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Japan Story: In Search of a Nation, 1850 to the Present

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Between the fourth and ninth centuries, Japan's many kingdoms and tribes gradually came to be unified under a centralized government, nominally controlled by the Emperor of Japan.

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In 794, a new imperial capital was established at Heian-kyō (modern Kyoto), marking the beginning of the Heian period, which lasted until 1185.

As creating and using Kamishibai hones speaking, listening, reading and writing skills, they have many cross-curricular applications. It tells the story of a rich family of Osaka gentry at a pivotal time in the 20th century when that particular class of people was becoming outdated and beginning to fade into obscurity. Written by a lady-in-waiting at Japan’s 11th-century imperial court in Heian (modern Kyoto), it tells the story of an impossibly perfect prince, offering along the way a series of razor-sharp observations on the psychological foibles and social failings of those around him. This beefy Japanese short story collection, edited by celebrated translator Jay Rubin (and with an introduction from Haruki Murakami), is a wonderful snapshot of Japan’s literary excellence.

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The protagonist is newly married, and the story explores that man’s strained relationship with his mother before and after his marriage.It’s a cerebral mystery novel, full of concise plotting and sleights of hand, that subverts the whodunnit form. Better known as Lafcadio Hearn, Koizumi Yakumo was to the Japanese ghost story what the Grimm Brothers were to European fairytales: a pioneering collector and publisher of long-lost folklore.

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This originality of style and prose helped Imamura bag the coveted Akutagawa Prize for the book in 2019.

Japan loves house cats, and Natsume Soseki’s I Am a Cat is a satirical ode to the nation’s favorite, and most supercilious, feline. Japanese Story received mixed to positive reviews, currently holding an approval rating of 68% on Rotten Tomatoes.

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This is a fresh and surprising account of Japan's culture from the 'opening up' of the country in the mid-nineteenth century to the present. The subtle strangeness of this neighbourhood is hugely reminiscent of Royston Vasey in The League of Gentlemen: a place full of usual people who behave unusually or are subject to unusual circumstances, be they quietly supernatural, antisocial, or plainly bizarre. Nothing can yet be proved concerning their relationship with the people of the Pre-Ceramic period, but it cannot be asserted that they were entirely unrelated. In Japan Story, I set out to trace the extraordinary influence of these two tales in shaping modern Japan and its image around the world, across a tumultuous century-and-a-half.

These really are the best of Junji Ito, and Shiver is one of the finest Japanese short story collections you can read.

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