Life of Nobuko

Kiyonori Kanasaka (ed.)

Life of Nobuko

Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015

Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan’s leading researcher on the Victorian traveller Isabella Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his ‘Twin Time Travel’ photographic exhibition, shown in many countries – presenting Bird’s descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present.
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Kiyonori Kanasaka

Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan’s leading researcher on Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his ‘Twin Time Travel’ photographic exhibition, shown in many countries – presenting Bird’s descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present.
Title
Life of Nobuko
Subtitle
Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015
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Price
€ 54,95 excl. VAT
ISBN
9781898823889
Format
Hardback
Number of pages
300
Language
English
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Dimensions
18.4 x 26.4 cm
Category
East Asia and North East Asia
Discipline
Asian Studies
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