Exploring Arts and Culture
Exploring Arts and Culture
Books on Japan
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikubu 1008
Kokoro by Soseki Natsume 1914
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories by Yukio Mishima 1956
The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi 1957
Seven Japanese Tales by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki 1963
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho, Noboyuki Yuasa 1974
Shōgun by James Clavell 1975
Almost Transparent Blue by Ryu Murakami 1976
The Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro 1986
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami 1987
The Diving Pool by Yoko Ogawa 1990
Lost Japan by Alex Kerr 1996
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 1997
Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower 1999
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima 2000
I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito 2002
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 2002
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata 2011
Riding the Trains in Japan by Patrick Holland 2012
Building Waves by Taeko Tomioka2012
Strange Weather in Tokyo by Hiromi Kawakami 2014
The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide 2014
Films on Japan
Late Spring (1949)
Rashomon (1950)
Tokyo Story (1953)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Godzilla (1954)
Harakiri (1962)
Tokyo Olympiad (1964)
Shogun (1980)
Tokyo Pop (1988)
Fireworks (1997)
Battle Royale (2000)
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Tokyo Godfathers (2003)
Lost in Translation (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
The Taste Of Tea (2004)
Nobody Knows (2004)
Train Man (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Adrift in Tokyo (2007)
Tokyo Sonata (2008)
Cherry Blossom (2008)
Tokyo! (2008)
Like Someone in Love (2012)
Godzilla (2014)
Website Resources
Further Reading
Art Asia Pacific Almanac- Japan
A Guide To Traditional Japanese Art Forms - The Culture Trip
The Truth Behind Living, Working, Playing and Surviving in Japan- Hypebeast
McDonald, J (2015) Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2015
McDonald, J (2010) Art Setouchi 2010
McDonald, J (2009) Echigo-Tsumari Triennial 2009 & Niigata Water and Land Art Festival