TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davies,Roger J.
AU  - Ikeno,Osamu
TI  - The Japanese mind: understanding contemporary Japanese culture 
SN  - 0804832951
AV  - DS830 .J35 2002
U1  - 952.033 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Tuttle Pub.
KW  - National characteristics, Japanese
KW  - Japan
KW  - Civilization
KW  - 20th century
N1  - 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 --; The; 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 --; The; 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
N2  - "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
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