New York. HarperCollins. 2000. Full page black and white photographic illustrations, 800pp, notes, index, 24.2 x 16.5. A very good copy. "In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into 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

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

Stanford. Stanford University Press. 1981. Maps, black and white illustrations, xii + 256pp, indices, paperback, very good. This is the intimate and richly informative diary kept in 1910 by the young wife of a bustling merchant household in Kyoto. Makiko writes about both special occasions, such as weddings, funerals, ancestral..... More

London. Methuen. 1934. Double page colour plate, 24 black and white plates, xi + 290pp, index, pen with some transfer on front free-endpaper and pencilling on the lower endpaper, covers worn with some of the upper cover board rubbed, edges browned, text is sound and clean. When referring to this..... 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

Kent. Norbury. 1977. Black and white illustrations, xviii + 231pp, bibliography, signature of Japanese historian Dr.Richard Mason on front free endpaper, dustjacket minor rubbing, 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..... 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

Shimonoseki. Shimonoseki Middle School. Showa 12 [ 1937]. Black & white portrait illustration, and sepia toned vignettes, [x] + 46pp, index. Soft card covers with yap edges, covers a little marked but internally a clean and firm copy. 19 x 13cm. Published in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the..... More

Tokyo. 中央公論新社, 1971. Black and white illustrations, 211pp, text in japanese, a good paperback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 154318. 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