Ukiyo-e: The Easy Way to Read, Listen, and Learn from Japanese History and Stories

Perfect for upper beginner students of Japanese. This affordable Japanese history reader contains three essays on the Japanese art style Ukiyo-e.

Read three essays on Japan's most famous contribution to the world of art, ukiyo-e. Learn about the history, famous ukiyo-e masters, and the influence it had on Western art.

Ukiyo-e Part I About Ukiyo-e

Ukiyo-e Part II About the Artists

Ukiyo-e Part III Influence on Western Art

Get FREE Sound Files of the stories read by a native Japanese speaker. Listen while reading. The link to the MP3s is found within. Each story has two MP3 versions: Read Slowly & Normal Speed

Get FREE Anki Flashcard decks of all the vocabulary in the essays.

Read--in Japanese--about the amazing history and world-wide influence of ukiyo-e. Yes, you can read real Japanese--even if you are fairly new to Japanese.

FEATURES:

All Japanese have furigana those starting out with kanji. (in the running gloss section)

Every sentence is broken down word-for-word and with explanation of the grammar.

The full story in Japanese only (without the running gloss) is also provided so you can practice reading without interruption.

Kanji in Focus covers the key kanji found in each essay

Finally, we have included a simple and mostly literal English translation for you to check your understanding (Don't cheat! Work through the Japanese first!).

Download the FREE MP3s to listen while you study. Includes both normal speed and slow speed readings.

Download the FREE Anki flashcard decks to master the vocabulary -- most with sound and pitch accent diagrams

While beginners to Japanese can get a lot from this, hiragana knowledge is required, and we recommend a solid understanding of basic Japanese grammar and sentence structure first.

Finally, we invite the reader to contact us with questions or requests for future Japanese readers. You will find our personal email addresses in the book. To your Japanese!

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Release date

E-bog: 16. januar 2024