Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1973. Black and white illustrations, x + 535pp, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, name front free endpaper, binding worn & skewed, a good copy otherwise. Mori Arinori was the Japanese minister of education and was assassinated in 1889. This biography discusses his role in the modernisation of..... More

Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 2022. Black and white photographic illustrations, 263pp, notes, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new. The remarkable life of violinist and teacher Shinichi Suzuki, who pioneered an innovative but often-misunderstood philosophy of early childhood education-now known the world over as the Suzuki..... More

東京 [Tokyo]. 慶應義塾大学 [Keiō Gijuku Daigaku]. 2009. Colour and black and white illustrations, 424pp, selected bibliography, chronology, lower edge upper cover and corners bumped, some very minor water damage lower cover and paper band but otherwise a very good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22cm. "Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) [Tenpo 5 -..... More

Tokyo. DISCO Networking. 1998. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 48pp, family timeline, bibliography, good paperback copy. The author researched this well known story and here presents evidence that the character of Madame Butterfly was based on his great-great-great grandmother Madame Tsuru Glover. When referring to this item please..... More

Tokyo. Foreign Press Center. 1979. 1st English edition. Translated by Simul International. Map, illustrations, 187pp, foreedge damp-damaged affecting margin of some leaves, wrappers trifle worn and bumped, dustjacket damp-damaged in part, spine slightly faded. By a former Prime Minister of Japan. "This work is an English translation of a book..... More

Kyoto. Bunseido. 1949. First Edition. Photographic frontispiece and one other illustration. Red cloth covered boards lettered in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Four page errata loosely inserted. Light age toning to the edges. v+ 324pp, [1] (Publishing details in Japanese). Scarce. An account of the author's childhood and early adulthood as the..... More

New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 453pp notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket rubbed particularly along extremities, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very clean hardback copy. "The author draws on a considerable amount of rarely used materials, relating..... More

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1969. Black and white line illustrations, xvii + 187pp, chronology, neat name of a prior owner front free endpaper, remainder mark lower edge, good clean hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173895. More

Tokyo. Kodansha International. 1992. Black and white photographic plates, xi + 256pp, hardback, very good in dustjacket. Translated by Edwin McClellan. A memoir by the author of such well-known works as Musashi and Taiko. "Fragments of a Past provides an absorbing account of a boy's struggle toward maturity; a striking..... More

日本放送出版協会. 1982. Black and white illustrations, 257pp, a good paperback copy with text in Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154329. More