Subjects:  1. Chemistry - Analytic   2. Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical   3. Imprinted polymers   4. Material Science   5. Molecular imprinting   6. Science   7. Science/Mathematics   8. Technology   9. Analytical chemistry   10. Mechanical Engineering & Materials   11. Molecular biology   12. Technology / Material Science   

Customer Reviews (3)

Japanese Dadaist and Zen monk is worth reading
Shinkichi Takahashi's stormy life and spiritual journey are documented in his poetry without a single reference to "I." In early life, he was infected with the spirit of the european dada movement, and his poems reflect that wild spontaneity with surprising images and anti-linear leaps. Some poems also reflect a self-conscious Zen, trying to hit with a Rinzai Zen Master's directness but ringing almost a little preachy. Fascinating poetry thanks to Lucien Stryk, his first translator.

she is soo right (previous review)
If you get ahold of this book, and if it doesn't elude you like a slippery fish, and if the stars are aligned in your favor, and if you are ready to cross the line and fall happily into the abyss, read it. Then throw it back so that some other poor soul can take a look (like me--I lost my out of print copy).

Read this, die fulfilled.
This book has affected my life in the most profound yet subtle way-however cheesy that sounds, I don't care. Es muy verdad. Besides, what else do you have to do...play on the computer? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1901-   2. Asian   3. Buddhism - Zen   4. Japanese Poetry   5. Poetry   6. Takahashi, Shinkichi,   7. Translations into English   8. Zen poetry, Japanese   

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A Classic that Transcends Culture
Takashi's The Soil is an enrapturing gallery of tribulation, pathos, and the fortitude of the human spirit. It does not merely have value as an educational tool for the Japanese historian, but also as an inspirational primer on humanity and mortality. Takashi's vivid portrayal of Meiji Era Japanese culture ties seamlessly with his seemingly effortless chronicles of nature to create a world where mankind is religiously tied to the ground he stands on.

I purchased this book for a Japanese history course, and it is the only one that I refused to sell back to the campus bookstore at the end of the semester.

Moving, Sensitive, but Pragmatic
Takashi's portrayal of the rigorous life lead by Meiji-era Japanese farmers is so vivid and realistic that this book was selected by the University of Maryland, Asian Division history department as a supplemental text in the Japanese history class. The professor promised it would be a excellent read. He was right! Emotional and visual, the book makes the reader a part of the Meiji world. Yet, as sublime as the work is at moments, there are other moments when it is suprisingly harsh in the presentation of life's hard realities. After I returned the text to the university, I had to buy a copy for my own library. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fiction - General   2. General   3. Japanese Novel And Short Story   4. Literature: Folklore/Mythology   

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The Best
I have number of KI books and would like to tell you that this one is the best by far. It is not a book that you just read, this one you will need to study. I know that Mr Yoshikawa has had a school of KI-ology in New York and would like to find out more about his work.

Excellent guide to directiology
There are some books of Feng Shui and 9star Ki on the market. Takashi's book show and explain compatibility between different types of people from 9star Ki point of view, and is the only one I know with exact explanation of directiology - effects when someone is moving toward some direction, how to escape and minimaze effect we don't want.

I have many books of 9star KI and this one is one of two I'm never without. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Astrology - General   2. Body, Mind & Spirit   3. Divination   4. Feng Shui   5. New Age   6. New Age / Parapsychology   7. Occultism   8. Reincarnation   9. Symbolism of numbers   

Subjects:  1. 1989-   2. Asia   3. Foreign relations   4. International Relations - General   5. Japan   6. National security   7. Political Freedom & Security - International Secur   8. Political Science   9. Politics - Current Events   10. Politics/International Relations   11. United States   12. International relations   13. Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000   14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Science/Mathematics   2. System analysis   3. Systems Engineering   

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Much, much more than a book of FACTS.
Certainly this book is "about" the following: Pima Indians Ethnobotany Gila River Valley (N.M. and Ar Native American Anthropology Nature / Field Guide Books Science Botany Native American Studies - Tribes Plants...

...but it is really a glowing absorption of the essences of life as only those who still live in what's left of this earth's eden can truly and fully know. Rea perhaps brings this through to the reader better than any writer, poet, or other artist in history. This book is not just a "gem" or some other catchy adjective from the "How to Review a Book" manual--it is a true treasure, a legacy more valuable to the priceless "things" of life than all the dusty gold from King Tut's tomb. It is a ocean of pearls cast before the multitudes, hoping, perhaps, to snare a fertile, vigorous mind or two... You will laugh deeply. You will cry unrepentantly. You will revel in the invigorating joy of discovery. No matter who you are or how you make your way in this world, the spirit of this book will touch that secret something in you that you thought you would never find anywhere else...

Winner of prestigious Klinger Book Award
I just want to let people know that At the Desert's Green Edge was awarded the Klinger Book Award by the Society for Economic Botany. This is according to an announcement in the members' publication for the San Diego Natural History Museum, where Dr. Rea is a research associate. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General   2. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes   3. Ethnobotany   4. Gila River Valley (N.M. and Ar   5. Gila River Valley (N.M. and Ariz.)   6. Life Sciences - Botany   7. Native American Anthropology   8. Nature / Field Guide Books   9. Pima Indians   10. Plants - General   11. Social Science   12. Sociology   

Subjects:  1. Applied   2. Calculus   3. Mathematical analysis   4. Mathematics   5. Science/Mathematics   

Subjects:  1. Personal Growth - General   2. Self-Help   

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One bath/after another/how stupid. (Isso)
This is a nice collection of Chinese and Japanese poetry in English translation--not only haiku, but all the works are haiku-esque in their brevity and style. After an excellent introduction explaining the Zen aesthetic of suggestion rather than depiction come four sections of poetry in English translation: Chinese Poems of Enlightenment and Death; Poems of the Japanese Zen Masters; Japanese Haiku; and Shikichi Takahashi, Contemporary Japanese Master. The poems are complemented by 14 black and white reproductions of Eastern paintings also demonstating the Zen influence in which detail is suggested rather than portrayed.

One might quibble about what is missing--apparently nothing from China after the southern Sung dynasty, or about the proportions of Japanese to Chinese work, or the inclusion of so much by a single modern master. But to do so would be to miss the point, and certainly to fail to bring a Zen sensibility to the collection as a whole. And here the introduction is invaluable--not only in explaining the selection made, but more importantly discussing the sensibility required. Certainly, for many Westerners, Zen is at best inscrutable and at worst commonplace; and they may see a haiku like Onitsura's likewise: Autumn wind--/across the fields/faces. Lucien Stryk has a very nifty comparison of this haiku with a short poem of Ezra Pound's which reveals its immediacy, and suggests an approach of thought that is absolutely necessary to the understanding of this poetry. All in all, a very worthwhile product. ... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Haiku   2. Japanese poetry   3. Poetry   4. Translations into English   5. Zen poetry   6. Japanese   7. Poetry texts & anthologies   8. Zen Buddhism   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Conservation & Protection - General   2. Environmental aspects   3. Industrial management   4. Japan   5. Nature   6. Nature/Ecology   7. Total quality management   

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A book that is great to look at but to read....
The artists featured in "The Japanese Experience: Inevitable" are artists that I have come to enjoy from seeing their art in magazines such as "Giant Robot" and other publications. As a purveyor of art in Europe and especially in Asia, the art presented in this book is quite amazing. The book features fine artists in Japan and the copy is featured in English and Jerman.

As much as I enjoyed looking at the book, reading the book is a different story. As much as I enjoy cultural literacy and learning new words, upon reading this book, I felt that Gregor Janse may be a bit too cerebral in the words and the way he writes.

The book, while informative, reads like one of those cerebral college books that you just don't want to read. I own so many art books and this book has to be one of the most cerebral and for me that's fine but for others...

By the cover alone, this book is going to attract anime fans and fans of Japanese pop culture but is this book targeting them or the art afficionado?

A book with so much potential and what could have been a fun book to read is more like a scholarly thesis. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century   2. 21st century   3. Art   4. Art & Art Instruction   5. Art, Japanese   6. Asian   7. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General   8. Exhibitions   9. History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)   10. Influence   11. Pop art   12. Popular Culture - General   

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I don't agree with all its conclusions, but
...I can't argue with thee diligence of the scholars who contributed to this volume.

Readers should be warned. If this is your first attempt at studying industrial history, it is difficult going. It is not really "economics" in the usual way. Nor is it history as you have usually read it.

It is a series of case studies about the industrial development of nations all over the world, aimed at supporting some very controversial theses about what does and what does not work toward that end. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Big business   2. Business / Economics / Finance   3. Case studies   4. Economic History   5. Exports & Imports   6. History   7. History: World   8. Industries - General   9. National income   10. World - General   11. 20th century   12. Big business--History--Case studies   13. History / World   14. National income--History--Case studies   15. Ownership & organization of enterprises   16. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic   2. Engineering - Mechanical   3. Microprocessors   4. Science/Mathematics   5. Stepping motors   6. Technology & Industrial Arts   7. Computer architecture & logic design   8. Electric motors   

Subjects:  1. Breathing exercises   2. Therapeutic use   3. Therapeutics (Specific Aspects)   

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Bells of Nagasaki
We all know the tragedy from World War II when Atomic bomb was exploded over Hirochima nd Nagasaki. It leaded to a indescribable loss. People loss their lives and suffer from many illness.
This is the very book that is written by the one who was really in the event.. Mr. Takashi Nagai is one of the doctors who try to save the survivors and cure the patiences. It is a very tough loss for all Japanease people. So this is a book that is so toughing and very insightful.
Why this book get only 3 stars !!!
My reason to rate this book only 3 because the writhing style. This book is too emotional. It is really too much. The fact of the event isn't combined with the feeling in a very proper ratios and it leads to be a too depressive book.
But rather than this, I still recommend this book to anyone. If U leave the too-emotional part out. U will get the very true story about a group of people who fight the unfightable, who try to do their best to help other injured. On top of that, this is the story that will remind us that "No Moer War" please.

TOUCHING AND HEART FELT STORY
a Japanese friend of mine was born in nagasaki and her birth was just after the war her mother has suffered alot from the after affects of this terrible tragidy of nuclear bombing and my friend gave me this story to read. I was moved to tearsseveral times from the accounts in the book.

Christian view of Nagasaki bomb by victim
The author's friends, colleagues and wife were killed instantly by the atomic bomb and he died of injuries after a few years leaving his children orphans. He was a Christian, a part of the Nagasaki Christian community which had experienced persecution from the time the Portuguese brought Christianity to the city. His view of God's provision as it relates to the horror of the bomb is very profound. I wish the book had provided supplementary information regarding the author's life and the Christian community in Nagasaki. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography   2. Biography / Autobiography   3. Biography/Autobiography   4. Historical - General   5. Military   6. Nuclear Warfare   

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It's all in the poems!
THE CRANE'S BILL : Zen Poems of China and Japan. Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto with the assistance of Taigan Takayama, Zen Master. 143 pp. New York : Grove Press, 1973 and Reprinted.

Zen poetry is one of the glories of Zen, and yet few in the West seem to care or even know about it. Though undoubtedly sincere in their efforts to understand Zen, most readers seem drawn to prose treatises or explications or analyses of one sort or another, while overlooking the fact that, as Taigan Takayama expresses it : "Zen detests conceptualization" (page xi). Tenzan Yasuda has expressed the same idea this way : "What expresses cosmic truth in the most direct and concise way - that is the heart of Zen art" (page xxxvii).

The poetry of Zen ranges all the way from the tiny seventeen-syllable haiku of a stupendous poet such as Santoka, which have been beautifully translated by John Stevens (in 'Mountain Tasting : Zen Haiku by Santoka Taneda'), through to the Zen verse treatise, of which the finest example is the Third Patriarch Seng-ts'an's 'Hsin-hsin-ming.' This poem brilliantly captures the essence of Zen in its thirty-one verses, and is a text that deserves to be far better known. Although the present book is devoted to shorter poems, an easily accessible translation of the 'Hsin-hsin-ming' will be found in D. T. Suzuki's 'Manual of Zen Buddhism' ('On Believing in Mind,' pages 76-82).

'Crane's Bill' is a collaborative effort which falls into three parts. First we are given, in a Foreword, Preface, and Introduction, 42 pages of interesting and informative material in which a very persuasive case is made for the fact that we should be reading these poems. Then follow 151 poems on enlightenment, death, and general subjects, drawn from a wide range of Chinese and Japanese writers. The book is rounded out with 48 pages of notes on the poems, though it unfortunately lacks both an index and a conversion table of the Japanized Chinese names

The translations, as might have been expected from the present team, read very well. Here is Poem 1, with my slash marks to indicate line breaks:

"The mountain slopes crawl with lumberjacks, / Axing everything in sight - / Yet crimson flowers / Burn along the stream" (page 5).

Here to provide a comment on Poem 1 is Poem 14:

"Iron will's demanded of / the student of the Way - / It's always on the mind. / Forget all - good, bad. / Suddenly it's yours" (page 10).

Compare this with first verse of the Hsin-hsin-ming, the original Chinese of which may be read as follows:

"To realize the Way is not difficult / If you'd only stop choosing; / Just let go of all of your hate, and love, / And everything will be brilliantly clear."

Do we really need to know more? If you don't believe me, here is Poem 97 from the great Japanese Zen Master Dogen (1200-1253):

"Four and fifty years / I've hung the sky with stars. / Now I leap through - / What shattering!" (page 63).

'Crane's Bill' is an extremely interesting and highly successful collaborative effort which no-one who is seriously interested in Zen can afford to overlook. Because it really is all in the poems!

a must read for the expanding mind
This is in my top ten favorites to read and re-read. I was lucky to have actually find this book laying around, now I feel it has actually found me. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthologies (multiple authors)   2. Asian   3. Buddhism - Zen   4. Chinese Poetry   5. Japanese Poetry   6. Poetry   7. Translations into English   8. Zen Buddhism   9. Zen poetry, Chinese   10. Zen poetry, Japanese   

Subjects:  1. Animals   2. Animals - General   3. Animals - Marine Life   4. Children's 4-8 - Nature   5. Children: Grades 4-6   6. Dolphins   7. Fiction   8. Infancy   9. Juvenile Fiction   10. Nature - General   11. Children's   

Customer Reviews (1)

A Jewel of Thought
A fine beginning in philosophy for the beginning student:Professors McHenry and Yagisawa have done a wonderful job in securing the talents of many esteemed thinkers.Each chapter is written by an expert in that particular area of philosophy.McHenry's own article on "Metaphysics" is a concise and valuable contribution to the literature.The chapter on "Aesthetics" is an excellent summary and presentation of a difficult issue.
This book can be used as a "core text" for thematically-oriented introductory courses or as a supplement to the major works in historical or primary-source type intro. courses.As promised,the book helps beginning students to actually go ahead and "do" philosophy rather than merely learn information about the subject-matter of philosophy.It must also be noted that several of the articles contain little gems of wisdom that are worthwhile for the professor or the advanced student of philosophy as well as for the nonmajor.The book cuts across the normal Anglo-American vs. Continental divide,and can also be used as a back-up resource for Ethics courses and Social/Political Philosophy courses.For professors who must teach complex or advanced ideas to students who have not been required to fulfill prerequistes( such as Introduction to Philosophy),this text fills in the gaps in students' knowledge.This book is an excellent self-study guide for educated laypersons. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. General   2. Introductions   3. Philosophy   4. Philosophy / General   

Subjects:  1. Artificial Intelligence - General   2. Computer Bks - General Information   3. Computer Books: General   4. Computers   5. Robotics   6. Social Aspects - Human-Computer Interaction   7. Technology   8. Computers / Artificial Intelligence