MODERN UTOPIAN: COMMUNES, JAPAN. By Richard Fairfield, with Photographs by Consuelo Sandoval, Sankichi Nomoto & Mamo Kato. Material on Japanese communes was compiled from personal experience and interviews in the communes themselves with added material and insights from other writers and visitors, including Meyer Steinbach, M. Noboyoshi Tezuka, Michael Howden, and staff of the Japan Kibbutz Association. Japanese Communes in this book include: Itto-en Community; New Village; Ohoyamato Ajisai; Shinkyo Commune; Yamagishi-kai Association; Hokkaido Yamagishi-ism; The Tribe; and more. I wonder if Haruki Murakami based the commune in his book 1Q84 on one of these? Published by Alternative Foundation, San Francisco, 1972. GOOD condition, the covers have some light toning and corner creases; internally just lightly used, tight, bright, clean, clear and unmarked. A solid, presentable copy. RARE and interesting look at the Japanese Utopian Communes of the early 1970s. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “blankversobooks” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay.
- Binding: Softcover, Wraps
- Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
- Language: English
- Illustrator: Consuelo Sandoval, et al
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
- Author: Richard Fairfield
- Publisher: Alternative Foundation
- Topic: Utopian Communes, Japan, Japanese Utopian Communities
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Subject: Japan, Communes, Alternative Lifestyles,
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Year Printed: 1972
- ISBN: 0912976020