Asia - Japan
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
$19.99 Add to cart“A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life.” —The Washington Post
The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the… [more below]
- Author: Lockley, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335044981
- Language: English
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A History of Japan: Revised Edition
$18.95 Add to cartA classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.
Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Sta- Author: Mason, R. H. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 15, 1997
- ISBN10: 080482097X
- Language: English
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The Way of the Samurai
$24.99 Add to cart“The Way of the Samurai: Unveiling the Heart of Ancient Warriors”
When you hear the word “samurai,” you might imagine fierce fighters wearing masks and wielding long swords. But there’s more to samurai
- Author: Nitobe, Inazo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1998050262
- Language: English
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Comfort Women: Japan’s Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War
$23.99 Add to cartIn 1938 the Japanese Imperial Forces established a “comfort station” in Shanghai. This was the first of many officially sanctioned brothels set up across Asia to service the needs of the Japanese forc
- Author: Hicks, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0393316947
- Language: English
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Tokyo: A Biography: Disasters, Destruction and Renewal: The Story of an Indomitable City
$9.99 Add to cartThe history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a perfect companion volume for history buffs or Tokyo-… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Specials
- Author: Mansfield, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0804853045
- Language: English
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s End
$23.00 Add to cartWhen the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers could not call his death a death, nor could they refer to him by his proper name. To do so would have exposed them to terrorism from the vig… [more below]
- Author: Field, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 09 1993
- ISBN10: 0679741895
- Language: English
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Tokyo
$22.99 Add to cartFrom sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo’s rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven in… [more below]
- Series: Ten Moments That Shaped
- Author: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1108965008
- Language: English
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
$24.00 Add to cart“[A] reminder of just how horrible nuclear weapons are.”–The Wall Street Journal
“A devastating read that highlights man’s capacity to wreak destruction, but in which one also catches a glimpse of al- Author: Southard, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109421
- Language: English
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The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
$32.95 Add to cartSignificantly expanded and updated–a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.
Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatur- Author: Foster, Michael Dylan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0520403886
- Language: English
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The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
$45.00 Add to cartSignificantly expanded and updated–a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.
Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatur- Author: Foster, Michael Dylan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0520389557
- Language: English
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The Art of the Samurai: Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s Hagakure
$24.95 Add to cartThe way of the samurai is found in death. These words, written 300 years ago by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, offer a seemingly grim introduction to a practice and philosophy that was in fact anythi… [more below]
- Author: Tsunetomo, Yamamoto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1627951288
- Language: English
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Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
$18.99 Add to cart“Bob Whiting came to the city as a stranger in a strange land in 1962 and stayed for five decades–he knows the dark alleys, the good whisky bars, the crooked politicians and the crooks, the baseball … [more below]
- Author: Whiting, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 4805317981
- Language: English
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Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses
$35.00 Add to cartThe second volume in a prize-worthy two-book series based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors about each of the atomic bomb drops, first in Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, that h… [more below]
- Series: Embers
- Author: Sheftall, M. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0593472284
- Language: English
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Bushido: Code of the Samurai: The Soul of Japan
$24.99 Add to cartBeautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Bushido: The Soul of Japan includes the classic Inazo text with a new introduction.
“Chivalry is a flower no less indig- Series: Chinese Bound Classics
- Author: Nitobe, Inazo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1838864849
- Language: English
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A Concise History of Japan
$32.00 Add to cartTo this day, Japan’s modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and why the modern world looks the way it does. In this eng… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Walker, Brett
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 359
- Publish Date: February 26 2015
- ISBN10: 052117872X
- Language: English
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The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
$25.99 Add to cartAn elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents
From 1632 until 1854, Japan’s rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture t- Author: Sherman, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1250206421
- Language: English
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The Way of the Samurai
$9.99 Add to cart“The Way of the Samurai: Unveiling the Heart of Ancient Warriors”
When you hear the word “samurai,” you might imagine fierce fighters wearing masks and wielding long swords. But there’s more to samurai
- Author: Nitobe, Inazo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: May 27 2024
- ISBN10: 7854440115
- Language: English
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Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
$28.00 Read more*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography*
A vivid, deeply researched work o
*Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award*
*Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography*- Author: Stanley, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 14 2020
- ISBN10: 1501188526
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Japan: From Mythical Origins to Pop Culture Powerhouse?the Global Drama of an Ancient Island Nation
$16.95 Add to cartZen, haiku, martial arts, sushi, anime, manga, film, video games . . . Japanese culture has long enriched our Western way of life. Yet from a Western perspective, Japan remains a remote island country
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Downer, Lesley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1891011669
- Language: English
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Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia
$27.00 Add to cartACCLAIMED AS ONE OF THE YEAR’S 10 BEST BOOKS BY THE WASHINGTON POST – 12 ESSENTIAL NONFICTION BOOKS BY THE NEW YORKER – 100 NOTABLE BOOKS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES – BEST BOOKS BY THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN A… [more below]
- Author: Bass, Gary J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 912
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 110197107X
- Language: English
