The Japanese Bath

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Gibbs Smith, 2001 - 96 páginas

In the West, a bath is a place one goes to cleanse the body. In Japan, one goes there to cleanse the soul. Bathing in Japan is about much more than cleanliness: it is about family and community. It is about being alone and contemplative, time to watch the moon rise above the garden.

Along with sixty full-color illustrations of the light and airy baths themselves, The Japanese Bath, delves into the aesthetic of bathing Japanese style and the innate beauty of the steps surrounding the process. The authors explain how to create a Japanese bath in your own home. A Zen meditation, the Japanese bath, indeed, cleanses the soul, and one emerges refreshed, renewed, and serene.

 

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Acknowledgments
6
Introduction
9
Bathing
11
Entry
13
The Datsuiba
21
The Outside within the Inside
23
Created Scenery
31
Color
40
Without Silence
46
Bathing Japanese Style
51
With and Without Clothing 59 The Time of the
55
Materials
71
About Wood
73
The Tools of Bathing
83
Bathing Together
89
Glossary
90

With Darkness and Without
43
Yuagari after bath and Yusuzumi enjoying the cool of the evening
45
Resources
92
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Acerca del autor (2001)

Bruce Smith lover of history and historical writing, write on the Arts and Crafts movement, bungalows, craft, and food. Smith was the editor of American Bungalow News and associate editor of American Bungalow magazine. Smith co-owns The Arts and Crafts Press in Berkeley, California, publishers of The Tabby: A Chronicle of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Yoshiko Yamamoto, lover of history and historical writing, write on the Arts and Crafts movement, bungalows, craft, and food. Yamamoto is both a student of life and of history. Yamamoto co-owns The Arts and Crafts Press in Berkely, California, publishers of The Tabby: A Chronicle of the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Información bibliográfica

TítuloThe Japanese Bath
AutoresBruce Smith, Yoshiko Yamamoto
Ediciónilustrada
EditorGibbs Smith, 2001
ISBN158685027X, 9781586850272
Largo96 páginas
  
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