Japan
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Kamikaze Diaries: Reflections of Japanese Student Soldiers
$21.00 Add to cart“We tried to live with 120 percent intensity, rather than waiting for death. We read and read, trying to understand why we had to die in our early twenties. We felt the clock ticking away towards our … [more below]
- Author: Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: April 15 2007
- ISBN10: 0226619516
- Language: English
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Indestructible: The Unforgettable Memoir of a Marine Hero at the Battle of Iwo Jima
$18.99 Add to cartMedal of Honor recipient Jack H. Lucas’s classic memoir of his heroics at the Battle of Iwo Jima–with a foreword by Bob Dole and reissued to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the battle in 2020.
O- Author: Lucas, Jack H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 62795627
- Language: English
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-No-Yu and the Zen Art of Mindfulness
$14.99 Add to cartThe Japanese Tea Ceremony is a detailed examination of the five-centuries-old tea ceremony–or Cha-no-Yu in Japanese, literally “hot water for tea”–a cornerstone of Japanese culture and a core practi… [more below]
- Author: Sadler, A. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 23 2019
- ISBN10: 4805315067
- 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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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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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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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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History of Japan: A Captivating Guide to Japanese History, Including Events Such as the Genpei War, Mongol Invasions, Battle of Tsushima
$29.99 Add to cartIf you want to discover the captivating history of Japan, then keep reading…
Japan is one of the most adaptable countries in the world. It is capable of very rapid change, even after crises that woul
- Author: History, Captivating
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: December 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1647480876
- Language: English
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And the River Flowed as a Raft of Corpses: The Poetry of Yamaguchi Tsutomu, Survivor of Both Hiroshima and Nagasaki
$12.50 Add to cartChad Diehl, a Columbia University doctoral candidate, introduces Raft of Corpses as the first official translation of the tanka poetry of Yamaguchi Tsutomu (1916-2010), a survivor of both atomic bombi… [more below]
- Author: Diehl, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: July 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1450712975
- Language: English
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The Way of Tea: Health, Harmony, and Inner Calm
$15.99 Add to cartClarity. Health. Peace of mind. These are the goals of The Way of Tea.
In this book, readers will learn more about all aspects of tea–from the practical to the spiritual–and how they can implement- Author: Fisher, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 080485436X
- Language: English
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Samurai Weapons: Tools of the Warrior
$14.95 Add to cartUnlock the secrets of the legendary weapons of the samurai
While the samurai is well known as the military nobility of medieval Japan, their range of weapons, which went far beyond the katana, bow, an- Author: Cunningham, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0804847851
- Language: English
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Hiroshima Notes
$17.00 Add to cartHiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the v… [more below]
- Author: Oe, Kenzaburo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: June 07 1996
- ISBN10: 0802134645
- Language: English
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Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia: 1868-1945
$22.99 Add to cart“A lucid history of the rise and fall of militarism in Japan…” —New York Journal of Books
Japan at War in the Pacific recounts the dramatic story of Japan’s transformation from a Samurai-led feudal- Author: Clements, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 4805316470
- Language: English
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A History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan
$17.99 Add to cartA History of the Samurai tells the complete story of Japan’s legendary warrior class from beginning to end–an epic tale of intrigue, bloodshed and bravery that is central to an understanding of the J… [more below]
- Author: Lopez-Vera, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 4805315350
- Language: English
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A Daughter of the Samurai: Memoir of a Remarkable Asian-American Woman
$15.99 Add to cart“Her life was a bridge from the nineteenth century to the twentieth, from the time-hallowed beauty and rigidity of a samurai household to the disorienting, forward-looking freedoms of the West.” –Jan… [more below]
- Author: Sugimoto, Etsu Inagaki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 4805317558
- Language: English
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Myths and Legends of Japan
$24.95 Read moreThe most popular myths and legends of Japanese culture are charmingly retold in English in this handsomely illustrated book. Here are myths of gods, heroes and warriors; legends of Buddha, and of the … [more below]
- Author: Davis, F. Hadland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: March 23 1992
- ISBN10: 0486270459
- Language: English
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Japan from Anime to Zen: Quick Takes on Culture, Art, History, Food . . . and More
$18.95 Add to cartThis friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment’s need. E
- Author: Barton, David Watts
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 27 2021
- ISBN10: 161172063X
- Language: English
