BRO-DART COVER. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.1984 Pantheon Books hardcover, Ian Buruma (Year A History of 1945). Lots about the difference between Japanese Buddhist aristocratic culture and Shinto popular culture—with examples from films, plays, novels, prostitution—pegged, indeed chained, to the familiar idea that "hedonism is held in check by social taboos." I.e., "what one sees on the screen, on stage and in comic-books is usually precisely the reverse of normal behavior. - Kirkus Review
