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Now available in the US, the FULL COLOR bestselling Samurai book by Daichi Kobayashi, author of Japanese Spirit, including 50 stunning pictures!!! BONUS: Download the brand-new book about the black ……続きを見る

A new translation of one of classical Japan's greatest literary works ‘It is from a desire not to let this impulse count for nothing that I have written this foolish tale of mine. I have no hope tha……続きを見る

Introduction: A Journey Beyond Time In the heart of Japan, where ancient whispers mingle with the pulse of modern life, lies a city that transcends the ordinary - a city that defies simple definitio……続きを見る

ENTRE EL MITO Y LA REALIDAD… Samurái. La mera mención de esta palabra, pronunciada y transcrita de forma casi exacta en cualquier idioma, basta para despertar el imaginario popular: héroes con armad……続きを見る

War played a central part in the history of Japan. Warring clans controlled much of the country. The wars were usually about land, the struggle for control of which eventually gave rise to perhaps t……続きを見る

This second volume about Japan's samurai commanders covers the generals of the later years of the Age of the Warring States, a period when only the most able leaders survived. This was a time when t……続きを見る

The dazzling spectacle presented by the armies of medieval Japan owed much to the highly developed family and personal heraldry of samurai society. From simple personal banners, this evolved over ce……続きを見る

The samurai were the military elite of medieval and early modern Japan, and the men who led them were hailed as the very greatest, most heroic and most honourable of all samurai warriors. This first……続きを見る

This book illuminates the largely neglected contribution of unpaid, primarily female household labour to economic production and living standards in Japan from the early modern period to the eve of ……続きを見る

Uncover Japan's Ancient Power Struggles While Learning Japanese! Japan’s Jidai Series Volume 2: Kofun & Asuka Periods Step into a world of colossal tombs, mysterious clay guardians, and revolutionar……続きを見る

Discover Ancient Japan While Learning Japanese! Japan’s Jidai Series Volume 1: Jōmon & Yayoi Periods Step back in timeーlong before samurai roamed the land or castles touched the sky. "Japan’s Jidai……続きを見る

A detailed look at Admiral Yi's four 1592 sorties that defeated the Japanese navy and established him as a national hero. In 1592, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin planned a series of attacks against the J……続きを見る

Drawing on unpublished first-hand accounts, this is a gripping history of the experiences of the Commandos and their unsung allies in one of the bloodiest battles of the Burma Campaign. Following th……続きを見る

平安時代崛起的陰陽師， 歷經戰國、江戶，延續至明治時代，超過千年。 然而，影視、漫畫、小說中活躍的陰陽師， 總是讓人聯想到：專門與鬼怪對決、 操縱式神、鎮壓怨靈的超級魔術師。 透過祭祀與咒術學者的研究， ……続きを見る

Tadyoshi Sakurai's Human Bullets: A Soldier's Story of Port Arthur is a gripping firsthand account of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905), offering an unflinching look at the brutal realities of warf……続きを見る

This extended monograph examines the work of the radical journalist Kotoku Shusui and Japan’s anti-imperialist movement of the early twentieth century. It includes the first English translation of I……続きを見る

Early modern Japan was a military-bureaucratic state governed by patriarchal and patrilineal principles and laws. During this time, however, women had considerable power to directly affect social st……続きを見る

Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool provides a historical account of Japan’s elite and popular cultures from premodern to modern periods. Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship acr……続きを見る

Significantly expanded and updatedーa lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture. Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatu……続きを見る

Sanitized Sex analyzes the development of new forms of regulation concerning prostitution, venereal disease, and intimacy during the American occupation of Japan after the Second World War, focusing……続きを見る

First published in 1983, Shiguéhiko Hasumi's Directed by Yasujir**ō Ozu has become one of the most influential books on cinema written in Japanese. This pioneering translation brings Hasumi's landma……続きを見る

This trailblazing study examines the history of narcotics in Japan to explain the development of global criteria for political legitimacy in nations and empires in the nineteenth and twentieth centu……続きを見る

Leftist filmmakers of the 1960s revolutionized the art of documentary. Often inspired by the radical art of the Soviet 1920s, filmmakers in countries like France and Japan dared to make film form a ……続きを見る

In Search of Our Frontier explores the complex transnational history of Japanese immigrant settler colonialism, which linked Japanese America with Japan’s colonial empire through the exchange of mig……続きを見る

Baseball has been Japan's most popular sport for over a century. The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers analyzes Japanese baseball ethnographically by focusing on a single professional team, the Hans……続きを見る

Kendo is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools ……続きを見る

In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts of childhood have been appropriated as tools for decidedly unchi……続きを見る

Diva Nation explores the constructed nature of female iconicity in Japan. From ancient goddesses and queens to modern singers and writers, this edited volume critically reconsiders the female icon, ……続きを見る

By the Waters of Babylon is a memoir and travelogue by Mori Arimasa, the influential Japanese philosopher and intellectual who interpreted European culture to postwar Japan. A professor of French ph……続きを見る

Перед вами ー вторая часть книги «Я понял Японию», продолжающая рассказ о загадочной островной стране, покорившей весь мир своей удивительной культурой. Как и в первой книге, из огромного массива на……続きを見る