chiko - Japan 1

本書は、衣服を静的な対象として捉えるのではなく、それを着用する人間に焦点を当て、特定の衣服を選択して着用する行為がどのように情報交換を可能にし、社会的関係を形成してきたかを探究するものである。古来、……続きを見る

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

Winner, 2026 Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize This book examines the history of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) and through it offers a new account of the humanitarian movement in modern Japan. ……続きを見る

In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ōgimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assi……続きを見る

Often considered an exotic garment of “traditional Japan,” the kimono is in fact a vibrant part of Japanese modernity, playing an integral role in literature and film throughout the twentieth centur……続きを見る

Introduction to Japanese Architecture provides an overview of Japanese architecture in its historical and cultural context. It begins with a discussion of prehistoric dwellings and concludes with a ……続きを見る

As a result of the Aigun (1858) and Beijing Treaties (1860) Russia had become a participant in international relations of Northeast Asia, but historiography has underestimated the presence of Russia……続きを見る

This Japanese travel guide provides goes beyond the typical guidebook, revealing the underlying cultural and historical reasons for the behavior and attitudes of The Japanese. Authors Michiko and Ja……続きを見る

This collection presents twenty-seven new essays in Japanese aesthetics by leading experts in the field. Beginning with an extended foreword by the renowned scholar and artist Stephen Addiss and a c……続きを見る

In the early eighteenth century, the noblewoman Ōgimachi Machiko composed a memoir of Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu, the powerful samurai for whom she had served as a concubine for twenty years. Machiko assi……続きを見る

Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941 is a fascinating investigation of Japanese migration to Canada prior to the Second World War. It makes Japanese-language scholarship on the subject availabl……続きを見る