The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture runs 10 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cindy Kay (about 6.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 10 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cindy Kay
Cindy Kay narrates 392 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,560 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,737 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is an audiobook by Ruth Benedict: a 10-hour unabridged recording, read by Cindy Kay, released February 8, 2022, on the Social Science and Asia shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cindy Kay
- Released
- February 8, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, Asia
- ISBN
- 9781666153781
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture as an audiobook?
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture runs 10 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.7 hours.
Is The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture?
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture is narrated by Cindy Kay.
Is The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.7 hours, saving 3.3 hours.