Japanese civilization in the modern world.
Contributors: Umesao, Tadao, 1920-; Befu, Harumi.; Kreiner, Josef.; Westney, D. Eleanor.; Matsubara, Masatake, 1942-; Lewis, Catherine C.; Kurita, Yasuyuki, 1939-; Hardacre, Helen, 1949-; Nakamaki, Hirochika, 1947-; Bartholomew, James R., 1941-; Sugita, Shigeharu, 1939-; Fujitani, Takashi.; Kurimoto, Eisei.; Kubo, Masatoshi.; Lockyer, Angus.; Yoskida, Kenji.; Kokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan.
Series: Senri ethnological studies -- no. 16, 19, 25-26, 28-29, 34, 38, 40, 46, 51-52, 54
Publisher: National Museum of Ethnology
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Suita, Osaka, Japan
Language: eng
Subjects: Japan -- Civilization -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: A series of international symposia.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: [1]. Life and society / edited by Tadao Umesao, Harumi Befu, Josef Kreiner.; value: 2. Cities and urbanization / edited by Tadao Umesao ... [et al.].; value: 3. Administrative organizations / edited by Tadao Umesao, D. Eleanor Westney, Masatake Matsubara.; value: 4. Economic institutions.; value: 5. Culturedness / edited by Tadao Umesao, Catherine C. Lewis, Yasuyuki Kurita.; value: 6. Religion / edited by Tadao Umesao, Helen Hardacre, Hirochika Nakamaki.; value: 7. Language, literacy, and writing.; value: 9. Tourism.; value: 10. Technology / edited by Tadao Umesao, James R. Bartholomew, Shigeharu Sugita.; value: 11. Amusement.; value: 14. Comparative studies of information and communication / edited by Umesao Tadao, William W. Kelly, Kubo Masatoshi.; value: 16. Nation-State and empire / edited by Tadao Umeasao, Takashi Fujitani, Eisei Kurimoto.; value: 17. Collection and representation / edited by Tadao Umesao, Angus Lockyer, Kenji Yoshida.