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

Tokyo. Kajima Institute. 1963. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, xiii + 206pp, very good copy in dustjacket. Mrs Kajima was president of the large civil engineering and construction firm, Kajima Construction Company. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 9064). More

New York. Columbia University Press. 2016. 278pp, notes, bibliography, index, 22.2 x 15cm. Head of spine and upper corners little bumped, otherwise a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. "Many books in Japanese have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912). Although he died at the age..... More

New Haven . Yale University Press. 1989. [Reprint]. 192pp, index, bibliography, notes, paperback, corners lightly bumped, very good. Daughter of a merchant family in nineteenth-century Japan and wife of a distinguished scholar-doctor of the samurai class, Shibue Io was a woman remarkable in her own right for her exceptionally keen..... 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

Kyoto. Ritsumeikan Uni. 1933. Translation. viii + iv + 321pp, appendix, endpapers browned, signatures of prior owner's endpapers, cloth dull and worn with a little loss at corners and head and tail of spine. One leaf a little marked but generally the text is very good, clean and sound. Prince..... 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