixion and the mauling of naked, unarmed prisoners by wild beasts, and almost incredible mass-gladiatorial combats.

First published in 2002. The power of magical names, spells, and talismans was of utmost importance to the ancient Egyptians and their religion. Here, in another classic by the foremost Egyptian scholar of the Victorian era, E. A. Wallis Budge describes and explains the magical practices in Egypt, many of which predate the belief in gods and goddesses. Illustrated with twenty line drawings, this volume is one more key needed to unlock the secrets of this great ancient civilization.

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A systematic study of the sociological debate on postmodernity in the Japanese context. The volume consists of a collection of 12 papers that explore the idea of postmodernity primarily from sociological perspectives, covering a wide range of domains including work, feminism and communication.

Examines the relevance of some major aspects and assumptions of contemporary social and cultural theory to Japanese society - which has a very different history and conception of its self-identity from the Western ones in which the modern social sciences have almost exclusively arisen.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

When we consider the Cretans and Hittites, the powers of Babylonia and Assyria, and the internal conditions in Syria and Palestine, it can hardly be doubted that the reign of Akhetaten marks a turning point, notably in Egyptian history, but also in the wider history of the ancient world. Here the author vigorously reproduces this age, to show the intensely human interest that lies in the story of religion and art of decadence and reform.

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The third book of Lafcadio Hearn's Japanese period, Gleanings in Buddha-Fields is a volume of philosophical essays and sketches inspired by the teachings of Buddha. Through a series of loosely connected essays, the author offers readers a wealth of insights into Japanese life, art and religion. When the book was first published in 1897, it attracted the attention of The New York Times: "It is only Mr. Hearn who has made us understand something of the Japanese way of looking at life and things, something of that religion which is the very soul and substance of Japanese existence, thought, and action." Today's readers are sure to recognize the elegance and depth of thought which have made the work a classic.

This reference work is aimed at those wishing to master the pronunciation of Japanese names. The central feature of the work is a dictionary of Kanji used in writing Japanese names, categorized by stroke count, with a complete index cross-referencing characters by pronunciation.

This is a practical guide to the preservation of fruit -- not only jams, but also jellies, marmalades, preserves, conserves, and candied, brandied and dried fruit. The book contains hundreds of recipes for tempting spreads.

These unique sketches of Japan and Japanese life were written by Frank Hedges, foreign correspondent of the London Times, Christian Science Monitor and the Washington Post. Shrines, mountains, traditional drums, misty rains and the shrill wailing of Shinto music come to life.

Providing a complete listing of Egyptian names and titles collected from Mariette's "Mastabas," Lepsius' "Denkmaler" and the publications of the Archaeological Survey and the Egyptian Research Account, this text allows researchers to track individual names and titles quickly and easily.

In this survey of premarital courting customs in early America, Henry Reed Stiles traces the origin, progress, and decline of bundling in America.

Entering the French Navy, Pierre Loti saw the world from shipboard. He spent long months among the palm groves of the South Seas; he visited the scorching coast of Senegal and the wild seas of Iceland. This work takes us on a journey with Loti from Brittany to Constantinople, from China to Morocco, and from Egypt to Ispahan.

The working and intellectual biography of the great archaeologist Flinders Petrie, who was one of the founding fathers of Egyptology, will inevitably be of interest to all those involved with ancient Egypt. Here we have accounts of the research, the observations and the writing of some of the most important work conducted in Egyptology.

This little-known gem by the doyenne of women travellers in the Far East describes a journey on horseback through the Himalayas and into Tibet, where she spent four months. Taking to the Tibetans whom she found '"the pleasantest of people," Bird's is a delightful account of a land of beauty and mystery, encircled by high mountains of vermilion and purple. Among the most striking passages are those that describe the religion of Tibet, which permeated the very atmosphere with a singular sense of the strange and otherworldly. Bird visited palaces, temples and monasteries and her descriptions of the ceremonies, decorations, costumes, and music capture a world that is now lost to us.

As a fearless Editor, Altaf Husain projected his political viewpoints, aspirations and ideals through "Dawn" to the Muslim League leaders striving against the British Ray and their Hindu political opponents. This book combines history, biography and extracts and quotations from Altaf Husain's articles and writings.

A study of the earliest evidence of human activity in North Eastern Arabia, discussing the presence of artifacts which indicate the existence of settled populations. In addition, the study focuses on archaeological excavations which provide evidence of plant and animal domestication.

An account of the Ainu people and their customs. This book describes their religious beliefs, homes, ceremonies, social organization, arts, festivities and funerary practices. It establishs the intricacy of Ainu spirit beliefs and ritual pratices which dominated their culture and daily life.

In this volume, the structure and content of the temple is presented, with chapters on pre-temple buildings, the architecture of the temple, and different phases in the temple's history. There are sections on finds in the temple, on dating the temple, and on the temple and Dilmun society.

This study analyzes the international regime and outcome of hunger, as well as their effects on the incidence of hunger. It examines four areas upheld as the solutions to the problem of world hunger: family planning; food trade; structural adjustment; and food aid.