{"first_sentence": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Understanding Japan has preoccupied Japanese intellectuals for centuries and Westerners ever since the discovery of Japan in the sixteenth century."}, "physical_format": "Hardcover", "subtitle": "The Japanese Tradition and its Modern Interpretation", "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-30 09:38:13.731961"}, "weight": "1.1 pounds", "languages": [{"key": "/l/eng"}], "publishers": ["University of California Press"], "number_of_pages": 252, "isbn_13": ["9780520235205"], "id": 12911013, "edition_name": "1 edition", "isbn_10": ["0520235207"], "publish_date": "March 3, 2003", "key": "/b/OL9597544M", "authors": [{"key": "/a/OL2631398A"}, {"key": "/a/OL2643586A"}], "title": "Imagining Japan", "type": {"key": "/type/edition"}, "subjects": ["Asian / Middle Eastern history", "Asian studies", "Sociology, Social Studies", "Social Science", "Sociology", "History: World", "Asia - Japan", "General", "Sociology - General", "Social Science / Sociology / General", "Ethnic Studies - Asian American Studies", "1868-", "Civilization", "Intellectual life", "Japan"], "physical_dimensions": "9.3 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches", "revision": 1}