A Memoir of Tōru Takemitsu
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Asaka Takemitsu
Categories: Composers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:

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Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996) was the first Japanese composer to receive international recognition in the field of classical music, and is now widely regarded as o
Confronting Silence
Language: en
Pages: 180
Authors: Toru Takemitsu
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-01 - Publisher: Scarecrow Press

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In these writings, available here in English for the first time, the distinguished Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu reflects on his contemporaries, including Jo
The Last Samurai
Language: en
Pages: 222
Authors: Mark Ravina
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-29 - Publisher: Wiley + ORM

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The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated ge
Never Let Me Go
Language: en
Pages: 274
Authors: Kazuo Ishiguro
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-19 - Publisher: Vintage Canada

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NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • The moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic from the acclaimed author of The Remains of the Day and Klara and the Sun
Japanese Counterculture
Language: en
Pages: 251
Authors: Steven C. Ridgely
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

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Explores the significant impact of this countercultural figure of postwar Japan.