A Lateral View

Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan

By: Donald Richie

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Paperback | 1 July 1998

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A revealing look at contemporary Japanese culture.

This masterfully written collection of short essays by the acknowledged Western expert on Japanese culture and film spans thirty years and ranges broadly over subjects as diverse as the Noh theater, fashion, television, Tokyo Disneyland, language, the kiss, and, of course, film. Donald Richie's twenty-eight essays present cross-sections of Japan's enormous creative accomplishments during the nation's rise to economic and cultural power.

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"Richie's awareness of both cultures makes him a penetrating observer of Japanese life."
-W. Lawrence Neuman, Education About Asia

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Introduction	p. 7
Japan: A Description	p. 11
Japanese Shapes	p. 18
Japanese Rhythms	p. 24
Tokyo, the Impermanent Capital	p. 33
The 'Real' Disneyland	p. 41
The City Home	p. 46
Walking in Tokyo	p. 53
The Kapital of Kitsch	p. 62
Tokyo Style	p. 67
Gesture as Language	p. 75
Signs and Symbols	p. 85
A Vocabulary of Taste	p. 93
The Tongue of Fashion	p. 98
Notes on the Noh	p. 113
The Kyogen	p. 128
Japan's Avant-garde Theater	p. 132
The Strata of Japanese Drama	p. 146
Women in Japanese Cinema	p. 151
The Japanese Eroduction	p. 156
A Definition of the Japanese Film	p. 170
Attitudes toward Tokyo on Film	p. 185
New Ways of Viewing	p. 196
TV: The Presentational Image	p. 205
Mizushobai: The Art of Pleasing	p. 216
The Japanese Kiss	p. 220
Pachinko	p. 226
Walkman, Manga and Society	p. 236
The State of the Arts	p. 240
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A Lateral View

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