Tuttle Classics
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Kojiki: Fully Revised Edition: Records of Ancient Matters (Revised and with a New Foreword)
$19.99 Add to cartThe classic story of Japan’s origins–now in a fully revised and reader-friendly edition.
The Kojiki is Japan’s oldest surviving text, chronicling the mythical creation of the Japanese islands, the or- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Yasumaro, O. No
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 4805318333
- Language: English
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Sakuteiki: Visions of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan’s Gardening Classic
$17.95 Add to cartLearn the art of Japanese gardening with this classic, fascinating text.
The Sakuteiki, or “Records of Garden Making,” was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japa- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Takei, Jiro
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 15 2008
- ISBN10: 0804839689
- Language: English
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Botchan: A Novel by Soseki Natsume
$12.99 Add to cart“Soseki remains the great master of modern literature in Japan.” –Norma M. Field
Botchan has a chip on his shoulder. His elder brother is his parents’ obvious favorite and Botchan only receives any a- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Natsume, Soseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 4805318228
- 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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Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
$19.95 Add to cartGlimpses of Unfamiliar Japan is a complete, two-volume set of one of the most outstanding books on 19th century Japanese history and culture.
Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Hearn, Lafcadio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 18 2016
- ISBN10: 080484755X
- Language: English
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Sumo: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Japan’s National Sport
$17.95 Add to cart“The most entertaining and irreverent guide to sumo.” — James Fallows, The Atlantic
Sumo is a fresh and funny introduction to the fascinating world of sumo, Japan’s national sport. Author David Benja- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Benjamin, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: March 10 2010
- ISBN10: 4805310871
- Language: English
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Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan’s Greatest Ruler
$17.99 Add to cartUncover the true history behind the critically acclaimed FX/Hulu series “SHOGUN” in this epic biography of the man who unified Medieval Japan.
For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders wh- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Sadler, A. L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 4805317175
- Language: English
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Rashomon and Other Stories
$9.99 Add to cart“Clear-eyed glimpses of human behavior in the extremities of poverty, stupidity, greed, vanity… Story-telling of an unconventional sort, with most of the substance beneath the shining, enameled surf… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 21 2018
- ISBN10: 480531463X
- Language: English
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Fires on the Plain
$16.95 Add to cart“Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding.” —The New York Times
**Winner of the 1952 Yomiuri Prize** This haunting novel explores the- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Ooka, Shohei
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 15 1989
- ISBN10: 0804813795
- Language: English
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The Tale of Genji: The Arthur Waley Translation of Lady Murasaki’s Masterpiece with a New Foreword by Dennis Washburn
$29.95 Add to cart“What Waley did create is literary art of extraordinary beauty that brings to life in English the world Murasaki Shikibu imagined. The beauty of his art has not dimmed, but like the original text itse… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Shikibu, Murasaki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: March 10 2010
- ISBN10: 4805310812
- Language: English
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Dream of the Red Chamber: An Epic Story of Women’s Lives in Imperial China (Abridged)
$29.99 Read more“One of the great novels of world literature…to the Chinese as Proust is to the French or Karamazov to the Russians.” –Anthony West, literary critic
Dream of the Red Chamber (also known as The Stor- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Xueqin, Cao
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 992
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 0804856745
- Language: English
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Tale of Genji: A Reader’s Guide
$12.95 Add to cart“Those who wish to deepen their acquaintance with Murasaki’s wondrous world will certainly find Puette’s guide most helpful.” —The Japan Times
This is the most complete reader’s guide available on Ja- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Puette, William J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 15 2009
- ISBN10: 4805310847
- Language: English
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The Heike Story: The Novel of Love and War in Ancient Japan
$18.99 Add to cartA page-turner by Japan’s most popular writer of the immediate post-war era!
Set in Japan’s turbulent 12th century, this fast-paced novel recounts the titanic struggle between two leading Japanese clan- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Yoshikawa, Eiji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 4805317078
- Language: English
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The Wild Geese: The Modern Classic That Was the Source for the Highly Acclaimed Film, ‘The Mistriss’
$14.95 Add to cartThis modern classic, written in 1913, was the source for the highly acclaimed film, The Mistress
In The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, s- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Mori, Ogai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 10 2009
- ISBN10: 4805308842
- Language: English
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Volume 1
$27.95 Add to cartThis epic saga of brotherhood and rivalry, of loyalty and treachery, of victory and death forms part of the indelible core of classical Chinese culture and continues to fascinate modern-day readers.
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- Author: Kuan-Chung, Lo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 708
- Publish Date: April 15 2002
- ISBN10: 0804834679
- Language: English
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And Then
$16.95 Add to cartA stirring and insightful novel from an author Japan Quarterly calls “a Japanese writer of genius.”From beloved author Soseki Natsume, And Then tells the story of Daisuke, a man in his twenties who is… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Natsume, Soseki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 10 2011
- ISBN10: 480531141X
- Language: English
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The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan
$24.99 Add to cartAn epic saga of samurai warfare in medieval Japan
This celebrated literary classic has delighted generations of Japanese. In its pages, you will find a vivid contemporary description of the fourteenth- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: McCullough, Helen Craig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 401
- Publish Date: March 15 2004
- ISBN10: 0804835381
- Language: English
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The Tale of Genji: The Authentic First Translation of the World’s Earliest Novel
$9.99 Add to cartThe most famous work of Japanese literature and the world’s first novel–written a thousand years ago and one of the enduring classics of world literature.
Written centuries before the time of Shakesp- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Shikibu, Murasaki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 3, 2018
- ISBN10: 4805314648
- Language: English
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Japanese Folktales: Classic Stories from Japan’s Enchanted Past
$9.99 Add to cartBe transported to a realm of magical kingdoms, mysterious beings and mythical lands.
Japanese Folktales is the most complete collection of Japanese stories in English. It introduces readers to the en- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Ozaki, Yei Theodora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 21, 2018
- ISBN10: 4805314613
- Language: English
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Japan’s Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan’s Wartime Human Experimentation Program
$12.99 Add to cartThis is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII.
Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan’s war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, an- Series: Tuttle Classics
- Author: Gold, Hal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 3, 2019
- ISBN10: 0804852197
- Language: English
