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171 pages : 22 cm "The People and Culture of Japan features conversations between Donald Keene, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, and Shiba Ryotaro, the author who continued to contemplate the human condition through his original and distinctive lens of history. These talks-which mainly explore the foundations of Japanese culture-took place in Japanese on three occasions in 1971, in the historic cities of Nara, Kyoto, and Osaka. Drawing on their profound insights into Japan's relations with foreign cultures over the course of Japanese history, the two engage in a passionate discussion of their first-hand impressions and observations of Japanese culture." from back cover Includes index "This book is a complete translation of 'Nihonjin to nihonbunka' from 'The Collected Works of Donald Keene, Vol.9 ; Donarudo kiin chosakushu dai 9 kan: sekai no naka no nihonbunka (Shinchosa Publishing Co., Ltd., 2013), which is also in print since its original publication in 1972 as a book published by Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc."--Title verso Foreword by Uemura Yoko Prefaces by Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro The birth of Japanese culture -- Kukai, Ikkyu, and the University of Religion -- The

Author

Keene, Donald; 司馬遼太郎

Publisher

JPIC[出版文化産業振興財団]

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9784916055644

Subjects

History, Sociology, Humanities