Australia. Curriculum Corporation. 1998. Teacher's resource book. The sources included in Hanabi are all texts from or about modern Japan. Some are by Japanese authors while others are by non-Japanese who have lived and worked in Japan. A variety of text types is included. The book is made up of..... More
London. Constable. 2020. Black and white photographic illustrations, 352pp, 22.4 x 14.3cm. Paperback. "Today we take it for granted that Japan is a forge of the world's fantasies: the birthplace of Transformers and Pokemon, of food trends like ramen and artisanal whisky and cutting-edge manga and anime. But it wasn't..... More
Melbourne. Japanese Studies Centre. Monash University. 1996. 230 + 18pp, paperback, quarto. "This textbook was prepared to provide reading exercises for Japanese learners at the intermediate level. The reading passages, selected form Yoshio Sugimoto's Osutoraria 6000 Nichi (6000 days in Australia) deal with various aspects of Australia-Japan relations." From the..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2020. 300 color photographs, maps and drawings, 256pp, 23.5 x 16cm. A very good paperback copy. "The Japanese Sake Bible is the ultimate book about Japan's national drink - from its history and culture to its ingredients and production methods, how to choose the best sake, and recommended..... More
London. Kegan Paul. 1991. Maps, tables, figures, appendices, notes, references, index, xviii + 328pp.. Japanese Studies Series. An excellent copy in a dustjacket. This book provides a detailed ethnographic account of two modern suburban communities in Japan, an area that has had little attention in the literature. Most studies have..... More
Japan: Tuttle Shokai Inc, 2008. Hardback , 229 x 152mm. Japan's Showa era began in 1926 when Emperor Hirohito took the throne and ended on his death in 1989. The formative age of modern Japan, it was undoubtedly the most momentous, calamitous, successful and glamorous period in Japan's recent history..... More
United States. Tuttle Publishing. 2010. Children's picture book, hardback. A fun, lighthearted look at Japanese culture and family life, told via a series of delightful, humorous illustrations that proceed through the year. Concepts: culture, celebrations (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130165). More
United States. University of Hawaii Press. 2010. viii + 199 pages, index, bibliography, notes, paperback. "The Other Women's Lib" provides the first systematic analysis of Japanese literary feminist discourse of the 1960s - a full decade before the 'women's lib' movement emerged in Japan. It highlights the work of three..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental Ltd, 2007. xviii + 235pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Introduces the concepts of naturalization and naturalized modernity and uses them as tools for understanding the way modernity has been experienced and portrayed in Japanese literature since the end of the Second World War. Special emphasis is given to..... More
Australia. Black Inc., 2012. 265 pages, paperback. Blending the intimacy of memoir with an artist's vision, Toyo is the story of a remarkable woman, a vivid picture of Japan before and after war, and an unpredictable tale of courage and change in present-day Australia. Born into the traditional world of..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental Ltd, 2004. 176pp. Hardback. Provides a suggestion that countries with socialized healthcare systems should be closely watching Japan as it attempts to balance social needs with economic viability. This book examines this critical certainty. It is for anyone whose work or interests are concerned with Japanese healthcare..... More
United States: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2016. 76 colour photos, paperback. "Maido (my-dough, not to be confused with that childhood favourite, Play-Doh) describes the most common Japanese gestures and defines their meanings and the cultural contexts that surround them. Japanese gestures are a world of their own, much the way the..... More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (1997). Reprint. xii + 762pp, index. French text. First published in 1912. This important annotated bibliography contains listings of 3,500 works on Japan published in European languages through to the year 1870. The appendix also lists principal works published from 1870 to 1912. (When referring to this..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2017. Colour illustrations, 47pp, 26 x 20cm. A very good hardback copy. "Haiku is a uniquely Japanese form of poetry that uses images from nature to capture a feeling or a moment. Haiku are short but powerful-making them easy and fun to write and share with your friends..... More
Mansfield Center. Martino. (2000). Black and white line illustrations, ix + 322pp, index. Originally published in Paris in 1900. Describes over 500 early Japanese books in the Bibliotheque Nationale, plus information on the history of engraving of Japanese books, and on individual artists. (When referring to this item please quote..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2006. Colour illustrations, 128 pages, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. Superb collection of authentic Japanese art and design reproduced directly from rare and costly sources includes birds, florals, animals, fish, crests, geometric designs, and patterns. An invaluable resource for professional and amateur artists and craftspeople. Over 260 color..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental. 2007. 139pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket. Presents a study of Hasegawa Nyozekan (1895-1969), which examines his life and intellectual contributions as a pre-eminent liberal reformer through his role as a journalist and social critic, particularly in pre-war and wartime Japan. (When referring to this item please quote stockid..... More
Sydney. Hachette. 2008. Young adult novel, paperback. The powerful conclusion to the Tales of the Otori trilogy which transports us once again to an imagined medieval Japan, a land of formal ritual and codes, harsh beauty and deceptive appearance. The teenage lovers, Takeo and Kaede, are now married, but their..... More
Sydney. Hachette. 2008. Young adult novel, paperback. The second book in the extraordinary Tales of the Otori trilogy continues the epic story of Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede, the young lovers whose fate is played out in an ancient Oriental world, where ritualised codes of high honour counter the cruelty..... More
London. Abacus. 2016. Originally published in Japanese as Byakuyako. 539pp, paperback. A twenty-year-old murder A chain of unsolvable mysteries Can one detective solve this epic riddle? When a man is found murdered in an abandoned building in Osaka in 1973, unflappable detective Sasagaki is assigned to the case. He begins..... More
Folkestone. Global Oriental Ltd, 1997. ix + 284pp, index, dustjacket. Lafcadio Hearn used to be considered one of the best Western interpreters of Japan of his generation. In recent years, however, he has been relegated to the status of a Victorian romantic. This shouldn't be so, as is shown by..... More
United Kingdom: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2019. 3 small paperback volumes in pictorial card slipcase. Volume I: 350pp. Volume II: 346pp. Volume III: 332pp. Colour and black white illustrations throughout. Very attractive set. In 1814, Hokusai's sketches were published in a handbook of over 4,000 images: Hokusai Manga. It surpassed..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2003. Paperback, 106pp. "Often used to explain Japanese business competition, Musashi's Book of Five Rings is more properly a definitive treatise on mortal combat from one of Japan's most formidable warriors - the martial arts luminary Miyamoto Musashi. Famed martial artist Stephen Kaufman has translated this classic without..... More
United Kingdom: Vintage Publishing, 2008. 208pp, paperback. In a suburb on the outskirts of Tokyo, four teenage girls drift through a hot smoggy August and tedious summer school classes. There s dependable Toshi; brainy Terauchi; Yuzan, grief-stricken and confused; and Kirarin, whose late nights and reckless behaviour remain a secret..... More
Melbourne. Trans Pacific Press. 2001. Maps, xiv + 230pp, notes, index, paperback. "Hiroshi Komai, a foremost scholar in the studies of foreign residents in Japan, draws on the latest and most comprehensive data available to provide a systematic overview of the current situation of foreign migrants in Japan and to..... More
