| Life of Nobuko: Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary But Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015 Contributor(s): Kanasaka, Kiyonori (Editor) |
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ISBN: 189882388X ISBN-13: 9781898823889 Publisher: Renaissance Books OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2022 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - History | Asia - Japan - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Physical Information: 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan's leading researcher on the Victorian traveller Isabella Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his 'Twin Time Travel' photographic exhibition, shown in many countries - presenting Bird's descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present. |