Rumi - Japan 1

Exploring Lady Nobunaga’s involvement in her warlord husband’s triumph and tragedy during the social upheval of 16c Japan, Rumi presents her theory to the most debated mystery in the Japaese history. 続きを見る

The unique sounds of the biwa, shamisen, and other traditional instruments from Japan are heard more and more often in works for the concert hall and opera house. Composing for Japanese Instruments ……続きを見る

Setouchi was eminently qualified to write this historical novel on women's liberation in Japan, which had its roots in sexual politics, socialism, and anarchism, movements in decline following the f……続きを見る

Investigating the enormous contribution made by female textile workers to early industrialization in Meiji Japan, Patricia Tsurumi vividly documents not only their hardships but also their triumphs.……続きを見る

Well-grounded on abundant Japanese language sources which have been underused, this book uncovers the League of Nations’ works in East Asia in the inter-war period. By researching the field of socia……続きを見る

Reveals the complicity between the Kyoto School's moral and political philosophy, based on the school's founder Nishida Kitarō's metaphysics of nothingness, and Japanese imperialism. In the field of……続きを見る

Shunsuke Tsurumi, one of Japan’s most distinguished contemporary philosophers, continues his study of the intellectual and social history of modern Japan with this penetrating analysis of popular cu……続きを見る

When this book was published in Japanese in 1982 it was awarded the prestigious Jiro Osaragi Prize. It is an important contribution to the understanding of the mental and spiritual world of Japan ju……続きを見る