2,200円 Korea und seine Bevölkerung sind geteilt. Ihre Geschichte kann dennoch nur als gemeinsame geschrieben werden: Von der Kolonisierung zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, dem ersten heißen Krieg nach 1945, den geopolitischen Interessen, die den Konflikt geschürt haben, bis zu den Auswirkungen des seit ü...

1,399円 From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power, and the brave North Korean fighter pilot who escaped the prison state and delivered the first MiG-15 into American hands In The Great Leader and the Fighter Pi...

1,858円 A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY By now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing fad. "Gangna...

490円 Korean Culture Series 2 Seowon : The Architecture of Korea's Private Academics This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the private institutions, which were dedicated to higher learning that eventually emerged at the forefront of Neo-Confucianism in Korea. It examines in detail the vari...

490円 Korean Culture Series 1 Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea This book discusses the issues of tradition, modernity, and identity of modern and contemporary art in Korea. Major aspects of the book include Korea’s modernism during the Japanese colonial period, the spread of modernism after the Kor...

827円 Korean Culture Series 11 Confucian Ritual Music of Korea This book describes in detail the history of “The Rite to Royal Ancestors” the general background of Confucian sacrificial music and dance, and the musical characteristics of two types of sacrificial music transmitted in Korea. To help read...

827円 Korean Culture Series 8 Buddhist Sculpture of Korea This book provides a comprehensive overview of the Buddhist sculpture of Korea, from the Three Kingdoms Period through the Joseon Dynasty. Especially, the author provides in-depth descriptions of Buddhist sculpture from the Joseon era and demons...

827円 Korean Culture Series 9 Buddhist Architecture of Korea This book focuses on the role that architecture played in Korea’s Buddhist culture. While life at Buddhist temples and the austere practices of Buddhism can be a matter of spiritual complexity and religious consciousness, this book seeks to e...

827円 Korean Culture Series 3 Palaces of Korea This book introduces the historical background and unique architectural styles of Korea’s palaces, which can be differentiated from the influences of East Asian palace architecture. The book offers descriptions of East Asian capitals and palaces, a brief h...

827円 Korean Culture Series 7 Seasonal Customs of Korea The seasonal customs of Korea are the folk traditions of everyday life that have been repeated annually throughout the ages. As such, the residents of a particular community came to share a uniformity of everyday customs by living within the same ...

827円 Korean Culture Series 14 Korean Court Dance This book provides descriptions, according to period and type, of the court dance performed at festive events of the Royal Court, from the Three Kingdoms period up through the Joseon Dynasty era. There is a particular emphasis on the court dance of the ...

827円 Korean Culture Series 12 Korean Ceramics Korean pottery may not be ornate, nor is it imposing in size, but it is distinguished by its infinite embrace of nature. Through a continued mutual exchange with China, Korea developed a ceramics style that captured the Korean spirit. The uniqueness of Kor...