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From Taoism to Einstein: Ki and Ri in Chinese and Japanese Thought - A Survey Lidin, Olof G. (Book #ID 83920) Published by Global Oriental Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2006. 2006. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xviii] 263 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781901903782 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Ogi | A History of the Japanese Fan Hutt, Julia and Hélène Alexander (Book #ID 105966) Published by Dauphin Publishing Limited, 118A Holland Park Avenue, London, First Edition 1992. 1992. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover, colour illustrated end papers. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Contains 112 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1872357083 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Ogi | A History of the Japanese Fan Hutt, Julia and Hélène Alexander (Book #ID 105967) Published by Dauphin Publishing Limited, 118A Holland Park Avenue, London, First Edition 1992. 1992. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover, colour illustrated end papers. 4to. 11½'' x 9¼''. Contains 112 pp with colour illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused new book. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1872357083 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Kita Ikki and the Making of Modern Japan | A Vision of Empire Tankha, Brij (Book #ID 86710) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2006. 2006. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xvi] 272 printed pages of text. This important new study of Kita Ikki, one of Japan's influential pre-war idealogues, focuses on the twin poles of nationalism and socialism that inform his three principal works, located always in the context of the dominance of Western imperialism at that time. The three works are 'The National Polity and Pure Socialism'(Kokutairon oyobi junsei shakai shugi), in which he explores the nature of the modern Japanese state and its characteristics, 'The Unofficial History of the Chinese Revolution' (Shina kakumei gaishi), written to correct what he perceived as Japan's misguided policy towards China, and 'The Fundamental Principles for the Reorganization of Japan' (Nihon kaizo hoan taiko), which was said to have influenced the young army officers of the Imperial Way Faction who attempted the 26 February 1936 coup to bring about direct imperial rule. The coup failed and Kita was executed the following year for his involvement as the so-called intellectual inspiration. The second half of the book contains the first complete English translation (by Brij Tankha) of 'The Fundamental Principles for the Reorganization of Japan', providing the reader with an opportunity to hear the voice of an early twentieth-century Japanese intellectual confronting the challenge of the West's domination and its implications for Japan; in so doing Kita helped galvanize support for an agenda involving Japan's own imperial mission and the pathway to a new Japan. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903990 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VI [Six / 6] Global Oriental. Cortazzi, Hugh [Compiled and Edited by] Ian Fleming, John Hatcher, Robin Mountfield (Book #ID 85544) Published by Global Oriental Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2007. 2007. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover, marble colour end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xxiv] 424 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs. Includes a fascinating record of Ian Fleming's 1959 five week visit to Japan on behalf of the Sunday Times with a photograph of Fleming in a Kimono holding a parasol. Also includes an account by Robin Mountfield on Nissan Negotiations of 1980-84, an account of Edward Heath; the first prime minister to visit post-War Japan, the co-founder of Sony Morita Akio, and ending with an account of the Beatles visit to Tokyo in 1966. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246335 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Performing Japan; Contemporary Expressions of Cultural Identity Edited by Henry Johnson [University of Otago] and Jerry C. Jaffe [University of Otago] (Book #ID 85144) Published by Global Oriental Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2008. 2008. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xii] 323 printed pages of text with colour photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246311 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Rediscovering Natsume Soseki; With the First English Translation of Travels in Manchuria and Korea. Celebrating the Centenary of Soseki's Arrival in England, 1900-1902. Introduction and Translation by Inger Sigrun Brodey and Sammy I. Tsunematsu [Natsume Soseki] (Book #ID 85097) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2000. 2000. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original pale olive cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [vii] 155 printed pages of text with map and monochrome plates. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903303 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Hirohito | The Showa Emperor in War and Peace Ikuhiko Hata [Hirohito (April 1901 - 7 January 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito. In Japan, reigning emperors are known simply as 'the Emperor' and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name, Showa, which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign; for this reason, he is also known as the 'Showa Emperor' or 'Emperor Showa']. Edited by Marius B. Jansen. (Book #ID 82772) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2007. 2007. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains [xxviii] 272 printed pages of text. This is a most important new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan's leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author and translator of the original Japanese edition ("Hirohito Tenno itsutsu no ketsudan", first published in 1987 and republished in 1994), it was inevitable that there would be a delay in publication of the English edition, which is finally now available. In his extended Foreword as editor, referring to the nature of Hirohito's power, Jansen states: 'We are left with puzzles that will probably never be resolved. Clearly, as Professor Hata and others have shown, the Emperor Hirohito had immense power, but the condition of retaining it was judicious restraint in exercising it'. In offering a view on the merits of Hata's research, Jansen points to the hitherto unknown plots (in parallel but unrelated) by both the Army and Navy to preserve, and if necessary resuscitate, the imperial line in the event the victors decided to depose Hirohito. Jansen also points to the merits of Hata's particular focus on the contribution Hirohito made to Japan in its post-war relations with the United States. Jansen added substantive notes to help place the author's material in historical and historiographical perspective. The book, which is not a biography or a general history of the Showa era, focuses on five decisions taken by Emperor Hirohito, which the author considers the key turning points of his reign: these concern the 26 February 1936 insurrection of young army officers, the termination of the Pacific War, the post-war constitution, the issue of abdication and the San Francisco Peace Treaty. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246359 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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War and Militarism in Modern Japan: Issues of History and Identity Podoler, Guy (Book #ID 85113) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2009. 2009. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5½''. Contains [xvi] 242 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246854 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Britain and Japan | Biographical Portraits, Volume VIII [8 | Eight] Global Oriental. Cortazzi, Hugh [Compiled and Edited by] Iwakura Tomomi [1825-1883] P. G. O'Neill [1924-2012]. (Book #ID 114370) Published by Global Oriental Leiden and Boston First UK Edition 2013. 2013. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original brown cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9¼'' x 6''. Contains [xxxvi] 768 printed pages of text with small monochrome photographs. This is the eighth and largest volume in the series Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits published on behalf of The Japan Society, London. It contains essays from forty contributors relating to fifty-two portraits of personalities who have been influential in political, official and cultural relations between the two countries from the time of the Meiji Restoration to the present day from Iwakura Tomomi [1825-1883] to P. G. O'Neill [1924-2012]. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book still in the publisher's original and undisturbed shrink wrapped plastic. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9789004246027 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Ukiyo-e Explained Bell, David (Book #ID 81856) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2004. Folkestone 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xxix] 322 printed pages of text with monochrome plates on smooth art paper. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903419 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Transvestism and the Onnagata Traditions in Shakespeare and Kabuki Minoru Fujita, Michael Shapiro (Book #ID 82787) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2006. 2006. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original purple cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xvi] 213 printed pages of text with colour photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper with small bumps to the top corners, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903311 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Deadly Dialectics | Sex, Violence, and Nihilism in the World of Yukio Mishima [Japan Library] Starrs, Roy [University of Otago] Yukio Mishima (January 14, 1925 - November 25, 1970), born Kimitake Hiraoka, was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai, an unarmed civilian militia. (Book #ID 108177) Published by Japan Library 35 The Crescent, Sandgate, Folkestone First Edition 1994. 1994. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains 225 pp with monochrome photograph of Yukio Mishima who is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. He was considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968, but the award went to his countryman and benefactor Yasunari Kawabata. Although Mishima's main literary ambition was to write philosophical novels in the tradition of Goethe and Thomas Mann, Deadly Dialectics is the first critical study to take this objective seriously: it also provides the first adequate account of Mishima's intellectual background and characteristic modes of thought and it is the first book to show the intimate and integral relation between his thought and his psychology and militant politics - or, more specifically, between his nihilism, his sexuality and his propensity to violence. On November 25, 1970, Mishima and four members of his militia entered a military base in central Tokyo, took its commandant hostage, and tried to inspire the Japan Self-Defense Forces to rise up and overthrow Japan's 1947 Constitution, which he called 'a constitution of defeat'. When his attempt failed, he committed seppuku (suicide). Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Half the Seas Over Collinson, Clifford W. (Book #ID 82019) Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., 17-21 Conway Street, London First Edition 1933. London 1933. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original midnight blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, maps to the end papers. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 287 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs throughout. 20 mm repaired tear to the cloth of the upper rear gutter, boards marked, spine ends turned-in and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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A History of Japanese Buddhism Matsuo, Kenji (Book #ID 83220) Published by Global Oriental Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2007. Folkestone 2007. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xiii] 264 printed pages of text with colour photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9781905246410 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Western Journalists on Japan, China and Greater East Asia, 1897-1956 Series 1: Japan 1897-1942 A Collection in Ten Volumes. Volume 9: Japan Unmasked [Volume 9 of 10] Hallett Abend [Series Editor Peter O'Connor] Foreword by Reiko Tsuchiya (Book #ID 92499) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent Edition Synapse First Thus Edition 2013. 2013. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy leatherette covers, gilt title, author lettering and volume details to the spine and the front cover, navy blue end papers. Quarto 10'' x 7''. ISBN 9789004241824. In Fine condition, unused and unopened still being in the shrink wrap packaging from the printer and in stock. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Japanese Propaganda: Selected Readings Series 1: Books 1872-1943 A Collection in Ten Volumes [10 Volumes Complete] O'Connor, Peter [Series Editor] Musashino University, Tokyo (Book #ID 85536) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Thus Edition 2004. 10 Volumes. Folkestone 2004. Uniform matching first edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spines. Quarto 10'' x 7''. Given today's heightened interest in the role and processes of propaganda in global realpolitik, the arrival of this first major collection of English-language writings on Japan and international ambitions in the modern period - a source long neglected by historians and social scientists alike - is both timely and relevant. Most books on Japan published in English between Meiji and the Pacific War can be divided between those with an explanatory purpose and those with a more critical focus. In the West, in the early years of the 20th century, explanatory books and fiction on Japan, especially those by Japanese authors, enjoyed a wide readership. A number of these explanatory volumes were propagandist in intent and by definition. However, as books about Japan with a more Western outlook came into vogue, the earlier volumes were gradually superseded by new works, written by Western writers and journalists, many of whom were subsidized by the Japanese government. In 1921, on the eve of the Washington Conference, Japan established a propaganda bureau within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and contracted with Western authors based in East Asia and elsewhere to support and contribute to her international agenda. A selection of the fruits of these and earlier endeavours has been brought together in this collection. Japanese Propaganda - Selected Readings stands as a record of Japan s responses to international criticism and of her sustained effort to win international favour during the stormiest years of her modern history. With a foreword from Uchikawa Yoshimi, the dean of Japanese media historians, a comprehensive introduction by Series Editor, Peter O'Connor, and scholarly introductions to each volume, Japanese Propaganda - Selected Readings provides a rich resource for all students of Japan's modern drive for international acceptance, and of her pre-war retreat into national victimhood and institutionalized mysticism. All the volumes are in Fine condition, unused, unopened and in stock. Heavy set. We carry these books in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 190190301X Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Collected Writings of Ronald Dore [The Collected Writings of Modern Western Scholars on Japan] Volume 8 [VIII] Dore, R. P. (Book #ID 84926) Published by Published by Japan Library / Taylor and Francis Group, London First Thus Edition 2002. 2002. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover. 8vo. 9¾'' x 7''. Contains [xiv] 372 printed pages of text with monochrome frontispiece. In Fine condition. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Die rechtliche Entwicklung des Staats-Shinto in der ersten Häfte der Meiji-Zeit [1868-1890] The legal development of the State Shinto in the first half the Meiji period [1868-1890]. Studies in Oriental Religions Volume 3 Lokowandt, Ernst (Book #ID 82547) Published by Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden, First Edition 1978. 1978. First edition in publisher's original red card wrap covers [softback]. 8vo. 9½'' x 7''. Contains [xii] 383 printed pages of German text. In Fine condition, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 3447018305 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Two Weeks in England in July Yuyu Wang [Illustrations Yosuke Tanaka] (Book #ID 46959) Published in Tokyo First Edition 2001. 2001. First edition in publisher's original plain cream double card wrap covers, peach title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 8½'' x 7¼''. ISBN 4487796199. Predominately Japanese text with a little English text. Contains 112 printed pages of text with distinctive colour illustrations throughout. Without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in very near Fine condition dust wrapper, original wrap-around band in Japanese. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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The Silver Drum; A Japanese Imperial Memoir Chichibu, Princess [Translated by Dorothy Britton] Introduction by Carmen Blacker (Book #ID 47917) Published by Global Oriental Books Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First UK Edition 1996. Folkestone 1996. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey paper covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 1860340040. Contains [xxvii] 210 printed pages of text. Small crease line to the Glossary page, without any ownership markings. Fine condition book, in Fine condition dust wrapper. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Hiroshige Exner, Walter [Introduction by Werner Speiser] Translated by Marguerite Kay (Book #ID 38919) Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., 36 Essex Street, Strand, London First English Translated Edition 1960. London 1960. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original patterned black paper covers, white lettering to the spine and the upper panel. Folio 13'' x 13'' 112 pp. Tipped-in colour plate to almost every right-hand page with text opposite and around. Light rubbing to the bottom front edge and lower corners. Contents in Fine condition book, in scarce Good condition dust wrapper with two 40 mm closed tears to the top front cover, shallow rubs across the edges of the lower cover, not price clipped 63s. Super plates. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Biographical Portraits Volume V [Volume 5] [Britain & Japan] Cortazzi, Hugh (Book #ID 84923) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2005. 2005. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains [xxv] 613 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903486 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Biographical Portraits Volume V [Volume 5] [Britain & Japan] Cortazzi, Hugh (Book #ID 84924) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2005. 2005. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6''. Contains [xxv] 613 printed pages of text with monochrome photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903486 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Culture And Power in Germany And Japan: The Spirit of Renewal Jorgensen, Nils-Johan (Book #ID 97316) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2006. 2006. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [xiii] 304 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. Based in part on the author's first-hand experience during his diplomatic postings to Tokyo and Bonn (1984-93), and supported by significant primary research, this parallel study of the post-war resurrection of two defeated nations provides a striking new and insightful analysis into the nature of Germany and Japan s recovery highlighting in particular the shared cultural, linguistic, moral and technological factors that were essential for this phoenix phenomenon to take place. Indeed, it is his in-depth investigation into the shared philosophical tradition of renewal, preserved and promoted even in defeat and annihilation, which underpins the originality of the research, which will be widely welcomed at many academic and political levels. At the same time, the reader is systematically challenged to reassess previously-held positions and opinions as each topic is addressed from notions of harmony, the emperor and renewal in Japan to the concept of wieder (renewal), nation and identity in Germany. And whatever shared opinions may or may not emerge, the reader will be in no doubt that Culture and Power in Germany and Japan is the work of an original mind that has managed to bring together an extraordinarily interesting tapestry of facts, themes and thoroughfares that together make a most valuable new contribution to Japanese-German studies. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Rediscovering Basho | A 300th Anniversary Celebration Stephen Henry Gill and C. Andrew Gerstle (Book #ID 92822) Published by Global Oriental Ltd., Folkestone, Kent First Edition 1999. 1999. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [viii] 168 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 190190315X Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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British Envoys in Japan, 1859-1972 [English Language Edition] Embassies of Asia Series Volume 1 Sir Hugh Cortazzi, Ian Nish, Peter Lowe and J. E. Hoare (Book #ID 85539) Published by Global Oriental Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2004. 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original burgundy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 10'' x 7''. Contains 352 printed pages of English text with monochrome photographs. This is the first comprehensive collection of pen-portraits of every envoy who ran the British mission in Japan from the first Sir Rutherford Alcock, in 1859 to Sir John Pilcher in 1972, the last of the 'scholar diplomats.' With over thirty contributions, the volume is divided into four sections with special introductions by leading scholars in their field. In addition, there are various appendixes as well as biographical entries for all other senior diplomatic figures throughout the 112-year period. No other study of British diplomatic history and Japan offers such comprehensive coverage of 'H. M. Representatives' and the events that marked their period of office. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903516 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Jidosha acha. Automobile: A Turbocharger [Japanese Edition in Japanese] (Naoki Katahira [Wakui Museum] Masamichi Ito) Signed Naoki Katahira [Wakui Museum] Masamichi Ito [Shotaro Kobayashi] (Book #ID 88295) Published by Kyoikugageki Naoki Katahira [Wakui Museum] and Masamichi Ito, Japan First Edition 2009. 2009. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards 8vo. 10'' x 7½''. Contains colour illustrations to every page with story line text in Japanese around the illustrations. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper. SIGNED by the author and with graphic car illustration inside the front cover. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9784774611273 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Western Journalists on Japan, China and Greater East Asia, 1897-1956 Series 1: Japan 1897-1942 A Collection in Ten Volumes. Volume 3: Japan Chronicle [1923] The Great Earthquake of September 1st 1923; Kobe The Premier Port of Japan Illustrated Issued in Commemoration of the First Port Festival, November 1933 [Volume 3 of 10] Douglas M. Young [Series Editor Peter O'Connor] Foreword by Reiko Tsuchiya (Book #ID 93813) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent Edition Synapse First Thus Edition 2013. 2013. Volume 3 first edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy leatherette covers, gilt title, author lettering and volume details to the spine and the front cover, navy blue end papers. Quarto 10'' x 7''. With many monochrome photographs throughout. ISBN 9789004241824. In Fine condition, unused and unopened still being in the shrink wrap packaging from the printer and in stock. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 9789004246355 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Japan Style Mitsukuni Yoshida, J. V. Earle, Masaru Katzumie, Jean-Pierre Lehmann (Book #ID 25656) Published by Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo First Paperback Edition 1990. 1990. Publisher's original colour illustrated laminated card covers. Quarto 10½'' x 10¼'' 152 pages. ISBN 087011963X. Colour and monochrome illustrations throughout. Book in Fine condition in near Fine condition dust wrapper with light surface marks to the laminate. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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The Blood of Four Things: River in Spring, Acorn Song and others Yasunori Sugawara, Mariko Hirano, Haruchika Sakai, Jinpei Arakawa, Kuniko Moto, Haruno Ogawa (Book #ID 84130) Printed in Japan Min On 1985. 1985. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated matt glazed board. Quarto 10½'' x 8½''. Contains 72 pages of Japanese text and music, full-page colour illustrations throughout with music and lyrics opposite all in Japanese. In Fine condition. List price 1800 Yen to the rear cover. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Japanese Cultural Nationalism: At Home And In The Asia Pacific Region Starrs, Roy (Book #ID 82781) Published by Global Oriental, Folkestone, Kent First Edition 2004. Folkestone 2004. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains [vi] 295 printed pages of text. Fine condition book in Fine condition dust wrapper, unused and unopened new book. We carry this book in stock for immediate dispatch. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1901903117 Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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Japan's Islands of Mystery [Guide Books No. 219] Price, Willard [1887-1983] (Book #ID 27343) Published by William Heinemann Limited, London 1945. 1945. Mass market paperback. 234 pp. In Very Good condition with light age browning to covers and page edges. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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The World Of Sex | Volume II: 2: Sex and Marriage (Perspectives on Japan and the West Series) Hoshii, Iwao (Book #ID 106962) Published by Paul Norbury Publications Ltd., Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent, First Edition 1986. 1986. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original blue cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (xv), 316 pp. Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with sun fading down the spine, not price clipped, £14.95. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. Click here to select books from the JAPAN (History & Culture) Category |
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