Authors:Seno Tanaka, Sendo Tanaka, Edwin O. Reischauer,
Publisher: Kodansha International
Keywords: ceremony, tea
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2000-05-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 4770025076
ISBN-13: 9784770025074

In Japan, serving tea is an art and a spiritual discipline. As an art, the tea ceremony is an occasion to appreciate the clean lines of the tea room’s design, the feel of the bowl in the hand, the company of friends, and a simple moment of purity. As a discipline, it has roots in the twelfth century and intimate connections to architecture, landscape gardening, ceramics, painting, flower arrangement, and, of course, Zen Buddhism. Written by contemporary tea masters, The Tea Ceremony takes a clear and comprehensive look at the sources and inspiration of this ancient discipline. The author

Author: Graham Tanaka
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: ignite, economy, revolution, productivity, deflation, digital
Number of Pages: 418
Published: 2003-08-22
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0071376178
ISBN-13: 9780071376174

Praise for Digital Deflation: "Technology, productivity, deflation, and wealth creation. It’s all here, and Graham Tanaka is right on target!" --Lawrence Kudlow, CNBC’s "Kudlow & Cramer." "Whether you’re bullish, bearish or in between, this is an important book for all investors to read!" --Dr. Edward Yardeni, Chief Investment Strategist, Prudential Securities "Once in a great while, an original and thought-provoking book comes along. Digital Deflation is it--a must read!" --Thomas R. Schwarz, former president and COO, Dunkin’ Donuts, Inc.   "Graham Tan

Author: Toyoichi Tanaka
Publisher: Academic Pre
Keywords: methods, polymer, polymers, interfaces, biomaterials, technology, modern, science, experimental, research
Number of Pages: 604
Published: 1999-10-29
List price: $149.00
ISBN-10: 012683265X
ISBN-13: 9780126832655

Successful characterization of polymer systems is one of the most important objectives of today’s experimental research of polymers. Considering the tremendous scientific, technological, and economic importance of polymeric materials, not only for today’s applications but for the industry of the 21st century, it is impossible to overestimate the usefulness of experimental techniques in this field. Since the chemical, pharmaceutical, medical, and agricultural industries, as well as many others, depend on this progress to an enormous degree, it is critical to be as efficient, precise

Author: Koichi Tanaka
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Keywords: chemistry, synthesis, organic, free, solvent
Number of Pages: 442
Published: 2003-05-06
List price: $240.00
ISBN-10: 3527306129
ISBN-13: 9783527306121

Chemical Synthesis without the use of solvents has developed into a powerful methodology as it reduces the amount of toxic waste produced and therefore becomes less harmful to the environment. Koichi Tanaka discusses the latest developments in this field, giving emphasis on the technology used as well as the practical applications.The book handles both theory and application of this field Includes instruction on the new technologies being used Valuable information to process chemists in industry, as well as academics and students

Author: Kazuo Tanaka
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: applications, practical, logic, fuzzy, introduction
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 1996-11-15
List price: $159.00
ISBN-10: 0387948074
ISBN-13: 9780387948072

Fuzzy logic has become an important tool for a number of different applications ranging from the control of engineering systems to artificial intelligence. In this concise introduction, the author presents a succinct guide to the basic ideas of fuzzy logic, fuzzy sets, fuzzy relations, and fuzzy reasoning, and shows how they may be applied. The book culminates in a chapter which describes fuzzy logic control: the design of intelligent control systems using fuzzy if-then rules which make use of human knowledge and experience to behave in a manner similar to a human controller. Throughout, the l

Author: Kiyomi Tanaka
Publisher: Dissertation.Com
Keywords: management, gender, japanese, tokens, reactive, differential
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2007-05-04
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 158112354X
ISBN-13: 9781581123548

This study investigated the distribution of Reactive Tokens in natural conversation by male and female speakers of Japanese. According to Clancy et al. a reactive token (RT) is "a short utterance produced by an interlocutor who is playing a listener’s role during the other interlocutor’s speakership" (1996, p. 355). Clancy et al. classify RTs into five types: backchannels, reactive expressions, collaborative finishes, repetitions, and resumptive openers. This study investigated the distribution of these five types of RTs. In particular, it studied their use in turn management and their dis

Author: Keiko Tanaka
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: britain, japan, advertisements, approach, language, pragmatic, advertising
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1999-02-12
List price: $57.95
ISBN-10: 0415198356
ISBN-13: 9780415198356

Advertising Language analyzes the ways advertisers use language to gain and retain the attention of their audience, with particular emphasis on puns and metaphors. The book contains a unique chapter on images of women in Japanese advertising and is the only book to contrast British and Japanese advertising, subsequently revealing penetrating insights into these two cultures.