Strange But True Stories from Japan.
Title:
Strange But True Stories from Japan.
Author:
Seward, Jack.
ISBN:
9781462900305
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (196 pages)
Contents:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Lionhearted Women -- 2 Americans Serving Time in Japanese Prisons -- 3 Phallic Follies -- 4 The Mass Hara-kiri at Kamaura -- 5 A Second Israel? -- 6 An Unusual Character from the Past -- 7 Three Extraordinary Geisha -- 8 Children at War -- 9 One or Two Dozen Tokyo Roses -- 10 Xmas Paint Your Harts -- 11 Manga: The Literature of the Nation? -- 12 The Reincarnation of Jesus Christ in Japan? -- 13 Night Crawling, Eel Traps, and Retreaded Hymens -- 14 Gun Control, Japanese Style -- 15 Alexander Romanov: Grand Duke or Great Comedian? -- 16 Z-Z-Z-Z -- 17 A Kitten Battles the Traffic at the ligura-cho Intersection -- 18 What Food These Morsels Be -- 19 An American Apostate Humanizes the Emperor -- 20 The Supreme Hero of Modern Japan -- 21 The First American Teacher of English in Japan -- 22 Deadly Metal into the Abdomen -- 23 Japan Tests an Atom Bomb.
Abstract:
Strange but True Stories from Japan is a fascinating collection of vignettes, ranging from historical to the personal. Here you will be exposed to the goings-on of Americans serving time in Japanese prisons and the many who claimed the identity of Tokyo Rose. And learn about the bizarre habits of the eels that roam the Chikugo River. In this eclectic and, well, strange, book you'll relive-from a distance-Kamakura's hara-kiri bloodshed and discover the surprising fate of the armless geisha, Tsuma-kichi. Seward also weaves touching memoir pieces between chapters that recount hilarious instances of fractured English and shocking-to-the-average-American Japanese cuisine. Written with an eye and ear for the theatrical and for the rhythm of Japanese life, this delightful but serious romp through modern Japan brings Seward's wide and varied cultural and military background to center stage.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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