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The Japanese Bath - Smith, Bruce, and Yamamoto, Yoshiko
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In the West, a bath is a place one goes to cleanse the body. In Japan, one goes there to cleanse the soul. Bathing in Japan is about much more than cleanliness: it is about family and community. It is about being alone and contemplative, time to watch the moon rise above the garden. Along with sixty full-color illustrations of the light and airy baths themselves, The Japanese Bath, delves into the aesthetic of bathing Japanese style and the innate beauty of the steps surrounding the process. The authors explain how to ...

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The Japanese Bath 2001, Gibbs Smith Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781586850272

Hardcover