{"product_id":"9788496964396","title":"Heroic and gallant Japan","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHeroic and Gallant Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Summary\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work is a unique portrait of early 20th-century Japan, written by the Guatemalan chronicler Enrique Gómez Carrillo following the Russo-Japanese War. Far from being a simple travel diary, the book combines direct observation of daily life in Tokyo with the narration of traditional legends that forged the spirit of a nation. The reader will find a fascinating blend of journalistic chronicle, local color vignettes, and heroic mythology, offering an intimate and literary vision of a country at a key moment in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is it about?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn June 1905, Enrique Gómez Carrillo traveled to the Orient to cover, as a correspondent, the spirit of victorious Japan after the Russo-Japanese War. From that experience comes this book, published in 1912, which goes beyond the chronicles sent to the newspapers. The work is structured in two complementary strands: on one hand, it describes the real life of Meiji-era Japan, with its streets, its \u003cem\u003emusmés\u003c\/em\u003e (young girls), its \u003cem\u003ekurumayas\u003c\/em\u003e (rickshaw pullers), and a surprising visit to a house of prostitution where he hires the services of a mysterious \u003cem\u003eoiran\u003c\/em\u003e. On the other hand, it collects the country's most famous traditional legends, recounting stories of wars, battles, fatal loves, and heroic destinies that explain the nation's character. It is, in essence, a journey both physical and spiritual through a Japan that still preserved its ancestral essence while opening itself to the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMain themes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTravel chronicle and literary journalism from the early 20th century.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eSocial and local-color portrait of Meiji-era Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eTraditional Japanese mythology and legends regarding honor, love, and war.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe contrast between modernization and ancestral traditions in 1905 Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eThe view of a Spanish-American intellectual on an exotic and fascinating culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho is it recommended for?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is recommended for readers interested in travel literature with a literary and personal focus, as well as those seeking to understand pre-World War II Japan from a historical and cultural perspective. It is also an ideal read for lovers of classic journalistic chronicles and for those who enjoy Japanese legends and folklore narrated with elegant prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat this book provides\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eAn authentic window into the daily life and customs of 1905 Japan, narrated by a direct witness.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA collection of traditional Japanese legends that explain the origin of the heroic and gallant spirit of its culture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA work that combines travel journalism with literary narrative, offering a rich and immersive reading experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003eA unique perspective from a Central American writer at a crucial historical moment for Japan.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eData sheet\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gómez Carrillo, E.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ediciones del Viento, S.L.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Spanish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Literature and literary studies, Modern and contemporary fiction, Travel literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eCollection:\u003c\/strong\u003e Viento Simún\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 2009\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 333 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEditorial review\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a fundamental work within Spanish-language travel literature about Japan. Its value lies in the author's ability to fuse journalistic observation with legendary narrative, offering a doubly valuable testimony: as a historical document of an era and as a literary piece of great sensitivity. For the modern reader, it represents an opportunity to explore a Japan that no longer exists, filtered through the cultivated and curious gaze of an exceptional chronicler.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EDICIONES DEL VIENTO, S.L.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53407624069467,"sku":"9788496964396","price":16.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/0650\/6331\/files\/978849696439.jpg?v=1781858043","url":"https:\/\/kalamobooks.com\/en\/products\/9788496964396","provider":"Kalamo Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}