Brunswick. Scribe. 2023. xvii + 392pp. Paperback. New. "The Last Yakuza tells the history of the yakuza like it's never been told before. Makoto Saigo is half-American and half-Japanese in small-town Japan with a set of talents limited to playing guitar and picking fights. With rock stardom off the table..... More
Brunswick. Scribe. 2010. 335pp. Paperback. New. "At 19, Jake Adelstein went to Japan in search of peace and tranquility. What he got was a life of crime - crime reporting, that is, at the prestigious Yomiuri Shinbun. For twelve years of 80-hour work weeks, he covered the seedy side of..... More
San Francisco. Paul Elder and Company. ( 1912). Black and white full page plates, vii+ 84pp.., Original papered boards, slightly rubbed at the corners, paper is age-toned as usual, bibliography, appendix. Printed at the Tomoye Press in the year of the Rat, Meiji 45. 20 x 14cm. Prior owner bookplate..... 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
London. Transworld. 2023. 250pp. Hardback in dustjacket. New. "Inspirational and heartwarming, this bestselling nominee of the Japan Booksellers' Prize is a celebration of community libraries and the life-changing power of book recommendation." (Publisher's description). When referring to this item please quote stockid 214983. More
Clayton. Monash University Press. 2021. Black and white and colour photographic plates, xii + 223pp, notes, bibliography, index, 23.5 x 15.3cm. "The Emperor's Grace is the story of the men of "C" Force - the first contingent of Australian, British and Dutch POWs shipped from Singapore to Japan in November..... 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
Rutland. Tuttle. 2023. Black and white manga illustrations, 350pp. Paperback. New. "Learn to read, write, and speak everyday Japanese with manga stories! If you enjoy manga, you'll love learning Japanese with this book. The language lessons are interspersed with entertaining manga comic strips, making it easy to learn and remember..... 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
Sydney. Oriental Society of Australia. 2017. Bilingual English-Japanese. Colour photographic illustrations, 203pp, bibliography, paperback. The year 2015 marked the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Asia–Pacific War. From 30 September to 2 October, the Department of Japanese Studies at the University of Sydney held a commemorative international conference entitled..... 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
United States. The New Press. 1992. xiii + 479, notes, prior owner's name front free endpaper, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176579. More
Melbourne. Smith Street Books. 2023. Profuse colour illustrations, 271pp, index. Hardback. New. "Simple, everyday Japanese cooking from best-selling author Emiko Davies. Practically any home-cooked Japanese meal revolves around rice. It sits beside miso soup, pickles, tofu and a piece of grilled fish at breakfast. It soaks up the sauce in..... More
Rutland. Tuttle. 2023. 224pp. Paperback. New. "An anthology of the greatest stories by modern Japanese masters (including previously overlooked women writers)! Fourteen distinct voices are assembled in this one-of-a-kind anthology tracing a nation's changing social landscapes. Internationally renowned writers like Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa and Junichi Watanabe are joined by..... 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..... More
U.K. Dorling Kindersley. 2008. Maps, colour illustrations, 208pp, phrase index, index, paperback. This fascinating city; the world's largest metropolis, is becoming increasingly popular with and accessible to foreign visitors. Few people today are not affected by the creativity, culture and economy of Tokyo, yet this megacity remains an enigma for..... More
Norwalk. EastBridge. 2003. Fourth Edition. Map, xiii + 386pp, new paperback. "This classic account (1952) of the makers of 'New Japan' tells the life stories of a journalist, an ex-Navy vice-admiral, a steel worker, a farmer, and Emperor Hirohito. Frank Gibney was a wartime intelligence officer who became Time magazine..... 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
Rutland. Tuttle. 2020. Maps, colour photographic illustrations, 512pp. Paperback. "In A History of Modern Japan, cultural historian Christopher Harding delves into the untold stories of Japan's recent history - from a pop star's nuclear power protest song in 2011, to Japanese feminists who fought for an equal political voice in..... More
London. Penguin. 2022. Maps, xiii + 509pp, chronology, bibliographic notes, index. Paperback. New. "Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals. Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. These vivid and..... More
Tokyo. Kokusia Bunka Shinkokai. 1936. 26pp and 4 pages of publisher information. Card wrappers browned in places. From the library of George Caiger with his signature on the front free endpaper. K.B.S. Publications series II. No. 16 Hasegawa Nyozekan (1895-1969), was a pre-eminent liberal reformer through his role as a...... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2022. Colour photographic plates, 255pp. Paperback. New. "'The Japanese people are more mysterious than I imagined through Hearn's books.' - Albert Einstein Lafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the West - a man who travelled to Japan when he was..... More