Корни Японии. От тануки до кабуки

Aleksandr Raevskiĭ - istorik-i͡aponist, kandidat psikhologicheskikh nauk, dot͡sent Universiteta Tokhoku (I͡Aponii͡a). Okonchil Institut stran Azii i Afriki MGU im. M.V. Lomonosova, zashchitil kandidatskui͡u dissertat͡sii͡u o religioznoĭ sekte 'Aum Sinrikë'. V 2019 godu pereekhal v I͡Aponii͡u, gde zhivët i rabotaet do sikh por.Pered vami - vtorai͡a chastʹ knigi 'I͡A poni͡al I͡Aponii͡u', prodolzhai͡ushchai͡a rasskaz o zagadochnoĭ ostrovnoĭ strane, pokorivsheĭ vesʹ mir svoeĭ udivitelʹnoĭ kulʹturoĭ. Kak i v pervoĭ knige, iz ogromnogo massiva nauchnoĭ informat͡sii o I͡Aponii vybrano lishʹ samoe vazhnoe i interesnoe, a akademicheskie znanii͡a izlozheny zhivym i lëgkim i͡azykom, chtoby sdelatʹ znakomstvo s ėtoĭ stranoĭ maksimalʹno uvlekatelʹnym i pomochʹ chitateli͡u poni͡atʹ i poli͡ubitʹ eë.Ėta kniga dli͡a tekh, kto uzhe nemnogo pogruzilsi͡a v istorii͡u i obychai I͡Aponii, no khotel by bolʹshe uznatʹ o sokrytykh v glubine vekov korni͡akh ėtoĭ udivitelʹnoĭ kulʹtury, kotorye sdelali eë takoĭ, kakoĭ my znaem i li͡ubim eë segodni͡a. Na ėtot raz rechʹ poĭdët o religii i ob iskusstve I͡Aponii. Na ėti temy neprosto rassuzhdatʹ, no bez nikh nevozmozhno do kont͡sa poni͡atʹ ėtu stranu.Na stranit͡sakh ėtoĭ knigi vas zhdut:• drevnie bogi, mify o proiskhozhdenii I͡Aponii i strannye religioznye obri͡ady;• oborotni, prividenii͡a, zlobnye dukhi i nechistai͡a sila - chem i͡apont͡sy pugai͡ut sebi͡a ispokon vekov i do nashikh dneĭ;• glavnye ėsteticheskie print͡sipy i͡aponskogo iskusstva - chto dli͡a i͡apont͡sev krasivo i pochemu;• poėticheskie turniry aristokratov i teatralʹnye predstavlenii͡a gornykh otshelʹnikov.Prigotovʹtesʹ: puteshestvie k korni͡am I͡Aponii mozhet bytʹ kuda uvlekatelʹnee, chem vy predpolagali!

Alexander Rayevsky is a Japanese historian, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, associate professor at Tohoku University (Japan). He graduated from the Institute of Asian and African Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University and defended his PhD thesis on the religious sect Aum Shinrikyo. In 2019, he moved to Japan, where he still lives and works.Here is the second part of the book "I understood Japan", which continues the story of a mysterious island country that conquered the whole world with its amazing culture. As in the first book, only the most important and interesting information about Japan is selected from the vast array of scientific information, and academic knowledge is presented in vivid and easy language to make acquaintance with this country as fascinating as possible and help the reader understand and love it.This book is for those who have already immersed themselves a little in the history and customs of Japan, but would like to learn more about the roots of this amazing culture hidden in the depths of the centuries, which made it the way we know and love it today. This time we will talk about religion and the art of Japan. It is not easy to talk about these topics, but without them it is impossible to fully understand this country.The pages of this book are waiting for you:• Ancient gods, myths about the origin of Japan and strange religious rituals;• werewolves, ghosts, evil spirits and evil spirits — how the Japanese have been scaring themselves from time immemorial to the present day;• the main aesthetic principles of Japanese art — what is beautiful for Japanese and why;• poetry tournaments of aristocrats and theatrical performances of mountain hermits.Get ready: a trip to the roots of Japan can be much more exciting than you imagined!