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99 More Unuseless Japanese Inventionsby Kenji Kawakami, Dan PapiaISBN 0393317439 (0-393-31743-9)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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The Big Bento Box Of Unuseless Japanese Inventions: The Art of Chindoguby Kenji Kawakami, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Dan PapiaISBN 0393326764 (0-393-32676-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Book of the Samurai, the Warrior Class of Japanby Stephen R. TurnbullISBN 0668054158 (0-668-05415-8)
Hardcover, Arco
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Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Artby Miyeko MuraseISBN 0300086806 (0-300-08680-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Bushido: The Soul of Japanby Inazo NitobeISBN 0710311621 (0-7103-1162-1)
Hardcover, Kegan Paul Intl
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Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, And Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplaceby Dorinne K. KondoISBN 0226450449 (0-226-45044-9)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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"Kondo's work is significant because she goes beyond disharmony, insisting on complexity. Kondo shows that inequalities are not simply oppressive-they are meaningful ways to establish identities."Nancy Rosenberger, Journal of Asian StudiesMore editions of Crafting Selves: Power, Gender, And Discourses of Identity in a Japanese Workplace:
Cultural Atlas of Japanby Marius B. Jansen, Martin Collcutt, Isao KumakuraISBN 0714825263 (0-7148-2526-3)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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The Culture of Civil War in Kyotoby Mary Elizabeth BerryISBN 0520208773 (0-520-20877-3)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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A Day in the Life of Japanby Rick Smolan, David CohenISBN 0788154540 (0-7881-5454-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Debt of Honorby Tom ClancyISBN 0425147584 (0-425-14758-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Debt of Honor'Book summary:Razio Yamata is one of Japan's most influential industrialists, and part of a relatively small group of authority who wield tremendous authority in the Pacific Rim's economic powerhouse. He has devised a plan to cripple the American greatness, humble the U.S. military, and elevate Japan to a position of dominance on the world stage. Yamata's motivation lies in his desire to pay off a Debt of Honor to his parents and to the country he feels is responsible for their deaths: America. All he needs is a catalyst to set his plan in motion. When the faulty gas tank on one Tennessee family's car leads to their fiery death, an opportunistic U.S. congressman uses the occasion to rush a new trade law through the system. The law is designed to squeeze Japan economically. Instead, it provides Yamata with the leverage he needs to put his plan into action. As Yamata's plan begins to unfold, it becomes clear to the world that someone is launching a fully integrated operation against the United States. There's only one man to find out who the culprit is: Jack Ryan, the new president's National Security Advisor. [via]
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Diary of a Mad Old Manby Jun'ichiro Tanizaki, Hibbett, Howard S., Jr.ISBN 0679730249 (0-679-73024-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary of a Mad Old Man'Book summary:The last novel by one of the best-known Japanese writers, Junichiro Tanizaki who died in 1965 at the age of 79. Tanizaki studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University and in his youth he was strongly influenced by Poe, Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde, but after the earthquake of 1923 he moved to the gentler, more cultured Kyoto region and there became absorbed in the Japanese past and abandoned his superficial Westernization. By 1930 he had gained such recognition that his "Complete works" were published. In spite of illness in the last years of his life, his mind remained as alert as ever, and during this period he wrote of unusual sexual and psychological problems in "The key" (published in this country in 1961) and "Diary of a mad old man". This book has been accepted in the Japanese Translations Series of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Tanizaki was awarded the Imperial Award for Cultural Merit in 1949 and was elected an Honorary Member of the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1964. [via]
Early Modern Japanby Conrad TotmanISBN 0520203569 (0-520-20356-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Films of Akira Kurosawaby Donald RichieISBN 0520051912 (0-520-05191-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Films of Akira Kurosawa'Book summary:In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was Watching.[via]
Kurosawa remains unchallenged as one of the century's greatest film directors. Through his long and distinguished career he managed, like very few others in the teeth of a huge and relentless industry, to elevate each of his films to a distinctive level of art. His Rashomon--one of the best-remembered and most talked-of films in any language--was a revelation when it appeared in 1950 and did much to bring Japanese cinema to the world's attention. Kurosawa's films display an extraordinary breadth and an astonishing strength, from the philosophic and sexual complexity of Rashomon to the moral dedication of Ikiru, from the naked violence of Seven Samurai to the savage comedy of Yojimbo, from the terror-filled feudalism of Throne of Blood to the piercing wit of Sanjuro.More editions of The Films of Akira Kurosawa:
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The Films of Akira Kurosawaby Joan Mellen, Donald RichieISBN 0520220374 (0-520-22037-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Five Women Who Loved Loveby Ihara Saikaku, William T. DebaryISBN 0804801843 (0-8048-0184-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fifty Views of Japan: The 1905 Photo Albumby Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Melanie BirkISBN 076490003X (0-7649-0003-X)
Softcover, Pomegranate
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The Ghost in the Tokaido Innby Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas HooblerISBN 039923330X (0-399-23330-X)
Hardcover, Philomel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn'Book summary:Samurai fear nothing, not even death. They are loyal and brave. Fourteen-year-old Seikei has studied the way of the samurai, and would like nothing more than to be one. But a samurai is born, not made; Seikei was born the son of a tea merchant, so a merchant he must be. But when a priceless ruby intended for the shogun-the military governor of Japan-is stolen by a ghost, Seikei finds himself having to display all the courage of a samurai. Seikei is the only person to have seen the thief, and now the famous magistrate, Judge Ooka, needs the boy's help to solve this mystery. Can the son of a merchant prove himself worthy to the shogun himself? Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have written a rich, satisfying thriller, set against the colorful backdrop of eighteenth-century Japan. Suspenseful, complex, and flat-out fun, this is a novel to savor.[via]More editions of The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn:
Giving up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879by Noel PerrinISBN 0394739493 (0-394-73949-3)
Hardcover, Shambhala
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The Great Mirror of Male Loveby Ihara SaikakuISBN 0804718954 (0-8047-1895-4)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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A History Of Japanby Conrad D. TotmanISBN 063121447X (0-631-21447-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The History of Japanese Photographyby Dana Friis-Hansen, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Kokusai Koryu Kikin, Kaneko Ryuichi, Takeba Joe, John Junkerman, Anne Tucker, Kotaro Iizawa, Naoyuki KinoshitaISBN 0300099258 (0-300-09925-8)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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How My Parents Learned to Eatby Ina FriedmanISBN 0395442354 (0-395-44235-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperorby Norma FieldISBN 0679741895 (0-679-74189-5)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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An Introduction to Haiku: An Anthology of Poems and Poets from Basho to Shikiby Harold Gould HendersonISBN 0385093764 (0-385-09376-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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James Clavell's Tai-Panby James ClavellISBN 0440087244 (0-440-08724-4)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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Japan: A Modern Historyby James L. McClainISBN 039397720X (0-393-97720-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Japan an Interpretationby L. HearnISBN 0804802718 (0-8048-0271-8)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Japan Before Perryby Conrad TotmanISBN 0520041348 (0-520-04134-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Japan Before Perry: A Short Historyby Conrad D. TotmanISBN 0520041321 (0-520-04132-1)
Hardcover, University of California Press
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Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imaginationby Edogawa RampoISBN 0804803196 (0-8048-0319-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination'Book summary:Collected in this chilling volume are some of the famous Japanese mystery writer Edowaga RampoÆs best storiesbizarre and blood-curdling expeditions into the fantastic, the perverse, and the strange, in a marvelous homage to Rampo's literary "mentor," Edgar Allan Poe.[via]More editions of Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination:
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Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part 1 A Question and Answer Supplementby Mari Noda, Eleanor Harz JordenISBN 0300059418 (0-300-05941-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part IIby Eleanor Harz JordenISBN 0300041888 (0-300-04188-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Japanese: The Spoken Language, Part IIIby Mari Noda, Eleanor Harz JordenISBN 0300041918 (0-300-04191-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchenby Naomi Moriyama, William DoyleISBN 0385339976 (0-385-33997-6)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama reveals the secret to her own high-energy, successful lifestyleand the key to the enduring health and beauty of Japanese womenin this exciting new book. The Japanese have the pleasure of eating one of the most delicious, nutritious, and naturally satisfying cuisines in the world without denial, without guilt&and, yes, without getting fat or looking old.
As a young girl living in Tokyo, Naomi Moriyama grew up in the food utopia of the world, where fresh, simple, wholesome fare is prized as one of the greatest joys of life. She also spent much time basking in that other great center of Japanese food culture: her mother Chizuko's Tokyo kitchen. Now she brings the traditional secrets of her mother's kitchen to you in a book that embodies the perfect marriage of nature and culinary wisdomJapanese home-style cooking.
If you think you've eaten Japanese food, you haven't tasted anything yet. Japanese home-style cooking isn't just about sushi and raw fish but good, old-fashioned everyday-Japanese-mom's cooking that's stood the test of timeand waistlinesfor decades. Reflected in this unique way of cooking are the age-old traditional values of family and the abiding Japanese love of simplicity, nature, and good health. It's the kind of food that millions of Japanese women like Naomi eat every day to stay healthy, slim, and youthful while pursuing an energetic, successful, on-the-go lifestyle. Even better, it's fast, it's easy, and you can start with something as simple as introducing brown rice to your diet. You'll begin feeling the benefits that keep Japanese women among the youngest-looking in the world after your very next meal!
If you're tired of counting calories, counting carbs, and counting on being disappointed with diets that don't work and don't satisfy, it's time to discover one of the best-kept and most delicious secrets for a healthier, slimmer, and long-living lifestyle. It's time to discover the Japanese fountain of youth&. [via]More editions of Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchen:
Japanese Women Don't Get Old or Fat: Secrets of My Mother's Tokyo Kitchenby William Doyle, Naomi MoriyamaISBN 0385339984 (0-385-33998-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Japanese, the Spoken Languageby Mari Noda, Eleanor Harz JordenISBN 0300038313 (0-300-03831-3)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Japanese, the Spoken Language: Part 1by Eleanor Harz JordenISBN 0300038348 (0-300-03834-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Life and Death of Yukio Mishimaby Henry Scott-Stokes, Henry Scott StokesISBN 0374524645 (0-374-52464-5)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima'Book summary:Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at the writer, Stokes guides the reader through the milestones of Mishima's meteoric and eclectic career and delves into the artist's major works and themes. This biography skillfully and compassionately illuminates the achievements and disquieting ideas of a brilliant and deeply troubled man, an artist of whom Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata had said, "A writer of Mishima's caliber comes along only once every two or three hundred years." [via]
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The Life and Death of Yukio Mishimaby Henry S. StokesISBN 0345320158 (0-345-32015-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Death of Yukio Mishima'Book summary:Novelist, playwright, film actor, martial artist, and political commentator, Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was arguably the most famous person in Japan at the time of his death. Henry Scott Stokes, one of Mishima's closest friends, was the only non-Japanese allowed to attend the trial of the men involved in Mishima's spectacular suicide. In this insightful and empathetic look at the writer, Stokes guides the reader through the milestones of Mishima's meteoric and eclectic career and delves into the artist's major works and themes. This biography skillfully and compassionately illuminates the achievements and disquieting ideas of a brilliant and deeply troubled man, an artist of whom Nobel Laureate Yasunari Kawabata had said, "A writer of Mishima's caliber comes along only once every two or three hundred years." [via]
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Life of a Geishaby Eleanor Underwood, Liza DalbyISBN 0756782287 (0-7567-8228-7)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Life of an Amorous Manby Ihara Saikaku, Kenoi HamadaISBN 0804803811 (0-8048-0381-1)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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The Meaning of Ichiro: The New Wave from Japan and the Transformation of Our National Pastimeby Robert WhitingISBN 0446531928 (0-446-53192-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Mishima: A Biographyby John NathanISBN 030680977X (0-306-80977-X)
Softcover, Da Capo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mishima: A Biography'Book summary:At forty-five, Yukio Mishima was the outstanding Japanese writer of his generation, celebrated both at home and abroad for The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. In 1970 he startled the world by stepping out onto a balcony in Tokyo before an assembly of troops and plunging a sword into his abdomen; a disciple then beheaded him, completing the ritual of hara-kiri. John Nathan's riveting biography traces the life of this tortured, nearly superhuman personality. Mishima survived a grotesque childhood, and subsequently his sadomasochistic impulses became manifestas did an increasing obsession with death as the supreme beauty. Nathan, who knew Mishima professionally and personally, interviewed family, colleagues, and friends to unmask the variousoften seemingly contradictorypersonae of the genius who felt called by "a glittering destiny no ordinary man would be permitted."[via]More editions of Mishima: A Biography:
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Plum Wineby Angela Davis-GardnerISBN 0385340834 (0-385-34083-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Poems of a Mountain Homeby Saigyo, Burton WatsonISBN 023107493X (0-231-07493-X)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literatureby Earl Miner, Robert E. Morrell, H. OdagiriISBN 0691008256 (0-691-00825-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japanby Mikiso HaneISBN 0520084217 (0-520-08421-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Voices of Japanese Rebel Womenby Mikiso HaneISBN 0679722734 (0-679-72273-4)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Samurai!by Martin Caidin, Saburo Sakai, Fred SaitoISBN 055324664X (0-553-24664-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Samurai!'Book summary:Editorial Reviews Product Description This text documents the chivalry and valour of the combat aviator, Saburo Sakai, who fought American fighter pilots and, with 64 kills, would survive World War II as Japan's greatest living ace. This book traces his experiences from fighter-pilot school to the early Japanese victories; from his 600 mile fight for life from Guadalcanal to his base in Rabaul, to the story of the now handicapped veteran's return to the air during the final months of World War II. This book has been written by Martin Caidin from Saburo Sakai's own memoirs and journalist Fred Saito's interviews with the fighter pilot. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. [via]
Samuraiby Saburo SakaiISBN 0671563106 (0-671-56310-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Seeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Centuryby Donald KeeneISBN 0231114419 (0-231-11441-9)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Shizuko's Daughterby Kyoko MoriISBN 0449704335 (0-449-70433-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Snowby Maxence Fermine, Chris MulhernISBN 074345684X (0-7434-5684-X)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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Sources of Japanese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600by Donald Keene, Paul Varley, George Tanabe, Wm. Theodore De BaryISBN 0231121393 (0-231-12139-3)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Sources of Japanese Tradition: From Earliest Times to 1600by William Theodore De Bary, Yoshiko Kurata Dykstra, Donald Keene, Paul Varley, George Tanabe, Wm. Theodore De BaryISBN 0231121385 (0-231-12138-5)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Stained Glass Elegiesby Shusaku EndoISBN 0720606292 (0-7206-0629-2)
Hardcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stained Glass Elegies'Book summary:The acclaimed short stories of the master Japanese writer.
The arresting beauty of Shusaku Endo's fiction is best known in the West through his highly acclaimed novels The Samurai and Silence. His consummately wrought short stories, with their worlds of deep shadows and achieved clarity, are less familiar. The dozen stories of Stained Glass Elegies, selected by the author together with his translator, display the full range of Endo's talents in short fiction. [via]
Sugawara No Michizane and the Early Heian Courtby Robert BorgenISBN 0674854152 (0-674-85415-2)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Sun & Steelby Yukio Pseud MishimaISBN 0394177657 (0-394-17765-7)
Hardcover, Grove Press
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Tai-Panby James ClavellISBN 0440184622 (0-440-18462-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tai-Pan'Book summary:Paperback: 734 pages Publisher: Dell Books; 1 edition (1979) Language: English [via]
They Came to Japanby Michael CooperISBN 0520045092 (0-520-04509-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Thirty Seconds over Tokyoby Ted Lawson, Bob ConsidineISBN 0743474333 (0-7434-7433-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thirty Seconds over Tokyo'Book summary:AMERICA STRIKES BACK! After Pearl Harbor, America seemed to have lost the war before it had begun. Allied forces were being beaten across the Pacific by the Japanese military juggernaut, and morale was at the breaking point. America desperately needed to strike back at the enemy. For this, a corps of heroic volunteer fliers led by Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle began training to attack the very heart of the Japanese Empire -- Tokyo.
To succeed, the "Tokyo Raiders" would have to launch sixteen fully loaded B-25 twin-engine medium bombers off the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet -- something never done before -- and land at airfields in China. Through courage and luck, the raid itself went flawlessly. But bad weather, lack of fuel, and darkness worked against many of the pilots -- and for many, escaping China proved even more perilous than the mission....
This gripping eyewitness account -- hailed as "the most stirring story of individual heroism that [the war] has so far produced" (The New York Times) -- is one of the most daring missions in military aviation history: the legendary Doolittle Raid.
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Three-Cornered Worldby Natsume Soseki, Alan TurneyISBN 0720611563 (0-7206-1156-3)
Softcover, Peter Owen Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three-Cornered World'Book summary:This novel is a key work in the Japanese transition from traditional to modern literature. An artist abandons city life to wander into the mountains to meditate, but when he decides to stay at a near-deserted inn he soon finds himself drawn to the daughter of the innkeeper. The artist becomes entranced by her. She reminds him of Millais's portrait of Ophelia drowning and he wants to paint her. Yet, troubled by a certain quality in her expression, he struggles to complete the portrait until he is finally able to penetrate the enigma of her life. Interspersed with philosophies of both East and West, Soseki's writing skillfully blends two very different cultures in this unique representation of the artistic sensibility. Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) was one of the first Japanese writers to be aware of Western culture and has been seen as a counter-reformation figure maintaining the virtues of tradition at a time of intellectual chaos. Soseki is generally acknowledged to have been one of the most important writers of the modern period.""--Times Literary Supplement. [via]
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Traditional Japanese Poetryby Steven D. CarterISBN 0804722129 (0-8047-2212-9)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Understanding Japanese Societyby Joy HendryISBN 0415263832 (0-415-26383-2)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Japanese Society'Book summary:This is a welcome new edition of this bestselling textbook. It provides a clear, accessible and readable introduction to Japanese society which does not require any previous knowledge of the country. Fully updated, revised and expanded, the 3rd edition contains new material on:
· the effects of the Asian crisis and recession in Japan
· the emergence of the millennial cults such as the Aum Shinrikyo
· major advances in sport and leisure such as the 2002 World Cup and the amazing global cultural success of Pokemon and Japanese animation and computer games
· the tumultuous changes of the Japanese ruling elite
· the Ainu and other Japanese minorities
· debates about the future of the Japanese constitution and the resurgence of nationalism and militarism. [via]More editions of Understanding Japanese Society:
When the Emperor Was Divine: A Novelby Julie OtsukaISBN 0385721811 (0-385-72181-1)
Softcover, Anchor Books
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World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867by Donald KeeneISBN 0231114672 (0-231-11467-2)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Yokota Officer's Clubby Sarah BirdISBN 0345452771 (0-345-45277-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yokota Officer's Club'Book summary:Sarah Birds gutsy, sharp, and touching new novel opens at full speed.
Bernadette "Bernie" Root, military brat, speaks. She has never really noticed what a peculiar bunch of nomads her eight-member Air Force family is (with the exception of her Post Princess sister, Kit), until the summer after her first year of college when she joins them at their new assignment: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa.
Just as Okinawa turns out to be a sorry version of the Japanese paradise Bernie knew in her childhood at Yokota Air Base, her family, especially her once-beautiful mother, Moe, and her former spy-pilot father, Mace, seems to have been in decline since those glory days of the American Raj. Days when her mother was happy and their best friend, Fumiko, now lost to them, was the familys maid. The worst part of Okinawa for Bernie, though, is realizing how perfectly she fits with her oddball family and how badly she needs to get out.
So when a dance contest first prize, a trip to Japan,offers a chance to escape, she takes it, playing second banana to a third-rate comedian on a tour of Japans military bases. At their grand finale at the Yokota Officers Club, Fumiko finally reappears, and Bernie discovers the terrible price that is paid when the secrets nations hide end up buried within families.
A brilliantly appealing novel whose energy, wit, and feeling have won for it (see back of the jacket) extraordinary advance praise. [via]
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