ISBN:
9784805310786
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (160 p)
,
ill
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version At Home in Japan : A Foreign Woman's Journey of Discovery
DDC:
305.813/052186092
Keywords:
Otowa, Rebecca
;
Wives Biography
;
Country life
;
Americans Biography
;
Japan Social life and customs
;
Japan Biography
Abstract:
At Home in Japan tells the true story of a foreign woman who has been, for 30 years, the housewife, custodian and chatelaine of a 350-year-old farmhouse in rural Japan. This astonishing book traces a circular path, from the basic physical details of life in the house and village, through relationships with family, neighbors and the natural and supernatural entities with whom the family shares the house. Rebecca Otowa then focuses on her inner life, touching on some of the pivotal memories of her time in Japan, the lessons in. perception that Japan has taught her and, finally, the ways in which
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The House; Life at Home; Family and Neighbors; The Spirit of the House; In the Midst of Nature; Reminiscences; Lessons From Japan; Changes; A Glossary of Japanese Terms;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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