{"product_id":"viewed-sideways-writings-on-culture-and-style-in-contemporary-japan-9781933330983","title":"Viewed Sideways: Writings on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donald Richie\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - Japan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver 50 years of essays on Japan from premier film critic, essayist, and novelist, Donald Richie. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis definitive new collection of essays by the writer \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"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, from \u003ci\u003ewasei eigo\u003c\/i\u003e (Japanese\/English) to \u003ci\u003emizushobai\u003c\/i\u003e, the fine art of pleasing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanning some fifty years, these thirty-seven essays-most never 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe writings of \u003cb\u003eDonald Richie\u003c\/b\u003e--film critic, reviewer, novelist, and essayist--have influenced generations of Japan observers around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stone Bridge Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999725568151,"sku":"9781933330983","price":989.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781933330983.webp?v=1783601541","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/viewed-sideways-writings-on-culture-and-style-in-contemporary-japan-9781933330983","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}