Modern Proverbs and Proverbial Sayings
β Bartlett Jere Whiting
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1989
π Harvard University Press
π English
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Japanese Proverbs and Sayings
β Scribed by Daniel Crump Buchanan
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Year
- 1965
- Tongue
- English
- Edition
- reprint, revised
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The proverbs and sayings of a people are the best source for understanding their national character. This collection of Japanese proverbs and sayings, the first published in English, provides insight into the complex and, to Westerners, often baffling tenets of Japanese civilization.
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