Cultural Region/Japanese
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Global Lives of Objects: Celebrating 100 Years of the National Museum of Asian Art
$34.95 Add to cartA richly illustrated volume which features 33 short essays, each taking a single object as a starting point to unravel complex, interconnected, global histories.
In celebration of the centenary in 2023
- Author: Farhad, Massumeh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1913875326
- Language: English
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Is It Poetry?
$17.95 Add to cartA profound collection of poetry from Japanese poet Toshiko Hirata, expounding on readership and everyday life.
Produced on the same day each month over the course of two years, every poem in Is It Poet
- Author: Hirata, Toshiko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 1646052730
- Language: English
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Hojoki: A Buddhist Reflection on Solitude: Imperfection and Transcendence – Bilingual English and Japanese Texts with Free Online Audio Recordings
$16.99 Add to cartDiscover the tranquil wisdom of Chomei’s 13th-century masterpiece, Hojoki, as it unveils the beauty of imperfection and the serenity of a simple life amidst the chaos of existence.
Hojoki is an intros- Author: Chomei, Kamo No
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 4805318007
- Language: English
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The Bomb
$13.95 Add to cartHoward Zinn’s personal, historical, and political views on the significance of the US bombings of Royan and Hiroshima.
- Series: City Lights Open Media
- Author: Zinn, Howard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: August 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0872865096
- Language: English
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Archery for Beginners: The Complete Guide to Shooting Recurve and Compound Bows
$15.99 Add to cartArchery for Beginners is the complete instructional guide for anyone interested in taking up recreational archery.
With over 150 illustrations and full-color photos, step-by-step instructions, and eas- Author: Marinas, Amante P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 21 2019
- ISBN10: 0804851530
- Language: English
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Sushi for Dummies
$16.99 Add to cartDemystify the sushi bar experience
Stuffed with tips and tricks – you’ll roll, press, and mold sushi like a pro
From rolling sushi properly to presenting it with pizzazz, this book has everything y… [more below]
- Series: For Dummies
- Author: Strada, Judi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: April 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0764544659
- Language: English
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Forest Penjing: Enjoy the Miniature Landscape by Growing, Care and Appreciation of Chinese Bonsai Trees
$18.95 Read moreThe word penjing can be roughly translated from the Chinese as “potted scenery.” It is the original, older form of the art of bonsai. Penjing aims to embody entire natural scenes within individual wor… [more below]
- Author: Zhao, Qingquan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1938368576
- Language: English
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Hiroshige’s Japan: On the Trail of the Great Woodblock Print Master – A Modern-Day Artist’s Journey on the Old Tokaido Road
$29.99 Add to cart“Presented alongside Hiroshige’s prints, with descriptions and context, Delord’s work offers an absorbing contemplation of Japan’s past and present via one legendary travel route, and shows how thorou… [more below]
- Author: Delord, Philippe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 4805316292
- Language: English
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The Book of Tea
$29.99 Add to cartThe definitive visual edition of a classic masterpiece.
The Book of Tea was originally written in English by Kakuzo Okakura in 1906. Since then, it has been recognized, together with Bushido, as one o
- Author: Okakura, Kakuzo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 06 2021
- ISBN10: 4756254357
- Language: English
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Otaku Food!: Japanese Soul Food Inspired by Anime and Pop Culture
$30.99 Add to cartExperience the world of Japanese pop culture through a whole new medium-food! Otaku Food brings the delectable dishes seen throughout anime and manga to your kitchen for chefs of all levels.
- Author: Baghernejad, Danielle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1642503339
- Language: English
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Otaku Japan: The Fascinating World of Japanese Manga, Anime, Gaming, Cosplay, Toys, Idols and More! (Covers Over 450 Locations with
$18.99 Add to cartTransport yourself to the global capital of cool with this ultimate guide to Japanese pop culture
Are you crazy about Japanese manga, anime, video games, cosplay, toys and idols? If so, this book is- Author: Simone, Gianni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 4805315148
- Language: English
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Name Construction in Mediæval Japan
$49.95 Add to cartName Construction in Medi val Japan examines Japanese names from earliest records to the close of the medieval period in 1600. Like ancient Greek or Latin names or Arabic names, ancient and medieval J
- Author: Throndardottir, Solveig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 490
- Publish Date: June 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1947401009
- Language: English
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Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, a Puppet Play
$14.94 Add to cartThis book is a puppet play which represents major Asian traditions. A translation of the eighteenth-century Japanese drama.
Chushingura (TheTreasury of Loval Retainers), also known as the story of the
- Author: Keene, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 17 2019
- ISBN10: 168411733X
- Language: English
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Let’s Cook Japanese Food!: Everyday Recipes for Authentic Dishes
$24.95 Read moreTurn your idea of difficult Japanese cooking on its head with this new edition of “Let’s Cook Japanese Food!’ People love Japanese food but think they have to go out to a restaurant to get it. But it’… [more below]
- Author: Kaneko, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1681881772
- Language: English
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Colors of Kyoto: The Seifū Yohei Ceramic Studio
$29.95 Add to cartNew volume in the Cleveland Masterwork Series focuses on a studio of important late nineteenth through early twentieth-century Japanese ceramic artists.
This is the first comprehensive look in English
- Series: Cleveland Masterwork #7
- Author: Maezaki, Shinya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1913875547
- Language: English
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Drawing the Samurai Sword: The Japanese Art of Swordsmanship; Master the Ancient Art of Iaido
$15.99 Add to cartTo the Japanese, the sword is a spiritual weapon. It possesses a particular divinity, reflecting the soul of its maker, owner, and user. Around its mystical powers has grown the centuries-old ritual a… [more below]
- Author: Craig, Darrell Max
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 15 2018
- ISBN10: 0804850089
- Language: English
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Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her
$30.99 Add to cartIn the closing months of World War II, Americans found themselves facing a new and terrifying weapon: kamikazes — the first men to use airplanes as suicide weapons.
By the beginning of 1945, America- Author: Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0743260813
- Language: English
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Autobiography of a Geisha
$24.95 Add to cartThe glamorous world of big-city geisha is familiar to many readers, but little has been written of the life of hardship and pain led by the hot-springs-resort geisha. Indentured to geisha houses by fa
- Author: Masuda, Sayo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 185
- Publish Date: June 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0231129513
- Language: English
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In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life of Higuchi Ichiyo, with Nine of Her Best Stories
$27.99 Add to cartHiguchi Ichiyo, Japan’s first woman writer of stature in modern times, was born in 1872 and died at the age of twenty-four. In her brief life she wrote poems, essays, short stories and a great, multiv… [more below]
- Author: Danly, Robert Lyons
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 388
- Publish Date: October 25 2007
- ISBN10: 0393309134
- Language: English
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The Life and Zen Haiku Poetry of Santoka Taneda: Japan’s Most Beloved Modern Haiku Poet: Includes a Translation of Santoka’s Diary of the One-Grass Hu
$19.99 Add to cartThe fascinating and quirky biography of a disheveled poet, skillfully interwoven with his original works.
Zen monk Santoka Taneda (1882-1940) is one of Japan’s most beloved modern poets, famous for hi- Author: Oyama, Sumita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 18 2021
- ISBN10: 4805316551
- Language: English
