Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1973. Black and white illustrations, x + 535pp, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index, name front free endpaper, binding worn & skewed, a good copy otherwise. Mori Arinori was the Japanese minister of education and was assassinated in 1889. This biography discusses his role in the modernisation of..... More

Baltimore. Publish America. 2007. Black and white photographic illustrations, 102pp, glossary, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173987. More

Tokyo. DISCO Networking. 1998. First Edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 48pp, family timeline, bibliography, good paperback copy. The author researched this well known story and here presents evidence that the character of Madame Butterfly was based on his great-great-great grandmother Madame Tsuru Glover. When referring to this item please..... More

Tokyo. Foreign Press Center. 1979. 1st English edition. Translated by Simul International. Map, illustrations, 187pp, foreedge damp-damaged affecting margin of some leaves, wrappers trifle worn and bumped, dustjacket damp-damaged in part, spine slightly faded. By a former Prime Minister of Japan. "This work is an English translation of a book..... More

New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 453pp. Dustjacket rubbed, particularly along extremities, neat signature front endpaper, otherwise in good condition, a very clean copy. "The author draws on a considerable amount of rarely used materials, relating to Soho's public and private life..... More

Cambridge. Belknap Press. 1986. Map, black and white illustrations, ix + 371pp, index, neat label of a prior owner front free endpaper, paperback worn particularly at corners, opening a little between two gatherings. Fair secondhand copy. This extroadinary family account offers insight into the Japanese character and the forging of..... More

Berkeley. University of California Press. 1969. Black and white line illustrations, xvii + 187pp, chronology, neat name of a prior owner front free endpaper, remainder mark lower edge, good clean hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 173895. More

Tokyo. Kodansha International. 2007. 187pp, small closed tear upper corner of dustjacket, a very good hardback copy. A shocking yet intensely moving first-person account of one woman's experience of growing up in Japan's yakuza society. Born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lives her early years..... More

Tokyo. Kodansha International. 1992. Black and white photographic plates, xi + 256pp, hardback, very good in dustjacket. Translated by Edwin McClellan. A memoir by the author of such well-known works as Musashi and Taiko. "Fragments of a Past provides an absorbing account of a boy's struggle toward maturity; a striking..... More

Tokyo. Keiōgijuku. 2009. Colour and black and white illustrations, 424pp, selected bibliography, chronology, lower edge upper cover and corners bumped, otherwise a very good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22cm. "Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) [Tenpo 5 - Meiji 34] was a true innovator of his time, active from the end of Japan's..... More

Japan. 講談社. 1970. Black and white plates, 344pp, a good hardback copy in card slipcase. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154354. More