Smaller is Better: Japan's Mastery of the Miniature, Volume 3Kodansha International, 1984 - 192 pagina's A Korean critic offers a non-Japanese interpretation of Japanese culture and its tendency to find aesthetic, spiritual, and functional value in the compact and the miniature." |
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The Naked Truth about Interpretations of Japan | 9 |
Six Examples | 25 |
The Culture of Reductionism | 72 |
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