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Monthly new acquisitions list – during October 20112011 Sorted by subjectBringingJapanto youCALL NUM: 521.8 SEKHOUSES AND GARDENS OF KYOTO / PHOTOGRAPHY BYAKIHIKO SEKI ; TEXT BY THOMAS DANIELL. PUBLISHER: Tokyo : Tuttle; Enfield : Publishers Group UK[distributor], 2010. ISBN: 978-4-8053-1091-5 PHYSICAL DESC: 224 p. :col., ill. ;25 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in English with place names in Japanese. SUMMARY: Houses and Gardens of Kyoto introduces abroad array of Kyoto's traditional houses from everyperiod of the city's history. They range from summervillas to townhouses, from monumental Buddhist templesto insubstantial garden pavilions, from personal homes totraditional inns. All have their associated outdoor spaces,whether condensed courtyard gardens, picturesquestroll gardens, "dry landscape" stone gardens, or the"borrowed scenery" of distant landscapes.CALL NUM: 728.216 TAKKANJI PAWĀ / TAKEDA SŌUN = KANJI-POWER / SOUUNTAKEDA.| 漢字パワー / 武田双雲 = KANJI-POWER /SOUUN TAKEDA.| EDITION: Shohan.| 初版 .| PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Bī enu enu shinsha, 2009.| 東京 : ビー・エヌ・エヌ新社 , 2009.| ISBN: 978-4-86100-661-6 PHYSICAL DESC: 127 p. :ill. ;28 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in English and Japanese.CALL NUM: 754.9 BUITHE ART OF JAPANESE PAPER : MASKS, LANTERNS,KITES, DOLLS, ORIGAMI / DOMINIQUE BUISSON. PUBLISHER: Paris : Terrail, c1992. ISBN: 2-87939-009-5 PHYSICAL DESC: 223 p. :ill. ;31 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in English.CALL NUM: 767.8 FUJFUJIYAMA ICHIRŌ ZENKYOKUSHŪ [SOUNDRECORDING]| 藤山一郎全曲集 [SOUNDRECORDING].| PUBLISHER: [Tōkyō] : Koromubia Myūjikku Entateinmento,p2004.|[ 東京 ] : コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント, p2004.| PHYSICAL DESC: 1 sound disc (CD)(59 min.) :digital,stereo ;4 3/4 in.+ 1 booklet ([13] p.). Sound Recording LANGUAGE: Soundtrack in Japanese. Text on booklet inJapanese.CALL NUM: 773.4 UDATHE SECRETS OF NOH MASKS / MICHISHIGE UDAKA ;PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHUICHI YAMAGATA. EDITION: 1st ed. PUBLISHER: Tokyo : Kodansha International, 2010. ISBN: 978-4-7700-3095-5 PHYSICAL DESC: 159 p. :ill. (chiefly col.) ;26 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in English. SUMMARY: Noh drama is the quintessence of simplicity.Yet, as an art form Noh drama is highly complex andrichly symbolic. The masks worn by the actors havebeen integral to the work. Traditional Noh masks come tolife in this lavishly photographed introduction to the workof a foremost Noh actor.CALL NUM: 778.21 SONSUICIDE CLUB [VIDEORECORDING] = JISATSU SĀKURU /SCREENPLAY AND STORY BY SION SONO ; DIRECTED BYSION SONO.|SUICIDE CLUB [VIDEORECORDING] = 自殺サークル / SCREENPLAY AND STORY BY SION SONO ;DIRECTED BY SION SONO.| PUBLISHER: [Collingwood, Vic.] : Madman Entertainment,[2010], c2002. PHYSICAL DESC: 1 videodisc (DVD)(99 min.) :sd., col. ;4 3/4in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer;16:9 letterbox wide screen (1.85: 1) presentation;Japanese soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. LANGUAGE: Feature soundtrack in Japanese. OptionalEnglish subtitles. RATING: OFLC rating: R18+, including High impact themeand violence. SUMMARY: A wave of unexplainable suicides sweepsacross Tokyo after 54 smiling high school girls join handsand throw themselves from a subway platform into anoncoming train. The police are baffled as the bloodbathtriggers waves of more suicides across the city. The onlyclues are a mysterious website keeping a morbid tallyand the cryptic phone calls made by a child.CALL NUM: 778.7 SEKYUME O KOWASANAIDĔ! : YUKA O THE DAIETTO! / BUN,SEKIGUCHI YUKA ; E, MITA REIKO.| 夢を壊さないでっ! : ゆかの THE ダイエット! / 文 , 関口祐加 ; 絵 , 三田玲子 .| PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Pado Uimenzu Ofisu, 2009.| 東京 : パド・ウィメンズ・オフィス, 2009.| ISBN: 978-4-904111-45-1 PHYSICAL DESC: 111 p. :ill. ;15 x 21 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in Japanese.CALL NUM: 778.77 CLA 1-1CLANNAD. PART 1, EPISODES 1 TO 12[VIDEORECORDING] = KURANADO / DIRECTOR,TATSUYA ISHIHARA.|CLANNAD. PART 1, EPISODES 1TO 12 [VIDEORECORDING] = クラナド / DIRECTOR,TATSUYA ISHIHARA.| PUBLISHER: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Siren Visual, [2010]. PHYSICAL DESC: 3 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 300 min.) :sd.,col. ;4 3/4 in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL); duallayer; aspecto ratio (1.78:1); full frame original ration;English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanesesoundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. LANGUAGE: Feature soundtrack options in English andJapanese. Optional English subtitles. RATING: OFLC rating: PG.2 2-Nov-11Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library.
Monthly new acquisitions list – during October 20112011 Sorted by subjectBringingJapanto you SUMMARY: "Deals with the social dynamics of high schooland the ennui it fosters, the bruises adolescence leaveson one's psyche and the fear of being forgotten by yourpeers as time ticks by. Central themes are theimportance of family, self esteem and identity amongstthe apparent emotional emptiness of society... A dreamlikesupernatural air converges with a deep-rooted senseof humanity to give Clannad complex emotional impact"--Container.CALL NUM: 778.77 CLA 1-2CLANNAD. PART 2, EPISODES 13 TO 24[VIDEORECORDING] = KURANADO / DIRECTOR,TATSUYA ISHIHARA.|CLANNAD. PART 1, EPISODES 13TO 24 [VIDEORECORDING] = クラナド / DIRECTOR,TATSUYA ISHIHARA.| PUBLISHER: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Siren Visual, [2010]. PHYSICAL DESC: 3 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 300 min.) :sd.,col. ;4 3/4 in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL); duallayer; aspecto ratio (1.78:1); full frame original ration;English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanesesoundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. LANGUAGE: Feature soundtrack options in English andJapanese. Optional English subtitles. RATING: OFLC rating: PG. SUMMARY: Deals with the social dynamics of high schooland the ennui it fosters, the bruises adolescence leaveson one's psyche and the fear of being forgotten by yourpeers as time ticks by. Central themes are theimportance of family, self esteem and identity amongstthe apparent emotional emptiness of society... A dreamlikesupernatural air converges with a deep-rooted senseof humanity to give Clannad complex emotional impact"--Container.CALL NUM: 778.77 CLA 2-1CLANNAD AFTER STORY. PART 1, EPISODES 1 TO 12[VIDEORECORDING] = KURANADO AFUTĀ SUTŌRĪ /DIRECTOR, TATSUYA ISHIHARA.|CLANNAD AFTERSTORY. PART 1, EPISODES 1 TO 12 [VIDEORECORDING]= クラナドアフターストーリー / DIRECTOR,TATSUYA ISHIHARA.| PUBLISHER: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Siren Visual, [2011]. PHYSICAL DESC: 3 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 300 min.) :sd.,col. ;4 3/4 in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL); duallayer; aspecto ratio (1.78:1); full frame original ration;English soundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital, Japanesesoundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. LANGUAGE: Feature soundtrack options in English andJapanese. Optional English subtitles. RATING: OFLC rating: PG. SUMMARY: An alternate path opens up for Tomoya andNagisa as they enter their second semester and headtowards graduation. Beyond school they look forward toa family of their own, though not without facing hardshipsand ultimately tragedy. After Story follows on from theoriginal Clannad series and further expands on thethemes of family, trust and empathy.CALL NUM: 778.77 TATTHE TATAMI GALAXY [VIDEORECORDING] = YOJŌHANSHINWA TAIKEI / [DIRECTED BY MASAAKIYUASA].|THE TATAMI GALAXY [VIDEORECORDING] =四畳半神話大系 / [DIRECTED BY MASAAKI YUASA].| PUBLISHER: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Siren Visual, [2011]. PHYSICAL DESC: 2 videodiscs (DVD)(ca. 270 min.) :sd.,col. ;4 3/4 in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL). LANGUAGE: Feature soundtrack in Japanese. Englishsubtitles. RATING: OFLC rating: M. SUMMARY: "A chance meeting with at a late-night ramenstand causes a nameless university student to dismantlethe pretentious social barriers he has imposed on himself.His friend Ozu (a reckless class-clown who takespleasure in torment) seems to wield a psychic grip ontrouble, and when not cross-dressing or shootingfireworks at crowds of strangers seeks guidance from afamiliar self proclaimed deity. And so a secret societywithin a Chinese restaurant, a seemingly living love doll(which belongs to the most popular deviant on campus),a gum-massage from a dental hygienist, a health foodcult, a mystical tortoise hairbrush and a ramen cart whichmay or may not use cats in their food all seem normal on4.5 tatami mats." -- FROM CONTAINER.CALL NUM: 778.77 WELWELCOME TO IRABU'S OFFICE [VIDEORECORDING] =KŪCHŪ BURANKO / DIRECTOR, KENJINAKAMURA.|WELCOME TO IRABU'S OFFICE[VIDEORECORDING] = 空中ブランコ / DIRECTOR,KENJI NAKAMURA.| PUBLISHER: [South Melbourne, Vic.] : Siren Visual, [2011]. PHYSICAL DESC: 2 videodiscs (DVD)(330 min.) :sd., col. ;43/4 in. Video RecordingDVD (Region 4, PAL); dual layer;(16:9) full frame original ration presentation; Japanesesoundtrack in 2.0 Dolby Digital. LANGUAGE: Soundtrack in Japanese. Subtitles in English. RATING: OFLC rating: M. SUMMARY: Irabu Ichiro is a psychiatrist who lives in acolourful alternate version of Tokyo. Patients would visithim for counselling each perplexed about Dr. Ichiro'sbehaviour. Despite Ichiro's zealous attitude he doessucceed in helping out each of the patients who come tohis office with demented psychedelia.CALL NUM: 809.6 MOTZA DIBĒTO : JIKO SEKININ JIDAI NO SHIKŌ, HYŌGENGIJUTSU / MOTEGI HIDEAKI.|ザ・ディベザ・ディベ-ト : 自己責任時代の思考・表現技術 / 茂木秀昭 .| PUBLISHER: Tōkyō : Chikuma Shobō, 2001.| 東京 : 筑摩書房 ,2001.| ISBN: 4-480-05892-3 PHYSICAL DESC: 220 p. :ill., charts. ;28 cm. Book LANGUAGE: Text in Japanese.CALL NUM: 810.78 JIT 1AJITSURYOKU NIHONGO. 1 : YUTAKA NA GOIHYŌGENRYOKU O MEZASHITE / TŌKYŌ GAIKOKUGO3 2-Nov-11Japan Foundation, Sydney, Library.
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