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Item Information       Summary     More Content     More by this author     Dougill, John.     Subjects     Kyoto (Japan) -- Intellectual life.     Kyoto (Japan) -- History.     Kyoto (Japan) -- Civilization.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dougill, John.       by title:      Kyoto [electronic re...         MARC Display

Kyoto [electronic resource] : a cultural and literary history / John Dougill. by Dougill, John. [United States] : Andrews UK : Made available through hoopla, 2015. Subjects Kyoto (Japan) -- Intellectual life.   Kyoto (Japan) -- History.   Kyoto (Japan) -- Civilization. Electronic Resource http://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=50&titleID=2327643 This title is available online; click here to access Electronic Resource http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=74ba6fe3-3c02-41e9-b1fe-5f43af518fb8&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Electronic Resource http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-100/2051-1/{74BA6FE3-3C02-41E9-B1FE-5F43AF518FB8}Img100.jpg ISBN:  9781909930285 (electronic bk.) 1909930288 (electronic bk.) Series:  Cities of the imagination. Description:  1 online resource. Requests:  0 Summary:  Kyoto, the ancient former capital of Japan, breathes history and mystery. Its temples, gardens and palaces are testimony to many centuries of aristocratic and religious grandeur. Under the veneer of modernity, the city remains filled with countless reminders of a proud past. John Dougill explores this most venerable of Japanese cities, revealing the spirit of place and the individuals that have shaped its often dramatic history. Courtiers and courtesans, poets and priests, samurai and geisha people the pages of his account. Covering twelve centuries in all, the book not only provides a historical overview but brings to life the cultural magnificence of the city of "Purple Hills and Crystal Streams". City of Power: The seat of aristocrats and warriors; military might and spiritual authority; unification and the transition to modernity. City of Ritual: Buddhist sects and Shinto festivals; tea ceremony; the role of the geisha; the influence of Zen. City of Arts: Poetry and fiction; architecture and garden design; Heian verse and Noh theatre; art and handicrafts; the Japanese Hollywood.   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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