Musuis Story

Author : Katsu Kokichi
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816552363
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musui's Story written by Katsu Kokichi and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2023-02-21 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world, Musui's Story recounts the escapades of samurai Katsu Kokichi. As it depicts Katsu stealing, brawling, indulging in the pleasure quarters, and getting the better of authorities, it also provides a refreshing perspective on Japanese society, customs, economy, and human relationships. From childhood, Katsu was given to mischief. He ran away from home, once at thirteen, making his way as a beggar on the great trunk road between Edo and Kyoto, and again at twenty, posing as the emissary of a feudal lord. He eventually married and had children but never obtained official preferment and was forced to supplement a meager stipend by dealing in swords, selling protection to shopkeepers, and generally using his muscle and wits. Katsu's descriptions of loyalty and kindness, greed and deception, vanity and superstition offer an intimate view of daily life in nineteenth-century Japan unavailable in standard history books. Musui's Story will delight not only students of Japan's past but also general readers who will be entranced by Katsu's candor and boundless zest for life.

Author : Kokichi Katsu
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816512560
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musui's Story written by Kokichi Katsu and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a Japanese samurai of the nineteenth century, looks back on his life and shares his observations on Japanese society

Author : Kokichi Katsu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Musui's Story written by Kokichi Katsu and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selvbiografi af Katsu Kokichi (1802-1850), som var samurai i Tokugawa-perioden

Author : Mary Downing Hahn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0618873155
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doll in the Garden written by Mary Downing Hahn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2007 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ashley discovers a turn-of-the-century doll it is just the first of several puzzling events that lead her through the hedge and into a twilight past where she meets Louise, an ailing child whose beloved doll has mysteriously disappeared.

Author : Catherine Isaac
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735224544
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Me Everything written by Catherine Isaac and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Equal parts wry comedy and touching family drama, it’s ultimately a heartbreaker that’ll stay with you long after you’re done.” —Marie Claire “Glass of chilled rosé, check. Comfy chair, check. Box of tissues, check. You Me Everything is everything you need for a moving, funny, heartbreaking, and ultimately joyous read.” --Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Map of the Heart Set in the French countryside on an idyllic summer vacation, a delicious, tender novel about finding joy and love even in the most unexpected places. Jess and her ten-year-old son William set off to spend the summer at Château de Roussignol, deep in the rich, sunlit hills of the Dordogne. There, Jess’s ex-boyfriend—and William’s father—Adam, runs a beautiful hotel in a restored castle. Lush gardens, a gorgeous pool, delectable French food, and a seemingly never-ending wine list—what’s not to like? Jess is bowled over by what Adam has accomplished, but she’s in France for a much more urgent reason: to make Adam fall in love with his own son. But Adam has other ideas, and another girlfriend—and he doesn’t seem inclined to change the habits of a lifetime just because Jess and William have appeared on the scene. Jess isn’t surprised, but William—who has quickly come to idolize his father—wants nothing more than to spend time with him. But Jess can’t allow Adam to let their son down—because she is tormented by a secret of her own, one that nobody—especially William—must discover. By turns heartwrenching and hopeful, You Me Everything is a novel about one woman's fierce determination to grab hold of the family she has and never let go, and a romantic story as heady as a crisp Sancerre on a summer day.

Author : Steven Toast
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1782117504
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toast on Toast written by Steven Toast and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toast on Toast is the must-have book for all budding actors - and non-actors too. In this part memoir, part 'how to act' manual, Steven Toast draws on his vast and varied experiences, providing the reader with an invaluable insight into his journey from school plays to RADA, and from 'It's a Right Royal Knockout' to the Colony Club. Along the way, he reveals the secrets of his success. He discloses how to brush up on and expand your technical and vocal skills, how to nail a professional voiceover, and how to deal with difficult work experience staff in a recording studio. He also reveals the dangers of typecasting, describes the often ruthless struggle for 'top billing', and shares many awesome nuggets of advice. The end result is a book that will inspire and educate anyone who wants to tread the floorboards. It will also inform (and entertain) anybody who simply wants to discover what a jobbing actor's life is actually like.

Author : Constantine Nomikos Vaporis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000280950
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Voices of Early Modern Japan written by Constantine Nomikos Vaporis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this newly revised and updated 2nd edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan, Constantine Nomikos Vaporis offers an accessible collection of annotated historical documents of an extraordinary period in Japanese history, ranging from the unification of warring states under Tokugawa Ieyasu in the early seventeenth century to the overthrow of the shogunate just after the opening of Japan by the West in the mid- nineteenth century. Through close examination of primary sources from "The Great Peace," this fascinating textbook offers fresh insights into the Tokugawa era: its political institutions, rigid class hierarchy, artistic and material culture, religious life, and more, demonstrating what historians can uncover from the words of ordinary people. New features include: • An expanded section on religion, morality and ethics; • A new selection of maps and visual documents; • Sources from government documents and household records to diaries and personal correspondence, translated and examined in light of the latest scholarship; • Updated references for student projects and research assignments. The first edition of Voices of Early Modern Japan was the winner of the 2013 Franklin R. Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials. This fully revised textbook will prove a comprehensive resource for teachers and students of East Asian Studies, history, culture, and anthropology.

Author : Kikue Yamakawa
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804731492
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women of the Mito Domain written by Kikue Yamakawa and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the recollection of the author's mother, other relatives, and family records, this is a vivid picture of the everyday life of a samurai household in the last years of the Tokugawa period.

Author : Karen H. Ebert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Author : Greta Olson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317214552
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Gender written by Greta Olson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars and activists often narrate the history of gender and feminism as a progression of "waves," said to mark high points of innovation in theory and moments of political breakthrough. Arguing for the notion of multiple futurities over that of progressive waves, Beyond Gender combines theoretical work with practical applications to provide an advanced introduction to contemporary feminist and sexuality research and advocacy. This comprehensive monograph documents the diversification of gender-related disciplines and struggles, arguing for a multidisciplinary approach to issues formerly subsumed under the unified field of gender studies. Split into two parts, the volume demonstrates how the notion of gender has been criticized by various theories pertaining to masculinity, feminism, and sexuality, and also illustrates how the binary and hierarchical ordering system of gender has been troubled or overcome in practice: in queer performance, legal critique, the classroom, and textual analysis. Taking a fresh approach to contemporary debates in feminist and sexuality studies, Beyond Gender will appeal to undergraduate students interested in fields such as Feminism and Sexuality Studies, Gender Studies, Feminist Theory, and Masculinity Studies.