Paper and Threshold: The Paradox of Spiritual Connection in Asian Cultures

Foreword by Jane M. Farmer. Beautifully illustrated with color photographs on nearly every page. The author, well-traveled in Asia, offers "this text as a possible entry to further consideration of paper's uses in Asia. The text skims the surface, touching quickly on many cultures and many uses. There is a strong focus on Japan because paper culture there is more intact than anywhere else....In each individual culture there is more research to be done." from the introduction Includes a glossary and a bibliography. xii, 93+ 1 pages. cloth, dust jacket. oblong 4to.