Folkestone. Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1995. Black and white illustrations, 204pp, index, dustjacket spine little faded, very good copy. Kaempfer's "The History of Japan" was the result of two years' research in Japan in the early 1690s and was published in London in 1727; it appeared in a total of... More
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
Baltimore. John Hopkins. n.d. (c.1970). Black and white illustrations, 245pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, decorative endpapers, prior owner's name front free endpaper, minor wear and fading dustjacket otherwise a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66359). More
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
Cambridge, Mass. East Asian Research Center Harvard Uni. 1970. 79pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, few pages little creased at lower corners, covers little patchily faded. Signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason front free endpapers. A good copy. The demand for commerce was perhaps the chief factor which led to... More
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
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. 2nd printing. Maps, photographic illustrations, x + 446pp, bibliography, index. "The book's value is not confined to the specialist in Japanese political institutions or the specialist in the local political lore of Okayama. The sociologist and social historian, the economist and economic historian, as well... More
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
London. Cambridge University Press. 1974. Tables, xiv + 239pp, notes, bibliography, glossary, index. "The present volume deals with economic and social change in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Japan, by means of a case study of the cotton trade in Osaka and the surrounding Kinai region. The development of the Osaka... More
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
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1970. viii + 253pp, index, biographical notes, list of works cited, lightly foxed dustjacket, endpapers and edges trifle foxed, otherwise a good copy. This book discusses the thought and life of Nishi Amane (1829-1897) who was one the first Japanese to assert the supremacy of Western... More
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
Stanford. Stanford U.P., 1981. 260pp, index, a very good copy in slightly worn dustjacket. The author argues that instead of being a revolution from above that the Meiji Restoration was carried out from below by a service intelligentsia of the minor administrators, priests, scholars and village officials. (When referring to... More
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
University of Hawai'i Press. 1977. Black and white frontispiece, viii + 200pp, notes, glossary, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, foxing upper page edges, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. Volume 2 of the Historical Literature of Mori Ogai. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 143530). More
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
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press. 1968. Endpaper maps, full page colour and black and white plates, 241pp, appendices, bibliography, index. . 28 x 22cm. Dustjacket with marks where library labels have been removed otherwise a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 157643). More
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
Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1977. 183pp, signature of prior owner front paste down, notes, bibliography, index, good in slightly damaged dustjacket. A striking aspect of Japanese history was the static population figures during the 18th and early 19th century. Methods employed such as the use of infanticide are discussed in... More
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
Honolulu. University of Hawaii Press. 1980. 588pp, appendix, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason front free endpaper, minor tear on upper right edge dustjacket, now protected, a very good copy. By reconstructing political events the author chronicles the collapse of a regime and explains why the governing... More
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
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
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
