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
London. Penguin. 2006. Translated by Meredith McKinney. Maps, black and white illustrations, xxxvi +364pp, glossaries, court rank descriptions, notes, paperback. "From short tales to lists of beautiful and ugly things, Sei Shonagon tells of a leisurely life in the court of 10th-century Heian Japan. She can be lyrical, she can..... More
Tokyo. Tuttle. 2022. [Reprint]. Colour plates, black & white illustrations, 217pp, appendix. Paperback. "Gossamer Years is a remarkably frank diary written by an unnamed noblewoman in tenth-century Japan - the same period as Murasaki Shikibu's celebrated Tale of Genji. In her diary, the author describes her tempestuous and unhappy marriage..... More