Life of Nobuko - Words, Works and Pictures of an Ordinary but Remarkable Japanese Woman, 1946-2015

Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan's leading researcher on the Victorian traveller Isabella Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his 'Twin Time Travel' photographic exhibition, shown in many countries - presenting Bird's descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present.

List of contents

Organization of captions and photographic credits, Part I : The Life of Nobuko in Photographs, Part II : Works by Nobuko, Part III : Nobuko's Essays, Part IV : Remembrance, Postscript

About the author

Kiyonori Kanasaka, a distinguished geographer at Kyoto University, is widely recognized as Japan's leading researcher on Bird. He has published extensively in Japanese on the subject, including a full annotated translation of the original two-volume edition of Unbeaten Tracks. He is known worldwide for his 'Twin Time Travel' photographic exhibition, shown in many countries - presenting Bird's descriptions of what she wrote about in her books in juxtaposition with illustrations of the present.

Product details

• Assisted by: Kanasaka Kiyonori (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781041182146
• ISBN: 978-1-041-18214-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Japan, History, ART / Individual Artists / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Asia / China, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies