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(★)(The Last Traces of a Disappearing Way of Life／ Pawnshops and handmade paper, shoe shiners and Shinto jugglers, money rakes and mosquito netting --all these were once a familiar part of daily life in Japan.／ Many elements of that daily life, like the Obon dances and ´oreiboko´ apprenticeships, have no counterpart in any other culture : they are purely unique to Japan. But with the tremendous changes of the modern age, most traces of traditional life in Japan are fast disappearing, soon to be gone forever.／ Still, there are a few holdouts, especially in Japan´s ´shitamachi´, or working-class neighborhoods, where many of the survivors of Japanese crafts, art forms, and festivals are making their last stand.／ ◆Elizabeth Kiritani, an experienced newspaper columnist and long-term ´shitamachi´ resident, set out to record these vanishing phenomena and figures, like the pipe cleaner and the picture-theater man --both of whom are quite likely the last plying their trade.／ Her deft, meticulous accounts and interviews are delightfully illustrated by her husband, an accomplished artist himself.／ ´Vanishing Japan´ will fascinate and educate the visitor and veteran resident alike, presenting a look at a Japan most foreigners (and even many young Japanese) never see.／) |
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