Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History [Paperback ed.] 0226620913, 9780226620916

Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms, and Nationalisms: The Militarization of Aesthetics in Japanese History 9780226620688

Why did almost one thousand highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's tokkotai (ka

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Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars! 0804836582, 9780804836586

This multicultural children's book is full of Japanese holidays, culture, language and stories! The people of Jap

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Japanese Celebrations: Cherry Blossoms, Lanterns and Stars! 9781462906338, 1462906338

This multicultural children's book is full of Japanese holidays, culture, language and stories! The people of Japan

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Blossoms in the Wind: Human Legacies of the Kamikaze 9780593472323, 0593472322

A revelatory and groundbreaking account of Imperial Japan’s kamikaze—the suicide pilots of World War II—as told through

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A History of Modern Japanese Aesthetics 9780824843625

This collection of essays constitutes the first history of modern Japanese aesthetics in any language. It introduces rea

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Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers 9780226620923

“We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why

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The Aesthetics of Shadow: Lighting and Japanese Cinema 9780822399667

By exploring the "aesthetics of shadow" in Japanese cinema in the first half of the twentieth century and trea

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Kamikaze: Japanese Special Attack Weapons 1944-45 1780960816, 9781780960814

The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japane

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New Essays in Japanese Aesthetics 0739180819, 9780739180815

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with

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Kamikaze! The Queen sacrifice

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