This fascinating book is an insightful exploration of Western perceptions and representations of Japanese culture and society, drawing on social and cultural ps

The Constructed Other argues that the assumed otherness of Japanese architecture has made it both a testbed for Western architectural theories and a source of i

A collection of essays that provide insight into Japanese culture. This book is a great buy for anyone interested in Japan.

A broad survey of the West's extraordinary love affair with Japan. From the moment of the very first contact in the sixteenth century, Japan has always possesse

Japan's door to the outside world was opened in 1858, ending a 200-year period of total isolation. The wealth of superb Japanese traditions of ceramics, metalwo