Kyoto & Nara The Soul of Japan
By Philip Sandoz and Toshitaka Morita
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In Kyoto and Nara: The Soul of Japan, their modern state of serenity is well illustrated with depth and distinction in the photographs of Toshitaka Morita. Commentary by Philip Sandoz provides essential background information about the two historic cities.
Following the book's carefully laid-out design, the reader is taken from season to season and from the past to the present in a way that will remind onetime visitors of the peace and calm they experienced in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, in tranquil gardens and elegant inns. Future visitors will find greater reason to finally take the trip they have dreamed of, to walk the worn paths past statues of smiling foxes, rows of red gateways, and roofs of tile shaped like cresting waves.
The seasons, the centuries, and the social state of the country have brought numerous changes to these two former capital cities. Still, Kyoto and Nara possess enough proof of former days of glory that even a first-time visitor will recognize that they are indeed the soul of Japan. In this volume photographer Toshitaka Morita and writer Philip Sandoz have recorded that soul admirably.
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Kyoto & Nara The Soul of Japan - Philip Sandoz
Autumn scene at Tanzan Shrine.
Yakushi-ji in the light of dawn.
Spring greenery surrounds Kiyomizu-dera.
Note: To avoid redundancy, the suffixes-ji and-dera (temple) are used appropriately herein and their translation remains omitted.
Map illustrations by Shigeko Nakayama
Published by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.
of Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan
with editorial offices at
Osaki Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0032
© 1994 by Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc.
All rights reserved
LCC Card No. 93-60523
ISBN: 978-1-4629-0402-0 (ebook)
First edition, 1994
Printed in Singapore
Contents
A visit to the countryside surrounding Nara makes it possible to believe that life has not changed for centuries. Seasons and crops remain the controlling elements of life.
Introduction
Visitors to modern-day Japan tend to be either impressed or depressed, depending on their viewpoints and expectations. Arriving at an international airport in Japan is no different from arriving, say,