Japanese Images of Nature: Cultural Perspectives (NIAS Man and Nature in Asia)
by Pamela J. Asquith, Arne Kalland
Category: Social Science

Documents the great diversity in how people perceive their natural environment and how they come to terms with nature, be it through brute force, rituals or idealization. The main message of the book is that 'nature' and the 'natural' are concepts very much conditioned by their context.