Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Asia Center. 2022. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 194pp, bibliography, index. As new hardback copy in dustjacket. This book uncovers in vivid detail how a colorful group of Okayama-based activists founded institutions, engaged in the Freedom and People's Rights Movement, promoted social reform, and..... More
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. Japanese government documents on the Meiji restoration, edited with an introduction. When referring to this..... More
London. Luzac. 1951. Folding map, xix + 227pp, appendices, bibliography, index, signature of Japanese historian Dr John Caiger front free endpaper, a very good hardback copy. Based on the author's doctoral thesis which includes sections on the Opium War in Anglo-Japanese relations, the Perry Expedition of 1852-1854, Sir John Bowring..... More
London. John Murray. October 1911. Second Edition. Black and white illustrations, xxiv + 336pp + 4 page publisher's catalogue, index. Endpapers with light damp marks and edges browned, red cloth covered boards slightly dulled, contents sound. Narrative of travels in Japan. When referring to this item please quote stockid 218313..... 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
Tokyo. Kodansha. 1968. First edition. Based on the book by Itsuro Hattori. Endpaper maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 248pp, neat stamp of a prior owner title page, overall very good hardback copy. This book is the first comprehensive reconstruction of the first Japanese embassy to the USA. One of..... More
New Haven. Yale. 1981. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 355pp, notes, bibliography, index, prior owner's signature front free endpaper, sunned dustjacket reverse foxed, very good hardback copy. "A sensitive critical biography, interlaced with extracts from [Ichiyo's] diary, and [Danly's] translation of nine representative stories, several appearing in..... 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. A.N.U. Press. 1981. Tables, xii + 447pp, index, good copy in marked dustjacket. Papers include: Family systems in Australia and Japan - Yuriko Kitaoji; Japan's Foreign Policy and Attitudes to the Outside World 1868-1945 - Junji Banno; The Australian and Japanese Constitutions - Yasuhiro Okudaira. When referring to this..... More
London. Routledge. 1995. vii + 279pp, appendix, bibliography, index, inscription by the author to historian Dr J. Caiger, dustjacket trifle shelf worn, a very good hardback copy. A unique and pioneering study of the first fifteen years of the Imperial Japanese Diet, this book is the first detailed study of..... 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
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
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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..... More
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Tokyo. Keiō Gijuku Daigaku. 1983. Black and white and colour illustrations, spine a little soiled, extremities rubbed, very good paperback copy with French flaps. 28 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213116. 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
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1981. Black and white illustrations, xi + 385pp, appendix, bibliography, index, upper edge foxed, sunned spine dustjacket, otherwise a very good hardback copy. Japan today is known as a nation of achievers, even over-achievers. Young Japanese compete in a series of "examination hells," which determine..... More
Middlesex. Viking/Rainbird. 1986. Maps, many colour illustrations, pictorial endpapers, 224pp, notes, index, ribbon bookmark, patches of fading on dustjacket, very good hardback copy. 28.2 x 19.5cm. "At daybreak on 24 December 1898, he first caught sight of Japan. Although by then a seasoned traveller, nothing had quite prepared him for..... More