London. RoutledgeCurzon. 2002. viii + 184pp, notes, references, index. A very good hardback copy. "Lesbian sexuality has remained largely ignored in Japan despite increasing exposure of disadvantaged minority groups, including gay men. This book is the first comprehensive academic exploration of contemporary lesbian sexuality in Japanese society." (Publisher's description). When..... More
Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 2022. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 243pp, bibliography, index. Hardback, as new. When referring to this item please quote stockid 216477. More
United Kingdom. Taylor & Francis. 2009. 2 maps, 2 black & white illustrations, xv + 182pp, glossary, notes, bibliography, index, a very good hardback copy. This timely look at a neglected corner of Japanese historiography spotlights the decade following the end of World War II, a time in which Japanese..... More
![Stock ID #215631 鴨川踊. [Kamogawa Odori]. [Kamogawa Dance Festival]. HAMA TOYOTARO,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/215631.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779173165)
京都. [Kyoto]. 鴨川踊雑誌発行所 [Kamogawa Odori Zasshi Hakkosho]. Taisho 9 [ 1920]. Black and white photographic illustrations, various toned illustrations, colour pictorial covers heightened with silver, 14 x 22cm, [70]pp. Covers a little creased and browned. The Kamogawa Odori Dancing Festival has been held in Kyoto once a year in spring..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1997. Maps, black and white photographic and line illustrations, xxii + 310pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. "This text provides a careful examination of "misuko kuyo", a Japanese religious ritual for aborted foetuses. Popularized during the 1970s, when religious entrepreneurs..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. (c. 2022). Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 230pp, notes, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new. This book examines how the family in Japan came to be seen as the natural provider of care for those suffering from mental illnesses. H. Yumi Kim..... More
Kyoto. Nihon josei gaku kenkyu kai 'Josei gaku nenpo' henshu iinkai. 1980. Black and white figures, 140pp. Text in Japanese, summaries also in English. 25.5 x 18cm. Stapled wrappers a little rubbed, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223148. More
![Stock ID #220561 京染この美集. [Kyōzome konomi-shū]. [Collection of Kyōzome Style...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/220561.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1772606731)
[Japan]. Circa [ 1995]. Colour photographic illustrations most with accompanying fabric samples, [223]pp, 36.5 x 26.7cm, cord ties. Corners bumped, a little minor wear along extremities, an attractive volume in very good condition. This modern-style book on kimonos presents striking photographs of models wearing elegant kimonos in contemporary settings with..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. 2003. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 291pp, notes, bibliography, index. 24 x 21.5cm. Trifle rubbed dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222307. More
London. Heinemann. 1959. Black and white photographic illustrations, 215pp, 2 leaves creased; small abrasion causing loss of a letter on one page, bound in blue cloth lettered on spine, endpapers and edges foxed, corners rubbed, protected dustjacket worn and rubbed. Otherwise, a good hardback copy. The chapters include "Endless Singing..... More
Tokyo. Bokushinsha. 1978. Black and white photographic illustrations, 68pp. Text in English and some Japanese. 28 x 21cm. A little rubbed and sunned original stapled wrappers, a very good copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 223147. More
Tokyo. Kyo Bun Kwan. 1940. First Edition. Sepia toned photographic illustrations, 191pp, bibliography, endpapers faintly foxed, brown cloth covered boards lettered in silver. Spine a little sunned but a lovely sturdy copy. 22x14.5cm. A study of the status and role of women in Japan, with chapters entitled "Confucianism and Womanhood,"..... More
Tokyo. Kenkyusha. 1937. Black and white photographic plates, 61pp, cloth covered limp boards, Japanese style binding, with silk ties, spine a little sunned, endpapers slightly browned, faint foxing to a few pages and prior neat owner name on the front free endpaper, title on Japanese paper laid down upper cover..... More
![Stock ID #219402 渡米記念アルバム. [Tobei kinen arubamu]. [Commemorative Photographic...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/219402.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1765348027)
大阪. [Osaka]. 引田一郎. [Hikita Ichiro]. Showa 14 [ 1939]. Illustrated throughout with profuse black and white photographic illustrations, 26.5 x 20cm, [103] + 30pp, light even browning throughout the text block, endpapers more heavily browned, tide marking at the edges of the front free endpaper, attractive paper covered boards lightly..... More