Cultural Region/Japanese
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The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts
$21.00 Read moreIn 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese Constitution. The Only Woman in the Room chronicles how a daughter of Russian Jews became the youngest woman to… [more below]
- Author: Gordon, Beate Sirota
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 11 2014
- ISBN10: 022613251X
- Language: English
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Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family, Volume 6
$12.95 Read moreBefore the most recent Holy Grail War, Shirou Emiya spent most of his days like practically every other high school teen. Growing up without his parents, however, meant his evenings were commonly spen… [more below]
- Series: Fate/
- Author: Taa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1634428250
- Language: English
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The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi
$24.95 Read moreAn expert on samurai history paints a vivid, multi-faceted portrait of feudal Japan and Miyamoto Musashi–the legendary swordsman who wrote the classic martial arts treatise, The Book of Five Rings
Bo- Author: Wilson, William Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2013
- ISBN10: 1590309871
- Language: English
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Just Enough: Lessons from Japan for Sustainable Living, Architecture, and Design
$35.00 Read moreHow the mindset of traditional Japanese society can guide our own efforts to lead a green lifestyle today.
If we want to live sustainably, how should we feel about nature? About waste? About our forest
- Author: Brown, Azby
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 161172077X
- Language: English
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The Book of Tea
$14.95 Read moreThis modern classic invites the reader to discover a unique tradition that has come to symbolize the wisdom, beauty, and the elegant simplicity of Asian culture. The author celebrates the Way of Tea f… [more below]
- Author: Okakura, Kakuzo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1645471322
- Language: English
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Mochi Magic: 50 Traditional and Modern Recipes for the Japanese Treat
$16.95 Add to cartMochi — the traditional Japanese treat made of chewy rice dough — is a popular and versatile vehicle for all kinds of sweet and savory fillings, and easily molded into adorable shapes and characters… [more below]
- Author: Becker, Kaori
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1635862949
- Language: English
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Tree Spirits Grass Spirits
$19.95 Add to cartA collected series of intertwined poetic essays written by acclaimed Japanese poet Hiromi Ito–part nature writing, part travelogue, part existential philosophy.
Written between April 2012 and Novembe
- Author: Ito, Hiromi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1643621920
- Language: English
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Tokyo Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home
$18.99 Add to cartKeen to explore a different side of Tokyo? Like a Local is the book for you.
This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. You won’t find the Tokyo Tower and the Imperial Palace, in these pages, because that- Series: Local Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0241569060
- Language: English
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Renegade EDO and Paris: Japanese Prints and Toulouse-Lautrec
$30.00 Read moreBoth the Edo period (1603-1868) in Japan and the late nineteenth century in France witnessed a multitude of challenges to the status quo from the rising middle class. In Edo (present-day Tokyo), towns
- Author: Wu, Xiaojin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0932216072
- Language: English
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Ninjas and Samurai: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #5: Night of the Ninjas
$7.99 Read moreThe #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the … [more below]
- Series: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #30
- Author: Osborne, Mary Pope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 23 2014
- ISBN10: 038538632X
- Language: English
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Moshi Moshi: A Travelogue: A Colorful Journey of Japan Through Culture, Food, Fashion, and More
$17.95 Read moreEmbark on an adorable manga-style illustrated adventure to Japan and its unique neighborhoods, delicious street food, and more in this one-of-a-kind travel guide and memoir.
Illustrator Winnie Liu dre- Author: Liu, Winnie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1646045513
- Language: English
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Daido Moriyama
$60.00 Add to cartWidely considered Japan’s most influential and prolific photographer, Daido Moriyama has been challenging conventions of the art form for more than a half century. This exhaustive and electrifying ret… [more below]
- Author: Nogueira, Thyago
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 3791389254
- Language: English
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Seiobo There Below
$18.95 Add to cartSeioboNa Japanese goddessNhas a peach tree in her garden that blossoms once every 3,000 years: its fruit brings immortality. Over several scenes of ordinary life around the world–structured by the Fi… [more below]
- Series: Ndp; 1280
- Author: Krasznahorkai, László
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0811219674
- Language: English
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My Brother’s Husband, Volume 1
$24.95 Add to cartThe first volume of the acclaimed global sensation, from one of Japan’s most notable manga artists: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and fathe… [more below]
- Series: Pantheon Graphic Library
- Author: Tagame, Gengoroh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1101871512
- Language: English
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The Ronin
$14.95 Add to cart“A thunderbolt, full of lightning and excitement, one you won’t put down until its last extraordinary page.” —The Japan Times
The violence of twelfth-century Japan explodes in this half-legendary, ha- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Jennings, William Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: December 15 2007
- ISBN10: 4805308834
- Language: English
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Dead-End Memories: Stories
$26.00 Read moreA New York Times Notable Book
“This is a supremely hopeful book, one that feels important because it shows that happiness, while not always easy, is still a subject worthy of art.” –Brandon Taylor, T- Author: Yoshimoto, Banana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1640093699
- Language: English
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The Collaborators: Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II
$0.00 Read moreIan Buruma’s spellbinding account of three near-mythic figures–a Dutch fixer, a Manchu princess, and Himmler’s masseur–who may have been con artists and collaborators under Japanese and German rule,… [more below]
- Author: Buruma, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0593296648
- Language: English
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People Who Talk to Stuffed Animals Are Nice: Stories
$26.99 Read more“A captivating exploration of gender dynamics, set against a background of the trying and confusing time of adolescence, when identity is in flux and everything in life is unstable and magical.” –Lyd
- Author: Omae, Ao
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0063227215
- Language: English
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Sake Confidential: A Beyond-the-Basics Guide to Understanding, Tasting, Selection, and Enjoyment
$16.95 Add to cartWith today’s sake drinkers increasingly informed and adventurous, now is the time for a truly expert guide to take you deeper into appreciation of this complex but delightful Japanese beverage, brewed
- Author: Gauntner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 10, 2014
- ISBN10: 1611720141
- Language: English
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Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World’s Largest Sea Battle
$30.00 Read moreA fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that saw the Imperial Ja
- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1472851757
- Language: English
