Tokyo: Yushodo Booksellers. 1964. Reprint Series. Black and white illustrations, ci + 854pp, appendix, errata, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free-endpaper, touch of rubbing on corner extremities, very good hardback copy. Contents cover Japanese government documents on the Meiji restoration, edited with an introduction. When referring..... More
New York. Harcourt, Brace & World. 1969. 1st American Edition. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 282pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket creased and worn, now protected. In four parts, describing railwaymen, schoolmasters and things that were done in a hurry; travellers, missionaries and things that were sometimes disastrous; diplomats, butterflies and..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1980. Black and white maps and illustrations, xv + 367pp, appendices, glossary, bibliography, index, dustjacket spine sunned with minor wear extremities, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159745). More
Japan. University of Tokyo Press. 1976. xlviii + 532pp, prior owner's signature on front free endpaper, cover spine faded, a good hardback copy in slightly worn and torn dustjacket. "Civilization and enlightenment were the key concepts of Japanese intellectuals of the Meiji period, an era when Japan was exposed to..... More
Princeton. Princeton University Press. 1985. Black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 320pp, index of names cited, a piror owner's signature front free endpaper, very minor wear of covers, a very good copy in paperback. This book, a translation of Irokawa's 1969 classic Meiji no Bunka, is best described as..... More
London. Cassell. 1898. First edition. Black and white illustrations, 374pp + 15 page publisher's list at rear, frontispiece with tissue guard, index, rear gutter split, some foxing on endpapers and edges, cloth a trifle rubbed in places, corners lightly bumped but overall a very good copy in dark grey cloth..... More
Canberra. Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU. 1972. Map, x + 87pp, a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 5932). More
Canberra. Faculty of Asian Studies, ANU. 1972. Map, x + 87pp, neatly hand written title on spine, otherwise a good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 64768). More
ANU. Canberra. 1971. Map, table, 70pp, a few small marks on covers, otherwise good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 5931). More
Berkeley. Uni. Of California Press. 1991. Maps, black and white illustrations, tables, xvi + 364pp, appendices, index, bookplate front free endpaper, otherwise very good in dustjacket. Examines the political role of working men and women in Tokyo and reinterprets the broader dynaimcs of Japan's prewar political history. When referring to..... More
New York. Harper & Brothers. 1883. New Edition. 2 volumes in 1. Book I: History of Japan from 660 B.C. to 1872 A.D. Book II: Personal Experiences, Observations, and Studies in Japan, 1870-1875. Map, black and white engravings. 651pp. Ex library, front paste down considerably damaged where label has been..... More
Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1973. Black and white illustrations, x + 535pp, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, dustjacket spine little, single closed tear lower cover dustjacket corner, a very good hardback copy. Mori Arinori was the Japanese minister of education..... More
Gainesville. University of Florida Press. 1953. Maps, xii + 202pp, index, bibliography, appendices, notes in text, cloth cover extremities lightly worn, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a good hardback copy. "This book is the study of the influence of [the northern] frontier on Japanese..... More
Tokyo. Tokyo University Press. 1981. xvii + 769pp, spine gilt lettering, an excellent, clean hardback copy in card slipcase. Quarto. The major reference work on pre-war Japanese government. Text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 69180). More
Tokyo. The Hokuseido Press. 1940. Black and white illustrations, xiv + 423pp, index, price label laid down one lower leaf, pale foxing first and last leaves and occasional internal leaf, minor damp damage lower edge throughout, lower hinge loosening, pen mark front free endpaper, edges browned, decorative gilt upper cover..... More
Berkeley. Uni. Of California Press. 1964. viii + 376pp, index, bibliography, glossary, dustjacket little chipped at edges, otherwise a good, clean copy in hardback. Biography of Okubo Toshimichi, an important figure in Meiji Restoration history. "With an iron hand, Okubo guided the new state along a middle path, veering neither..... More
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Tokyo. Jinji Koshinjo. 1934. 10th edition. Various pagination, thumb indexed, black and white photographic portraits frontis. Very thick small quarto (several thousand pages), cloth worn particularly on spine, corners of some pages creased, rebacked, original backstrip laid down on new spine. A sound copy of a most useful reference. All..... More
Tokyo. Asiatic Society. December,1917. ii + 185pp, papercovered boards considerably marked and worn, upper joint split, head and tail of spine little worn, front free endpaper removed, endpapers browned, still text clean and sound. Includes: A Study of Some of the Oracles and Sayings in the Warongo or Japanese Analects..... More
Tokyo. International House of Japan. 2007. First English edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, xix + 196pp, appendix, notes, references, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154778. More
Japan. International House of Japan. 2007. Black and white illustrations, 196pp, appendix, notes, sources, index, a very good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 159787). More
Harvard. Harvard University Press, 2008. 520pp, bibliography, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Harvard East Asian Monographs, 247 The Meiji Restoration of 1868 inaugurated a period of great change in Japan, it is seldom associated, however, with advances in civil and political rights. By studying parliamentarianism - the theories, arguments..... More
Tokyo. Obunsha. 1957. Black and white photographic plates, xi + 277pp, index, quarter-bound hardback, original cloth learther title label on spine, binding very sound, leaves browned edges, embossed stamp to printer's imprint, a very good copy. Volume II in this Centenary Cultural Council Series. This volume in the series has..... More
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Tokyo. Tokyo University Press. 1985. 3rd Printing. iv + 381 + vii pp, cloth covers slightly soiled, otherwise very good in card slipcase with trifle faded spine. Text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 71061). More
東京. [Tokyo]. Kinransha. [金蘭社]. Taishō 16 [1927]. Large coloured folded sugoroku map with playing pieces in the shape of planes and trains along the borders, a Japanese first name written in red pencil on the right bottom border, a little light foxing and careless folding, otherwise very good. 54.5 x...... More
Tokyo: 小松屋洋服店]*. Komatsuya Yōfukuten. Card printed double sided, two folds making 6 panels, minor wear, very good copy of a charming piece of fashion ephemera, 20.2 x 11.2cm. A delightful little piece of Meiji era advertising ephemera, produced by the Komatsuya tailoring shop, a maker of western style mens' clothing..... More
