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As one of the most rapid and earliest nations to achieve "Western modernisation", much of Japan’s success stems from its fruitful literacy history during the Tokugawa shogunate as well as later infl……続きを見る

In his posthumous autobiography, Watakushi no eiga jinsei (1984), Yamamoto reflects on his career and legacy: beginning in the prewar days as an assistant director in a well-established film company……続きを見る

In contrast to the overabundance of writings about martial arts that are often promotional and misinformative, there are rare works by scholars that are praiseworthy for their sincere, unbiased appr……続きを見る

"I lived in a haunted apartment." Zack Davisson opens this definitive work on Japan's ghosts, or yurei, with a personal tale about the spirit world. Eerie red marks on the apartment's ceiling kept Z……続きを見る

Leslie D. Helm's decision to adopt Japanese children launches him on a personal journey through his family's 140 years in Japan, beginning with his great-grandfather, who worked as a military adviso……続きを見る

A common misconception holds that Marco Polo "opened up" a closed and recalcitrant "Orient" to the West. However, this sweeping history covering 4,000 years of international relations from the persp……続きを見る

A classic essay at the intersection of art, philosophy, and tea. Kakuzo Okakuzo was a fascinating intellectual of Japan's Meiji period. He was bilingual in English and Japanese from an early age and……続きを見る

A revealing look at contemporary Japanese culture. This masterfully written collection of short essays by the acknowledged Western expert on Japanese culture and film spans thirty years and ranges b……続きを見る

A timeless classic of Japanese children's literature: One night, alone on a hilltop, a young boy is swept aboard a magical train bound for the Milky Way. This tender fable is a book of great wisdom ……続きを見る

A critical biography of a modern Japanese literary giant, whose brilliant career ended in a spectacular ritual suicide. Yukio Mishima (b. 1925) was a brilliant writer and intellectual whose relentle……続きを見る

Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, ……続きを見る

Tenryu-ji: One of Kyoto's most revered Zen temples and a monument to Japanese history, viewed through its monks, gardens, prayers, and art. This illustrated study of Tenryuji, ranked number one amon……続きを見る

Winner of the PEN Center USA Award for translation Award-winning author Junzo Shono weaves a stunning tapestry of everyday life in this collection of short stories. A young man, having failed his co……続きを見る

A stimulating exploration of the haiku masterpiece. Matsuo Basho (1644-94) is considered Japan's greatest haiku poet. Narrow Road to the Interior (Oku no Hosomichi) is his masterpiece. Ostensibly a ……続きを見る

The attack on Pearl Harbor, which precipitated the Greater East Asia War and its initial triumphs, aroused pride and a host of other emotions among the Japanese people. Yet the single year in which ……続きを見る

Dr. Friedrich von Kammacher ist ein bekannter Bakteriologe. Eines Tages erfährt er, dass seine Frau Angèle, mit der er drei kleine Kinder hat, unter einer erblich bedingten Geisteskrankheit leidet, ……続きを見る

Shibusawa Eiichi (1840–1931) was a Japanese banker and industrialist who spearheaded the modernization of Japanese industry and finance during the Meji Restoration. He founded the first modern bank ……続きを見る

In this first English-language history of the origins and impact of the Japanese pop music industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment, epitomized by ryūkōka (“popular songs”),……続きを見る

Against Harmony traces the history of progressive and radical experiments in Japanese Buddhist thought and practice, from the mid-Meiji period through the early Showa. Perhaps the two best represent……続きを見る

This is a book that will change the American perception of the Pacific War. One important question is: Who actually started the Pacific War? By examining recently discovered facts revealed through t……続きを見る

Classic works from Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki theaters Nothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and the mind is filled with words, musi……続きを見る

In The Meaning of Internationalization, Edwin O. Reischauerーformer American Ambassador to Japan and one of the world's most acclaimed scholars of Japanese life and cultureーdelivers a heartfelt mes……続きを見る

Drawing on the voices of atomic bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and the aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices, deto……続きを見る

This is the story of an invasion. Not one of men at arms, but rather an onslaught of women with babes in arms. And other children, too, from toddlers to teenagers. They came to Japan beginning short……続きを見る

America’s Japan and Japan’s Performing Arts studies the images and myths that have shaped the reception of Japan-related theater, music, and dance in the United States since the 1950s. Soon after Wo……続きを見る

In the wake of its defeat in World War II, as Japan was forced to remake itself from “empire” to “nation” in the face of an uncertain global situation, literature and literary criticism emerged as h……続きを見る

This guide to sex in Japan demystifies the infamous brothels and parlous of Tokyo and provides a wealth of first-hand information. An important part in any lover's arsenal is an understanding of the……続きを見る

This book provides an answer to the mystery of why no peace treaty has yet been signed between Japan and Russia after more than sixty years since the end of World War Two. The author, a leading auth……続きを見る

The nation state as we know it is a mere four or five hundred years old. Remarkably, a central government with vast territorial control emerged in Japan at around the same time as it did in Europe, ……続きを見る

In the work of writer Abe Kōbō (1924–1993), characters are alienated both from themselves and from one another. Through close readings of Abe's work, Richard Calichman reveals how time and writing h……続きを見る