Download or read book Retainer Girl written by Catherine Aimes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even when the braces come off, there are still retainers to deal with. Lauren gets hers just before her 15th birthday and in Retainer Girl describes the adjustments she has to make on what is one more step along the way to growing up - and getting and keeping her perfect smile. [Because Retainer Girl involves some exaggeration and fantasy about orthodontic treatment it may be unsuitable for younger or particularly impressionable readers who have not visited an actual orthodontist.]
Download or read book Tales of Old Japan written by Lord Redesdale and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of Old Japan(1871) is ananthologyof short stories compiled byAlgernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name ofA.B. Mitford. These stories focus on various aspects ofJapanese lifebefore theMeiji Restoration. The book, which was written in 1871, forms an introduction toJapanese literatureandculture, both through the stories, all adapted from Japanese sources, and Mitford's supplementary notes. Also included are Mitford's eyewitness accounts of a selection of Japanese rituals, ranging fromharakiri(seppuku) and marriage to a selection of sermons
Download or read book Japanese Mythology written by F. Hadland Davis and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Mythology is a detailed anthology regarding Japanese folk tales, mythology and legends and it presents a wonderful in-depth look into Japanese culture and their culture's beliefs and history. It is a collection of diverse Japanese folk tales, including a variety of topics from creation myths, stories of gods and goddesses, tales of animal spirits, to legends of the sea and of Mount Fuji, as well as analysis of how these stories relate to Japanese culture.
Download or read book Legends and Myths of Ancient Japan written by F. Hadland Davis and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Mythology is a detailed anthology regarding Japanese folk tales, mythology and legends and it presents a wonderful in-depth look into Japanese culture and their culture's beliefs and history. It is a collection of diverse Japanese folk tales, including a variety of topics from creation myths, stories of gods and goddesses, tales of animal spirits, to legends of the sea and of Mount Fuji, as well as analysis of how these stories relate to Japanese culture.
Download or read book Myths Legends of Japan written by F. Hadland Davis and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths & Legends of Japan is a detailed anthology regarding Japanese folk tales, mythology and legends and it presents a wonderful in-depth look into Japanese culture and their culture's beliefs and history. It is a collection of diverse Japanese folk tales, including a variety of topics from creation myths, stories of gods and goddesses, tales of animal spirits, to legends of the sea and of Mount Fuji, as well as analysis of how these stories relate to Japanese culture.
Download or read book The Trials of Chiyodaku Vol 1 written by Fukurou Kogyoku and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JUSTICE FOR ALL! Akuto lives a normal life, often dreaming of traveling to fantasy worlds and having adventures. To his surprise, his dream comes true, but this other world isn’t quite what he expected. The magical land of Chiyodaku doesn’t need a champion—it needs someone to oversee court trials. Fortunately, his older sister, Tsukasa, happens to be Japan’s greatest judge. And although she knows nothing about sorcery and monsters, that’s Akuto’s area of expertise as a game-obsessed high schooler. Together, they’re the perfect team to bring justice to the kingdom—at least they’d better be, because one of their fifirst cases is a murder trial...and the Hero is the accused!
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Download or read book Japanese Legends and Folklore written by A.B. Mitford and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japanese Legends and Folklore invites English speakers into the intriguing world of Japanese folktales, ghost stories and historical eyewitness accounts. With a fascinating selection of stories about Japanese culture and history, A.B. Mitford--who lived and worked in Japan as a British diplomat--presents a broad cross section of tales from many Japanese sources. Discover more about practically every aspect of Japanese life--from myths and legends to society and religion. This book features 30 fascinating Japanese stories, including: The Forty-Seven Ronin--the famous, epic tale of a loyal band of Samurai warriors who pay the ultimate price for avenging the honor of their fallen master. The Tongue-Cut Sparrow--a good-hearted old man is richly rewarded when he begs forgiveness from a sparrow who is injured by his spiteful, greedy wife. The Adventures of Little Peach Boy--a tale familiar to generations of Japanese children, a small boy born from a peach is adopted by a kindly childless couple. Japanese Sermons--a selection of sermons written by a priest belonging to the Shingaku sect, which combines Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian teachings. An Account of Hara-Kiri--Mitford's dramatic first person account of a ritual Samurai suicide, the first time it had been reported in English. Thirty-one reproductions of woodblock prints bring the classic tales and essays to life. These influential stories helped shape the West's understanding of Japanese culture. A new foreword by Professor Michael Dylan Foster sheds light on the book's importance as a groundbreaking work of Japanese folklore, literature and history.
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Download or read book The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan written by Marcia Yonemoto and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to directly affect social structure, political practice, and economic production. This apparent contradiction between official norms and experienced realities lies at the heart of The Problem of Women in Early Modern Japan. Examining prescriptive literature and instructional manuals for womenÑas well as diaries, memoirs, and letters written by and about individual women from the late seventeenth century to the early nineteenth centuryÑMarcia Yonemoto explores the dynamic nature of Japanese womenÕs lives during the early modern era.
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