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 about アサヒグラフに見る昭和前史: 大正13-15年. [Asahi gurafu ni miru Shōwa zenshi. ...

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 about 日本歴史大辞典 /Nihon Rekishi Daijiten. [Encyclopedia of Japanese History

小学館. Showa 29 [1954]. Published as a supplement of Shogaku rokunensei 小学六年生 v.7, no. 7 published in 1 October 1954. 54 pages. A little foxing and browning, original pictorial covers a little browned and worn. A good copy of an attractive 1950s Japanese children's book. Aimed at children around 12... More about 学習絵巻. 世界と日本. [Gakushū emaki. Sekai to Nihon]. [Studying by Using Picture...

Tokyo. Asiatic Society. December1924. 99pp + 4pp + 4pp, notes, papercovered boards, gilt lettering spine, signature of Japanese historian Dr. Richard Mason front free-endpaper, boards browned and worn with a little loss, upper hinge cracked. Contents clean and sound. Includes: The Imperial edicts in the Shoku-Nihongi by G.B. Sansom, A.... More about The Transactions of The Asiatic Society of Japan. Second Series, Vol I

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 about The Transactions of The Asiatic Society of Japan. Second Series, Vol III

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 about The Transactions of The Asiatic Society of Japan. Third Series, Vol 10

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 about Modern Japan. The American Nexus

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 about Histoire et Description du Japan

London. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1990. Maps, illustrations, xviii + 350pp, index, notes, glossary, bibliography, paperback, inscription front free endpaper. "Spanning Japan's social, economic and political history from the earliest times to the present day, Hugh Cortazzi's book vividly describes all aspects of her civilization, from her rich artistic heritage of... More about The Japanese Achievement

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 about The Journal of Japanese Studies

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 about The Journal of Japanese Studies

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 about Bibliography of Translations from the Japanese into Western Languages

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 about A Short Bibliography on Japan in English