The Chrysanthemum and the Fish
Subtitle: Japanese Humor Since the Age of the Shoguns
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
Published: July 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9784770028532
Subjects: Social Science; History and criticism; History - General History; Sociology; Asia - Japan; Popular Culture - General; Cultural studies; Humour; Japan; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Social history; Anthropology - Cultural; Japanese wit and humor
First sentence: Early in 1997 hardened New York critics expressed a gratifying degree of shock at the gross vaudeville humor of the Tokyo Shock Boys.