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OverviewGeoffrey Bownas, widely known for his writings, translations, broadcasts and commentaries relating to Japan, and an eminent Japanese Studies scholar, has at last completed a memoir. It is a historical record of some significance tracking Japan's post-war history from abject poverty to unimaginable prosperity as the world's second largest economy, and the 'lost' post-bubble years. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Geoffrey BownasPublisher: Brill Imprint: Global Oriental Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.50cm Weight: 0.600kg ISBN: 9781905246014ISBN 10: 1905246013 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 06 October 2005 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Part I: A Memoir; Prologue; Chapter 1 1923 to 1952; Chapter 2 Kyoto 1952-54; Chapter 3 Tenri and Yamato 1956; Chapter 4 Shiga Prefecture 1960; Chapter 5 The 1960s; Chapter 6 Mishima Yukio - the Man I Knew - Recollections 1957-1970; Chapter 7 The 1970s; Chapter 8 The 1980s; Chapter 9 1990 to 2005; Chapter 10 The Japanese Aesthetic; Part II: Selected Writings; One: The Origin and History of the Gion Festival; Two: Rainmaking; Three: The Village Year on Okinoshima; Four: From Japanology to Japanese Studies; List of Abbreviations; Glossary; Select Bibliography; IndexReviewsAuthor InformationGeoffrey Bownas was born in Yorkshire in 1923. He introduced the teaching of Japanese in Oxford in 1954, and in 1966 became Sheffield University's Founding Professor of Japanese Studies. His publications include The Penguin Book of Japanese Verse (1964,1998) with Anthony Thwaite, New Writing in Japan (1972), an anthology with Mishima Yukio, Business in Japan (1974,1980) with Paul Norbury, Japan and the New Europe (1991) and Doing Business with the Japanese (2003) with David Powers and Christopher Hood. He continues to be active - writing, lecturing and fostering Anglo-Japanese relations, for which he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure (1999) and the CBE (2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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