Japan: A ReinterpretationWe envy their efficiency, but who are the sararimen, the corporation warriors who toil away with selfless dedication in their company cubicles? What do the children who spend every evening in "cram schools" really think and feel about their future? An epic and insightful look at the Japanese psyche and soul, revealing a people who now seek to change the very thing that we believe sets them apart: the struggle between individual rights and one's duty towards society. |
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Page 148
... gave the impression that the choices she was making embarrassed her , as if she knew there were better choices but could not make them . Her life as a woman never seemed something she was proud of , something she stood by the way ...
... gave the impression that the choices she was making embarrassed her , as if she knew there were better choices but could not make them . Her life as a woman never seemed something she was proud of , something she stood by the way ...
Page 205
... gave the word prominence . From the time the idea was concocted ( as it was ) late in the Edo era , the essential question was whether it was necessary to consider it unique . The educator Yukichi Fukuzawa thought of kokutai as nothing ...
... gave the word prominence . From the time the idea was concocted ( as it was ) late in the Edo era , the essential question was whether it was necessary to consider it unique . The educator Yukichi Fukuzawa thought of kokutai as nothing ...
Page 252
... gave readers a first taste of interiority - psychological depth . A Japanese critic put it perfectly at the time : “ The characters in most novels these days resemble figures in woodblock prints . The characters in Drifting Clouds ...
... gave readers a first taste of interiority - psychological depth . A Japanese critic put it perfectly at the time : “ The characters in most novels these days resemble figures in woodblock prints . The characters in Drifting Clouds ...
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