Tokyo. Gakken. 1988. Reprint. Profuse colour and black & white photographic illustrations, decorative endpapers, 130pp. Upper edge foxed, dustjacket spine sunned, otherwise a very good hardback copy. 19.5 x 27cm. Chapter Titles: The Land of the Rising Sun -- Shrines -- Harmonizing with nature -- Farming-based groupism -- Burial Mound..... More
London. Jonathan Cape. 1984. Black and white photographic illustrations, xiii + 242pp, index, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket with a slightly sunned spine. "This is a book which explains more about the Japanese than most Westerners ever discover. It is about the popular, collective imagination of a people..... More
London. John Murray. 1905. Fifth edition revised. Large colour folding map, vi + 552pp, index, first and last leaves foxed, deacquistioned from the United Service Institution of NSW library with their stamps on the front free endpaper and title page, upper corner clipped front free endpaper, spine stained where library..... More
Berkeley. University of California Press. 1973. Black and white photographic illustrations, xv + 597pp, appendices, bibliography, index, neat stain from an old sticker front free endpaper, insect damaged and slightly torn dustjacket, now protected, felt pen mark outer edge, still a good copy. This volume explores the psychological features of..... More
Oxford. Clarendon. 1996. Reprint. Colour and black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 200pp, notes, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. "Wrapping Culture is concerned with problems of intercultural communication and the possibilities for misinterpretation of the familiar in an unfamiliar context. Throughout the book, Dr Hendry considers ways in..... More
![Stock ID #155411 風俗研究 第26号. [Fūzoku kenkyū dai 26-gō] [Genre Studies #26)....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/155411.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697760091)
京都 [Kyoto]. 内外出版. 大正１１年. [ 1922]*. Colour woodblock frontispiece, black and white illustrations in the text, 30pp, upper cover of the colourful upper wrapper torn and detached from upper cover, otherwise very good. This issue of this magazine includes articles on changes in Japanese marriage customs, customs relating to footwear..... More
大日本雄弁会講談社. [Dainihon Yubenkai Kodansha]. Showa 30 [ 1955.]. Three volumes in original pictorial card covers, attractive full page colour illustrations throughout. Light even browning, a little very light shelf wear, one spine a trifle discoloured, overall very good. 25.7 x 18cm. Three volumes (nos. 19, 25 and 35) from the..... More
![Stock ID #164502 自然. [Jizen] [Naturalness]. KANEMATSU KENRYO,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/164502.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1692012745)
京都.[Kyoto]. 文明堂. [Bunmeidō]. 1988. 141pp, paperback, dustjacket slightly rubbed, book band, 18.8 x 13.2cm, text in Japanese, very good copy. This book is a Japanese translation of Kanematsu's English book, Jinen. When referring to this item please quote stockid 164502. More
![Stock ID #164504 祇園祭細見. 山鉾篇[Giensai saiken. Yamaboko hen]. MATSUDA GEN,...](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/164504.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697765516)
京都.[Kyoto]. 郷土行事の会. [Kyōdo Gyōji no kai]. Showa 53 [ 1978]. Maps, black and white line illustrations, 189 + 4pp, Japanese text with a short English summary, newsletter sheet inserted, paperback, dustjacket, 26 x 18cm, very good copy. The Gion Festival is one of the five biggest festivals in Japan, which..... More
![Stock ID #172281 宗教民俗学. [Shukyo minzokugaku]. [Folklore Studies on Religion]....](https://asiabookroom.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/172281.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1697773615)
東京. [Tokyo]. 東京大学出版会. [Tokyo Daigaku Shuppankai]. 1990. Charts, 423 + xviii pp, index, endnotes, hardback, dustjacket, 21.5 x 15.5cm, text in Japanese, very good copy. This book is a comprehensive and theoretical study on folklore and religion. When referring to this item please quote stockid 172281. More
Osaka. Science Education Institute of Osaka Prefecture. 1981. ii + 205pp, very good copy in slightly faded dustjacket. Written for English language teacher's teaching in Japan. This book takes a socio-linguistic approach to language teaching recognises that without addressing the very different communication patterns both teacher and student are likely..... More
United States. University of Minnesota Press. 2015. Black and white photographic illustrations, x + 163pp, index, notes, very good paperback copy. What is the cultural value of illegal works that violate the copyrights of popular fiction? Why do they persist despite clear and stringent intellectual property laws? Drawing on the..... More
New York. Wener Gren Foundation, 1962. Revised Edition. Black and white line illustrations, x + 193pp, index, prior owners name upper cover, slightly marked spine, a good paperback copy. 25.5 x 18cm. Essays in this volume include: "Nature of the Problem of Japanese Cultural Origins" - Eiichiro Ishida; "The Japanese..... More
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[Japan]. (Circa 1935). Colour illustrations of Sumo techniques, 6pp, colour pictorial card stapled wrappers, 19.5 x 26.7cm. Occasional light wear. Scarce. This colourful booklet shows the 1935 newly agreed 56 Sumo winning techniques. Traditionally, the number of winning techniques was 48, even though the actual number of techniques was never..... More
Honolulu. University of Hawai'i Press. Reprint. 2000. Fourth Edition, revised. Black and white illustrations, 383pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, a little light wear covers, a good paperback copy. "For nearly three decades Japanese Culture has garnered high praise as an accurate and well-written introduction to Japanese history and culture. This..... More
Tokyo. Koubundou. [Heisei 3]. 1991. Black and white illustrations, 1034pp, bibliography, index, tape stains free endpapers, a good hardback copy. Text in Japanese. When referring to this item please quote stockid 143522. More
