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book review
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Monday, August 29, 2011
Book Review: Samurai Swords, A Collector's Guide to Japanese Swords
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I mentioned a long while back that I was growing interested in Nihontou (Nee-hon-toh) 日本刀, or "Japanese swords", and possibly coll...
Monday, June 21, 2010
Book Review: Okimono Kimono
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When I do kimono panels at anime conventions, my goal is to introduce kimono and traditional culture to fans of pop Japanese culture in a ...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
CLAMP's New Kimono Book: Okimono Kimono
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CLAMP is a hugely popular and influential force in the manga/anime world, the creators behind a ton of titles like xxxHolic, Tsubasa Reservi...
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Book Review: The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
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Mark Ravina's The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori (2005) follows one of the last samurai folk heroes in Japan, the...
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Book Review - Japan: Secrets from the Land of the Rising Sun
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The same day I found the excellent Hiroshige print book a little while ago, I also ran across the 2009 book Japan: Secrets from the Land of...
Friday, January 8, 2010
"Snow, Wave, Pine" Book Review: A Thing of Beauty
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Bamboo leaves, piled high with snow, drifting across a green silk kimono. A sword guard made to look like a ring of delicate, open fans. ...
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