{"product_id":"japanese-portraits-pictures-of-different-people-9780804850537","title":"Japanese Portraits: Pictures of Different People","description":"\u003cb\u003eLongtime resident of Japan and Japanese culture expert Donald Richie shares his private recollections, capturing the personalities of the Japanese people with insight and humor.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Informed by Richie's background in film, this extensive collection of brief written portraits expertly captures the personalities of 54 different Japanese people --some of whom are famous, some notorious, and some unknown. \u003ci\u003eJapanese Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e presents one author's vision of Japanese culture and etiquette through precise, intimate profiles of both the ordinary and extraordinary people that make up this diverse nation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection of individual vignettes presents a view of the Japanese that is entirely unhindered by the various theories about them, and about culture in Japan as a whole. Richie writes, I am writing about people, not 'a people;' a series of portraits of certain Japanese I have known personally, each of whom, being human, is unique. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book depicts Japanese people as complicated, simple, inscrutable, and understandable, like anyone else, yet still individual. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these 54 pieces, you'll meet some household names -- Mishima, Kawabata, Mifune, Kurosawa -- as well as little-known neighborhood figures: the would-be geisha, the ex-boxer turned gangster, the scheming bar madame, and the elderly man dying alone. Among the dozens of others profiled, there are individuals who have in common the fact that they knew the author, and that -- fortunately for us \u0026amp;8212; he knew them.\u003cbr\u003ebr\u0026gt;\u003cb\u003eThese highly personal reminiscences form one of the most original and deeply-felt books on Japanese culture ever to appear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10405784\"\u003eDonald Richie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuttle Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804850537\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0804850534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHO\"\u003ePhotography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHO016000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Portraits \u0026amp; Selfies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PHO\"\u003ePhotography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PHO019000\"\u003eSubjects \u0026amp; Themes | Regional (see also Travel | Pictorials)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS021000\"\u003eAsia | Japan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDonald Richie\u003c\/b\u003e is perhaps best known as the leading Western authority on the Japanese film and has lived in Japan since 1947. Author of the definitive works on Kurosawa and Ozu, his most recent is \u003ci\u003eA Hundred Years of Japanese Film\u003c\/i\u003e. He also writes on other aspects of Japan and is the author of thirty books and dozens of essays. Richie is especially well-known for his travel memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Inland Sea\u003c\/i\u003e which has been adapted into a popular PBS documentary. His best-known collection is \u003ci\u003eThe Donald Richie Reader, \u003c\/i\u003e which contains 50 years of his writings on Japan\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tuttle Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42675335495917,"sku":"9780804850537","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_46f9311e-526a-41d0-86e4-7897b949195c.jpg?v=1649601591","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/japanese-portraits-pictures-of-different-people-9780804850537","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}