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Web Links
ToyoMasu
Haiku - a definition with many examples and
a guide on writing your own.
KanjiPage
Jim Breen's kanji - for use on your PC, links
to applications and fonts.
ElectricSamurai
Famous samurai, a photo album of famous shrines
and oriental artwork.
KyotoMuseum
Details of exhibits including an on-line catalogue
of 10,000 images!
JapanGuide
Japanese news, history, travel and general
living information.
Kamon A
project to catalogue the thousands of kamon - family crests.
Kimonos
All about the kimono and other Japanese clothing.
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| Essential reading:
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| Japanese Inn |
Oliver Statler - Published by: Picador
An account of one ancient inn located on the old Tokaido
Road. It covers a 400 year period of social history. |
The Pillow book of
Sei Shonagon |
Translated by Ivan Morris - Published
by: Penguin Classics, 1971 - Life in the Heian
court. An intimate diary of the daily life of nobility through the
eyes of one exceptional court lady. |
| A Book of Five Rings |
Miyamoto Musashi
- Published by: Fontana Paperbacks (Flamingo edition 1984) - This
classic guide to kendo, the art of swordsmanship,
was written in 1645 by the most accomplished swordsman, Musashi. Used
by many as a philosophical approach to life and business. |
| The book of the
Samurai |
Stephen R Turnbull - Published by:
Magna Books, 1986
A history of the warring periods, feuds and political unrest of ancient
Japan. |
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