Tokyo. Tuttle. 2021. Colour plates, black and white illustrations, 223pp, references. Paperback. "The culmination of 25 years of research, Alex Bennett's groundbreaking English translation of Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings reveals the true meaning of the original work This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584-1645) is..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2021. 221pp. Paperback. "Love and death in a Japanese brothel in nineteenth-century Singapore. It is Singapore in 1870 and Aoki is a karayuki-san. Aged fifteen, Aoki was sold by her father and shipped to Singapore from Japan, where she was bought into the world of prostitution. In a...... More
London. Vintage. 2019. Reprint. 183pp, 20 x 12.8cm. Paperback. "In the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her. From among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select..... More
United Kingdom. Faber & Faber. 2013. 206pp, paperback. It is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamity of World War Two, her people putting defeat behind them and looking to the future. The celebrated artist, Masuji Ono, fills his days attending to his garden, his house repairs, his..... 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
London. Joffe Books. 2021. 252pp. Paperback. Kamiya Jun is a teenage war orphan from the lost Japanese colony of Karafuto. He is smuggled to the mainland on a fishing boat. Captured by the police, he is handed over to the occupation forces, and finds himself unwillingly recruited to work in..... More
Singapore. Penguin. 2021. Black & white illustrations, 228pp. Paperback. "A window on modern Japan, this off-kilter, anti-sentimental literary thriller is an eye-opening journey into the hinterlands of a postmodern nation. Kyoto University student Aozora Fujiwara has been playing too much mah-jong and now he's deep in debt. When Aunt Okane..... More
London. Doubleday. 2021. Reprint. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. 354pp, 21.6 x 13.4cm. Paperback. "How can you save your friend's life if she doesn't want to be rescued? In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch..... More
London. Rider. 2021. Reprint. 280pp, 22.5 x 14.5cm. Hardback in dustjacket. "Publishing in English for the very first time, Japan's beloved coming of age classic on what really matters in life. The streets of Tokyo swarm below fifteen year-old Copper as he gazes out into the city of his childhood..... More
