The Japanese mind : understanding contemporary Japanese culture /
The Japanese mind : understanding contemporary Japanese culture /
Understanding contemporary Japanese culture
edited by Roger J. Davies & Osamu Ikeno.
- vii, 270 pages ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257).
Japanese chronology -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Aimai : ambiguity and the Japanese -- Amae : the concept of Japanese dependence -- Amakudari : descent from heaven -- Bigaku : the Japanese sense of beauty -- Bushidō : the way of the warrior -- Chinmoku : silence in Japanese communication -- Danjyo kankei : male and female relationships in Japan -- Dō spirit of Japan -- Gambari : Japanese patience and determination -- Giri : Japanese social obligations -- Haragei : an implicit way of communicating in Japan -- Hedataru to najimu : Japanese personal space -- Honne to tatemae : private vs. public stance in Japan -- Japanese ie system -- Iitoko-dori : adopting elements of foreign culture -- Ikuji : childrearing practices in Japan -- Kenkyo : the Japanese virtue of modesty -- Kisetsu : the Japanese sense of the seasons -- Nemawashi : laying the groundwork in Japan -- Omiai : arranged marriage in Japan -- Otogibanashi : folktales of Japan -- Ryōsaikenbo, "good wives and wise mothers" : the social expectations of women in Japan -- Sempai-kōhai : seniority rules in Japanese relations -- Shūdan ishiki : Japanese group consciousness -- Sōshiki : Japanese funerals -- Uchi to soto : dual meanings in Japanese human relations -- Wabi-sabi : simplicity and elegance as Japanese ideals of beauty -- Zōtō : the Japanese custom of gift giving -- References -- Glossary. The The
"In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explore"--Publisher description.
0804832951 9780804832953
2001043625
National characteristics, Japanese
Japan--Civilization--20th century
DS830 / .J35 2002
952.033
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-257).
Japanese chronology -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Aimai : ambiguity and the Japanese -- Amae : the concept of Japanese dependence -- Amakudari : descent from heaven -- Bigaku : the Japanese sense of beauty -- Bushidō : the way of the warrior -- Chinmoku : silence in Japanese communication -- Danjyo kankei : male and female relationships in Japan -- Dō spirit of Japan -- Gambari : Japanese patience and determination -- Giri : Japanese social obligations -- Haragei : an implicit way of communicating in Japan -- Hedataru to najimu : Japanese personal space -- Honne to tatemae : private vs. public stance in Japan -- Japanese ie system -- Iitoko-dori : adopting elements of foreign culture -- Ikuji : childrearing practices in Japan -- Kenkyo : the Japanese virtue of modesty -- Kisetsu : the Japanese sense of the seasons -- Nemawashi : laying the groundwork in Japan -- Omiai : arranged marriage in Japan -- Otogibanashi : folktales of Japan -- Ryōsaikenbo, "good wives and wise mothers" : the social expectations of women in Japan -- Sempai-kōhai : seniority rules in Japanese relations -- Shūdan ishiki : Japanese group consciousness -- Sōshiki : Japanese funerals -- Uchi to soto : dual meanings in Japanese human relations -- Wabi-sabi : simplicity and elegance as Japanese ideals of beauty -- Zōtō : the Japanese custom of gift giving -- References -- Glossary. The The
"In The Japanese Mind, Roger Davies offers Westerners an invaluable key to the unique aspects of Japanese culture. Readers of this book will gain a clear understanding of what really makes the Japanese, and their society, tick. Among the topics explore"--Publisher description.
0804832951 9780804832953
2001043625
National characteristics, Japanese
Japan--Civilization--20th century
DS830 / .J35 2002
952.033