New York. John Day. No date. (circa1962). Second impression. 256pp, very good copy in repaired and browned dustjacket. Autobiographical account of Pearl Buck's return to Japan after a 25 year absence. She found many changes there and much kindness which helped her come to terms with her grief following the..... More

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

Tokyo. 大和書房, 1976. Black and white plate, 294pp, a good harcback copy, text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154319). More

Tokyo. Tokyo Insatsu Kabushiki Kaisha. (1938). Black and white illustrations, xix + iii + iiviii + 399pp, index, signature of prior owner title page, pale foxing first and last leaves and edges, minor ink numbering front free endpaper, light wear and marking covers, dulled gilt lettering spine, still a sound..... More

Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture. 2018. First English edition. Black and white photographic illustrations, 339pp., bibliography, appendix. A very good hardback copy in a dust jacket. "Towards the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, Mutsu Munemitsu was ousted frim his home Kishu-han as a result of his father's defeat..... More

New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 1980. Black and white photographic illustrations, viii + 453pp notes, bibliography, index, dustjacket rubbed particularly along extremities, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, a very clean hardback copy. "The author draws on a considerable amount of rarely used materials, relating..... More

Kent. Norbury. 1977. Black and white illustrations, xviii + 231pp, bibliography, slightly worn dustjacket, now protected, a very good copy. "[Kenneth Strong] uses contemporary sources and his subject's personal diaries to present an overall account of the way an intricate network of oligarchic and industrial interests bound together by complex..... 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

日本放送出版協会. 1982. Black and white illustrations, 257pp, a good paperback copy with text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154329). More

Tokyo. 大和書房, 1976. B&w plate, 353pp, a good hardback copy with dustjacket, text in Japanese. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 154328). More