New York. Werner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. 1971. 36pp, references. 21.5 x 14cm. Off print from the library of Professor A.L. Basham with his handwritten title on the sunned spine, spine a little damp damaged, otherwise good copy in stapled wrappers. "Paper prepared in advance for participants in Burg Wartenstein..... More
Tokyo. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan. 1967-1970. Broken run of 11 issues: 1967 No. 3, 1968 No. 1-4, 1969 No. 1-4, 1970 No. 1-2. All issues: Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 40pp. 34 x 26cm. Binding starting one issue, otherwise a very good set in stapled wrappers..... More
Ithaca. Cornell University Press. 2021. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 182pp, notes, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new. This book examines how non-state institutions in Japan - left-wing radicals and right-wing activists - attempted to mold the political consciousness of the nation's first postwar generation, which by the..... More
Aldershot. Ashgate. 1997. viii + 171pp, bibliography, glossary, covers little shelf worn, a very good paperback copy. "The impression of Japan as a successfully homogeneous society conceals some profound tensions, and one such case is presented by the ethnic Korean community. Despite many shared cultural features, there are marked contrasts..... More
United States. The University of Michigan Press. 2001. xi + 262pp, indices, bibliography, spine a touch faded, dustjacket flaps a little creased. "The American draft of the Japanese Constitution included an article declaring that each individual was entitled to respect simply by virtue of being a human being. The Japanese..... More
Philadephia. University of Pennsylvania Press. 2019. 196pp, notes, bibliography, index. Very good copy in dustjacket. Years of ethnographic fieldwork in two community centers in Osaka lie behind this examination of the lives and concerns of older Japanese men and women. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176287... More
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 2014. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 360, bibliography, glossary, index, 22.8 x 15.2cm. Lower corner little marked, paperback covers lightly worn, otherwise a very good copy. "What are people's life experiences in present-day Japan? This timely volume addresses fundamental questions vital to understanding..... More
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東京. [Tokyo]. 扶桑社. [Fusosha]. 1993 1993. Black and white manga illustrations, 175pp, paperback, dustjacket, 21 x 15cm, Japanese text, very good copy. Yoshinori Kobayashi, controversial right wing cartoonist, expresses his views on Japanese society. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164529. More
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東京. [Tokyo]. 株式會社近事畫報社. [Kabushiki Kaisha Kinji gahōsha]. Meiji 39 [ 1906]. Two issues in original pictorial wrappers, 30.6 x 22.5cm. No. 86 (issued on 15 April 1906): black and white photographic illustrations 16pp and text 22pp; No. 87 (1 May 1906) black and white photographic illustrations 16pp; text 22pp, colour..... More
Chicago. The University of Chicago Press. 2021. Black and white photographic illustrations, 325pp, notes, bibliography, index. Hardback in dustjacket, as new. This book explores the significance of fermentation phenomena, both as life processes and as technologies, in Japanese scientific culture. Charting developments in fermentation science from the turn of the..... More
Tokyo. Kodansha International. 1994. Foreword by Juzo Itami. 197pp, reverse of dustjacket a touch foxed, bvery good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213129. More
Tokyo. Japan in Pictures Cooperation. 1968-1970. A broken run of 11 issues: Vol. 9 No. 6, Vol. 10 No. 2, 4-6, Vol. 11 No. 1-4, Vol. 12 No. 2-3. All issues: Profuse colour and black and white photographic illustrations, 33pp. 26 x 25.5cm. Stapled wrappers, minor wear, overall in a...... More
Australia. ANU Press. 2017. Colour illustrations, black and white illustration, ix + 280pp, very good paperback copy. In Asia today, the grand ideologies of the past have lost their power over the popular imagination. Even in many of the region's democracies, popular engagement in the political process faces profound challenges..... More
Tokyo. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics, Kokugakuin University. 2017. Black and white photogaphic illustrations, 204pp, chronology, glossary. As new copy in original wrappers. When referring to this item please quote stockid 222758. More
New York. American Universities Field Staff. 1963. x + 403pp, notes, price clipped dustjacket worn with large tear with loss at rear, now protected, prior owner's name front free endpaper, overall a good copy. A discourse on Japan's position following the Occupation, with chapter headings such as: A Japanese Small..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 1998. First edition. Many black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 367pp, index, hardback, very good in dustjacket. Contributions from journalists of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan who reported on the occupation of Japan, the Korean War, revolution in China, Vietnam, the Cold War, Japan's economic miracle..... More
Abingdon. Routledge. 2006. xi + 176pp, notes, bibliography, indices. Very good hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 217919. More
New York. Berghahn. 2016. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 226pp, bibliography, index, 23.5 x 16cm. A very good hardback copy. "Based on seventeen months of ethnographic research among Indonesian eldercare workers in Japan and Indonesia, this book is the first ethnography to research Indonesian care workers' relationships..... More
Albany. State University of New York Press. 2000. xii + 225pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, glossary, index, half title page little marked, spine sunned, covers little shelf worn, a good paperback copy. Examines the cultural construction of senility in Japan and the moral implications of dependent behavior for older Japanese. When..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. (circa 1993). Black and white illustrations, xvii + 256pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. "White explores the world of the teenager in two significantly different modern societies, Japan and America. Drawing on the voices of adolescents themselves, she offers an in-depth look..... More
Tokyo: 東洋経済新報社. 1982. vi + 290pp, bibliography, covers little browned in areas, foxing upper edge, from the collection of Japanese historian Dr Richard Mason, a good paperback copy. Text in Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 159032. More