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

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

London. Faber and Faber. 1974. 280pp, glossary, index, endpapers little browned, dustjacket spine lightly faded and edges lightly worn, a good hardback copy. The author was the head of the British Council in Japan for 6 years from 1961. When referring to this item please quote stockid 148844... 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, some very minor water damage lower cover and paper band but otherwise a very good hardback copy. 28.5 x 22cm. "Fukuzawa Yukichi (1835-1901) [Tenpo 5 - Meiji 34] was a...... 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