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Japan Studies: Japanese Folklore : Material Culture / Foodways
Library Catalog
Browsing topics (subject headings) can be helpful: try "Cooking, Japanese" and select "English" in the language option--you will get 27 hits.
Here are some other topics (subject headings) that are useful for food-related research:
Foodways
Japanese Foodways, Past and Present by
Call Number: TX724.5 J3 J39 2010
Modern Japanese Cuisine : food, power and national identity by Call Number: GT2853 J3 C85 2006
The History and Culture of Japanese Food by Call Number: GT2853 J3 I83 2001
The Essence of Japanese Cuisine by Call Number: TX724.5 J3 A87 2000
Naorai : communion of the table by Call Number: GT2853 J2 N3 1989
Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia by Call Number: GT2853 C6 C42 2001Contains "The Domestication of Chinese Foodways in Contemporary Japan: Ramen and Peking Duck" by Tamotsu Aoki.
Food and Fantasy in Early Modern Japan by Call Number: TX724.5 J3 R38 2010
Art Library
Books on crafts/arts and architecture are mainly held at Kohler Art Library. Type "architecture Japan" or "crafts Japan" in the search column to see more titles.
Arts and Crafts
AVAILABLE AT ART LIBRARY
Japanese Cabinetry: the art & craft of tansu by Call Number: NK2725 J33 2002 (Oversize)Japanese Crafts: a complete guide to today's traditional handmade objects by
Call Number: NK1071 J375 2001
Japan Crafts Sourcebook : a guide to today's traditional handmade objects by Call Number: NK1071 J336 1996 (Ref; non-circ)
The Craft of the Japanese Sword by Call Number: U856 J3 K37 1987- Folk-crafts in Japan byCall Number: W67 Y117 Cutter
- The traditional crafts of Japan byCall Number: NK1071 T72 1992 (Oversize)
- The netsuke of Japan; illustrating legends, history, folklore, & customs byCall Number: NK6050 R9
- Mingei: masterpieces of Japanese folkcraftCall Number: NK1071 M55 1991 (Oversize)ISBN: 9784770015822Mostly photos; good brief introductory articles
Architecture
AVAILABLE AT ART LIBRARY
Japan-Ness in Architecture by Call Number: NA1550 I78 2006The Art and Architecture of Japan by
Call Number: N7350 P3 1981
International Architecture in Interwar Japan: constructing kokusai kenchiku by Call Number: NA1555.5 I58 O83 2009- Traditional domestic architecture of Japan byCall Number: NA7451 I8413
Material Culture
Articles
Befu, Harumi. 1968. "Gift-Giving in a Modernizing Japan." Monumenta Nipponica 23.3/4: 445–56.
Daniels, Inge Maria. 2001. "The 'Untidy' Japanese House." In Home Possessions: Material Culture Behind Closed Doors, ed. Daniel Miller, 201–29. Oxford: Berg.
Glassie, Henry. "Japan.” Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999. 198-221.
Goldstein-Gidoni, Ofra. 2001. "The Making and Marking of the 'Japanese' and the 'Western' in Japanese Contemporary Material Culture." Journal of Material Culture 6.1: 67–90.
Kikuchi, Yuko. 1997. “Hybridity and the Oriental Orientalism of Mingei Theory.” Journal of Design History 10.4: 343–54.
Takahara, Takashi. 2011. "The World of Ogre-tile Making." In The Individual and Tradition: Folklore Perspective, ed. Ray Cashman, Tom Mould, and Pravina Shukla, 170-193. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Books
Gift-Giving in Japan: cash, connections, cosmologies by Call Number: GT3040 J3 R86 2003Re-Made in Japan: everyday life and consumer taste in a changing society by
Call Number: GN635 J2 R36 1992
Consumption and Material Culture in Contemporary Japan by Call Number: HC465 C6 A83 2000
