Tokyo. 朝日新聞社. 1975. Volume 2 only. Black and white illustrations, 282pp, head of spine bumped, a very good hardback copy in card slipcase. Quarto. Reprint of some issues of The Asahigraph Weekly, Japanese illustrated newspaper, with some English captions. Interesting insight into life in the Taisho era. (When referring to..... More

Nara. 河出書房新社. 昭和３１－３６.1956-61. Complete 22 volume set which includes 2 extra volumes on chronological tables and maps: Maps, colour frontispieces with black and white photographic plates and illustrations throughout, individual card slipcases for each volume; occasional light bumping to corners, gilt spines with gilt emblem on embossed front covers,a very..... More

Tokyo. Asiatic Society. Second Series, Vol XIX.1940. Map, black and white illustrations, vi + 307pp, appendices, bibliography, index, papercovered boards and cloth spine little worn and soiled, cloth on lower joint showing insect damage, endpapers browned, publishers label front paste down, a sound and overall clean copy. Contains three papers..... More

Tokyo. Asiatic Society. December1926. Black and white illustrations, 179pp, boards damp stained lower section, paper covering on boards torn with loss in several places particularly on lower board, endpapers browned, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason title page, Includes: The Cradle of Graeco-Buddhist art by A. Foucher, The Oceanic..... More

Tokyo. Asiatic Society. August1968. Black and white illustrations, 175pp, papercovered boards, gilt lettering spine, very good copy. Includes: Law and the Social Process in Japan by Richard Rabinowitz, Chinese Storytellers and Singers of Ballads by V. Hrdlickova, Kusazoshi: Chapbooks of Japan by Leon Zolbrod. (When referring to this item please..... More

Fort Worth. Harcourt Brace. 1993. Maps, black and white illustrations, vi + 426pp, index, a very good paperback copy. Selective in the subjects presented, this text covers the most salient and engaging topics in great detail and from a variety of perspectives. The author, who lived in Japan for five..... More

Tours. 1842. Troisieme Edition. Engraved frontispiece and title pages and two other full page tissue guarded engravings, (6) + 308pp, marbled edges and endpapers, upper edge browned, foxed throughout, first few leaves soiled, upper edge water stained throughout (not affecting text), upper hinge split, quarter morocco binding worn particularly at..... More

Seattle. Society for Japanese Studies. Volume 15, Number 1.1989. 343pp, wrappers, trifle worn at corners and head and tail of spine. The theme of this issue is social control and early socialization. Papers include: Order in Japanese Society: Attachment, Authority, and Routine - Thomas P. Rohlen; Controlled Diversity: An Overview..... More

Seattle. Society for Japanese Studies. Volume 21, Number 2.1995. 293 - 545pp, wrappers, trifle faded along spine and upper edge of upper cover. The four articles in this issue are: The "Old Boy" Network and Government-Business Relationships in Japan - Ulrike Schaede; Inventing the "Symbol Monarchy" in Japan, 1945-52 -..... More

Tokyo. Sophia University. 1971. viii + 112pp, bibliographies, indicies, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason on front free endpaper, dustjacket spine browned and a little worn, a good hardback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 151060). More

Tokyo. 1934. 32pp, very attractive booklet in original wrappers. Covers 16 subject areas including philosophy, religion, language, literature, arts and crafts, law, education and social life. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 137101). More

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011. Black and white illustrations,164pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good paperback copy. Previous copy owned by the author. In contrast to the enduring stereotype of a 'nation of samurai', this book uses provincial newspapers and local records to hear the voices of ordinary..... More

London. Methuen. [1908]. 1st ed. Colour frontispiece with browned tissue-guard, black and white plates. Inscribed with author's compliments front free endpaper. Spine worn with loss, original red cloth lettered and stamped in gilt on the spine. Head and tail of spine frayed, cloth cracked along spine edge. Cloth little stained..... More