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One Hundred Mountains of Japan
Kyuya Fukada
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Description for One Hundred Mountains of Japan
Paperback. Translator(s): Hood, Martin. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; RGBS; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
“Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan,” writes Fukada Ky?ya in the afterword to this book. “Mountains have played a part in Japanese history since the country's beginnings, and they manifest themselves in every form of art. For mountains have always formed the bedrock of the Japanese soul.”
In One Hundred Mountains of Japan, Fukada pays tribute to his favourite mountains. Originating as a series of magazine articles about a personal selection of mountains, the work became an instant classic when it was first published in book form in 1964.
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“Nowhere in the world do people hold mountains in so much regard as in Japan,” writes Fukada Ky?ya in the afterword to this book. “Mountains have played a part in Japanese history since the country's beginnings, and they manifest themselves in every form of art. For mountains have always formed the bedrock of the Japanese soul.”
In One Hundred Mountains of Japan, Fukada pays tribute to his favourite mountains. Originating as a series of magazine articles about a personal selection of mountains, the work became an instant classic when it was first published in book form in 1964.
... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Hawaii Pr
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824847524
SKU
V9780824847524
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About Kyuya Fukada
While living and working in Japan during the 1990s, Martin Hood visited about a third of the countryAEs One Hundred Mountains. By chance, the first high mountain he climbed was Hakusan, the peak that presides over the birthplace of Fukada Ky?ya , the author of Nihon Hyakumeizan . Now based in Switzerland, he works for an international organization and is ... Read more
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