Indianapolis. Bobbs-Merrill. 1935. Portrait frontispiece, 397pp, spine marked, dustjacket torn with some loss but now protected. A little light even browning throughout. Biography of Commodore Perry which include but are not limited to the Japanese period of his career. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 130096). More about The Great Commodore. The Exploits of Matthew Calbraith Perry

Philadelphia. Lippincott. 1917. Folding map, colour frontis, 286pp, appendices, grey cloth-covered boards trifle marked, protective dustjacket, octavo, small bookseller's label front pastedown, a good, generally clean copy. A reproduction of Yotsuya Kwaidan told by the famous story-teller Shunkintei Ryuo. The story is an example of a 'true' Japanese ghost story... More about The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'iwa Inari

Princeton. Princeton Uni Press. 1968. x + 396pp, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason front free endpaper, dustjacket torn with minor loss along edges now protected, otherwise a very good copy. "Western students of premodern Japan have at their disposal writings which, at the very minimum, provide an... More about Studies in the Institutional History of Early Modern Japan

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1985. 360pp, notes, index, very good copy in dustjacket. The thirteen papers in this volume represent a concerted effort to place the historical demography of East Asia on a firm quantitive basis. They explore a wide range of Chinese and Japanese documentary sources and raise new... More about Family and Population in East Asian History

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, hardback, foxed dustjacket with closed tear, now protected, endpapers and edges lightly foxed, attractive bookplate laid down front free endpaper, internally clean and sound. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897)... More about Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought

Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, hardback, dustjacket little marked and smudged, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897) who was... More about Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought

Stuttgart. Brockhaus. 1982. 2 volumes. Volume I: Folding map, lxviii + 310pp. Volume II: 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, 1 folding plate, black and white full page plates, [8] + 478pp. Cloth, leather title labels spine, quarto. Small mark cloth upper cover, lettering on upper cover a little worn... More about Geschichte Und Beschreibung von Japan. Aus den Originalhandschriften des Verfassers herausgegeben...

Princeton. Princeton U.P., 1984. x + 290pp, index, glossary, paperback, dustjacket minor wear at extremities, top edge lightly foxed, overall a very good hardback copy. A collection of articles about the influence of Confucianism in Tokugawa Japan. Essays include: Characteristic Responses to Confucianism in Tokugawa Literature, by Donald Keene; Neo-Confucian... More about Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture

Princeton. Princeton U.P., 1982. Maps, black and white illustrations, 282pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, slightly faded dustjacket. Signature of a prior owner front free endpaper, very good copy. Looks at the role of shijuku in Tokugawa Japan. In contrast to the official schools of the time, shijuku reflected the scholar's... More about Private Academies of Tokugawa Japan

New York: Random House. (circa1970). Reprint. Maps, black and white illustrations, 627pp, notes, bibliography, index, lower edge little marked, cloth a little faded, inscription front free endpaper. A sound secondhand copy without dustjacket. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 16208). More about Shimoda Story

Richmond. Vic. Hutchinson. 1979. Endpaper maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 148pp, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 26 x 20cm. The Warner's have traced and re-traced the journey along the Tokaido, Japan's vital highway recapturing the events that have shaped Japanese history. (When referring to this item... More about The Great Road. Japan's Highway to the Twentieth Century

New York. Viking Press. 1990. xii + 578pp, notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket very slightly marked, very good copy. The story of the first official contact between the Japanese Empire and the United States when Commodore Perry's squadron of ships steamed into Edo Bay in July 1853. Drawn from first hand... More about Yankees in the Land of the Gods. Commodore Perry and the Opening of Japan