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conversations.value: a description for a book titled Japan the Art of Living about Japan, Longtime, Shin with the genre: Crafts, Hobbies & Home, Home Improvement & Design
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conversations.value: Longtime Japan resident the author and photographer Shin Kimura have created a fascinating and educational masterpiece in Japan: The Art of Living. More than 300 pictures of rooms, furniture, table arrangements, stylish windows, and more enliven its pages as they guide the reader on a "photographic tour of exquisite homes in the Tokyo area, focusing on... antiques and folk crafts."
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conversations.value: the first five paragraphs for this book
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conversations.value: Japan the Art of Living
  Stern, Harold P. Birds, Beasts, Blossoms, and Bugs: The Nature of Japan. New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1976.
  Tanizaki, Junichiro. In Praise of Shadows. Tokyo and Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1984.
  Watson, William, ed. The Great Japan Exhibition, Art of the Edo Period, 1600-1868. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1981-82.
  Yagi, Koji. A Japanese Touch for Your Home. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982.
  Yoshida, Mitsukuni, et. al. Japan Style. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1980.
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conversations.value: Yagi, Koji. A Japanese Touch for Your Home. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1982.
  Yoshida, Mitsukuni, et. al. Japan Style. Tokyo, New York, San Francisco: Kodansha International Ltd., 1980.
  Italicized numbers indicate pages containing definitions or other information in text; roman numbers indicate pages with photographs.
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conversations.value: the last four paragraphs
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conversations.value: Nishijin area of Kyoto that became established as a weaving center; also, the brocade produced there 82
  Noguchi, lsamu Japanese-American artist, primarily a sculptor but also the creator of the Akari light 16-17
  Rinpa school of painting begun during the Azuchi-Momoyama period that often used precious materials like gold and silver on screens, fans, etc. 44
  Yanagi, Sōetsu twentieth-century collector and philosopher who founded the folk-craft movement and the Japan Folk Craft Museum 117, 132