Essential reading for anyone interested in Japanese culture, this unsurpassedmasterwork opens an intriguing window on Japan. Benedict's World WarII–era study paints an illuminating contrast between the culture of Japan and that of t...

2019 Reprint of the 1946 Edition by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston.  Noted American anthropologist Ruth Benedict wrote this book at the invitation of the U.S. Office of War Information, in order to understand and predict the behavi...