Life of Nobuko
Title
Life of Nobuko
Subtitle
Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015
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ISBN
9781898823889
Format
Hardback
Number of pages
300
Language
English
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Dimensions
18.4 x 26.4 cm
Discipline
Asian Studies
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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.
Editor

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.