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Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan
Viewed Sideways Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan Author:Donald Richie This definitive new collection of essays by the writerTimecalls "the dean of arts critics in Japan" ranges from Kyogen drama to the sex shows of Shinjuku, from film and Buddhism to Butoh and retro rock 'n' roll, fromwasei eigo(Japanese/English) tomizushobai, the fine art of pleasing. Spanning some fifty years, these thirty-seven essays?most neve... more »r anthologized before?offer cross-sections of Japan's enormous cultural power. They reflect the unique perspective of a man attempting to understand his adopted home.The writings of Donald Richie?film critic, reviewer, novelist, and essayist?have influenced generations of Japan observers around the world.« less