Tatsu the Dragon

Tatsu the Dragon
Author: Helen Van Aken
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2015-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1462912915

This multicultural children's book tells a mythical Japanese tale about dragons and adventure. Tatsu wasn't a real dragon. Jiro and Zenji made him for a festival parade, out of bamboo hoops and cloth. But as soon as he was finished, he began to feel like a real dragon, even though he didn't have any wings. When the magic balloon man blew him up so he could slither around, and gave him a tin horn for a voice, Tatsu thought it was time for him to go out and rescue a beautiful maiden in distress. That was how he met Kiku and the wicked Chief Executioner; and how, in the end, he got his wings. Young readers can follow Tatsu on his adventures all over Japan, from the Fire Festival on an island in the Inland Sea (where he was mistaken for a fire demon), to the top of an erupting volcano, in an exciting story set in the authentic Japan of feudal times.

We Japanese

We Japanese
Author: Frederick De_Garis
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136183671

'We Japanese', is a collection of answers to questions that the author as a hotel manager in Japan has answered for hotel guests over the years. He was the manager for over 28 years at the Fujiya Hotel at Miyanoshita. These are naturally questions concerning those things which are different in Japan from the countries from which the visitors come. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

An Instinct for Dragons

An Instinct for Dragons
Author: David E. Jones
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2016-05-06
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134951329

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Japanese Names and How To Read Them

Japanese Names and How To Read Them
Author: Albert J. Koop
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2013-09-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136214429

First published in 2005. This concise and comprehensive guide to the reading and interpretation of Japanese proper names, dates and other formal expressions was first published in 1923. Intended for the use of art collectors and students who wish to find the identity of signatures in Japanese ideographs, the book offers instructions on counting the strokes of a character, analysing sounds, predicting consonantal and vowel changes, reading dates, and analysing signatures. Also included are listings of Emperors, personages, and provinces, an index of names, and a dictionary of characters used in names.

Dragons and Unicorns

Dragons and Unicorns
Author: Paul Johnsgard
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1992-10-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312084998

Describes the physical features and behaviors of dragons and unicorns

Giants Monsters and Dragons

Giants Monsters and Dragons
Author: Carol Rose
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2001-12-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780393322118

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that describe the imaginary creatures found in legends, religions, folklore, oral history, and theologies around the world.

Romaji-English Japanese Bonsai Terms and Tree Names

Romaji-English Japanese Bonsai Terms and Tree Names
Author: Robert Z. Callaham
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2012-08-24
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1300123087

During their work, bonsai artists often encounter Romanized Japanese Kanji terms. English equivalents of these terms are published by many bonsai authorities. Their word-lists and glossaries were copied into a computer (with credit given to authors). In this booklet terms are listed both alphabetically, in a glossary, and under 25 subject headings familiar to bonsai artisans. Scientific and common names of trees and lesser plants are provided.

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema

The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Cinema
Author: Daisuke Miyao
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199731667

This book provides a multifaceted single-volume account of Japanese cinema. It addresses productive debates about what Japanese cinema is, where Japanese cinema is, as well as what and where Japanese cinema studies is, at the so-called period of crisis of national boundary under globalization and the so-called period of crisis of cinema under digitalization.