Terra Nipponica. Hills and the environment of the imagination. 2nd edition, corrected by A. Meshcheryakov

The book of the Japanist and writer Alexander Meshcheryakov (born 1951) is devoted to the perception of the natural habitat in Japanese culture. Based on the analysis of numerous sources, for the first time in world Japanese, the author traces the evolution of views on nature throughout Japanese history. In the focus of the book - ideas about the size and quality of the environment, the influence of natural disasters on the picture of the world, models of nature, presented in poetry, gardens, philosophical treatises, and journalism. The most important problem is the consideration of nature as a means of self -identification of the Japanese. The author convincingly demonstrates that the ideas about nature are changing much faster than it is.

The book is intended for everyone who is interested in the history and culture of Japan.