The Kimono Mind

by Bernard Rudofsky and Rudofsky

Book Overview

This listing is for The Kimono Mind: An Informal Guiide To Japan And The Japanese by Bernard Rudofsky, published by Charles E. Tuttle Co., First Printing, 1971. Paperback has glossy, pictorial stiff... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B000OL5JMY
• Release Date: January 1965
• Publisher: DOUBLEDAY & CO INC
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Guide to the Japanese Mind

First published in 1965 this is a book about the history and culture of Japan. Bernard Rudofsky writes about the importance of rice, how the Japanese act on trains, the taste of the Japanese being shaped by the laws about dress and manners, their complex language, bathing as a passion of Japan, about the beauty of Japanese inns and how the Japanese handle summer (which is a more important topic than you may think). This book is delightful and something to read on a rainy day. People who want to see a snapshot of Japan in the 1960s or enjoy Yasujiro Ozu films should buy up this book, used or new.