How to Take a Japanese Bath
Publishing Details
How to Take a Japanese Bath
By (Author) Leonard Koren
Illustrated by Suehiro Maruo
Stone Bridge Press
Stone Bridge Press
21st September 2006
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Hygiene
Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: styles / traditions
306.0952
Physical Properties
40
Width 140mm, Height 178mm, Spine 2mm
71g
Description
An intoxicating, illustrated guide to Japan's ritual of hot-tub bathing.
Since its first publication in 1992, this book has become a curious classic, taking a simple (yet often incorrectly performed) activity and depicting it with a graphic, manga-style edge. In twelve drawings a young Japanese man is shown preparing, rinsing, soaking, communing, relaxing, contemplating-all an encouragement to readers to slow down, ease into the hot water, and enjoy this timeless ritual of purity and release.
Author Bio
San Francisco-based Leonard Koren was trained as an architect. Suehiro Maruo is a well-known manga artist in Tokyo.
