Japan category: 1648 books
A Japanese View of Nature
The World of Living Things by Kinji Imanishi
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Although Seibutsu no Sekai (The World of Living Things), the seminal 1941 work of Kinji Imanishi, had an enormous impact in Japan, both on scholars and on the general public, very little is known about it in the English-speaking world. This book makes the complete text available in English for the...
Samurai Commanders (1)
940–1576
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
The samurai were the military elite of medieval and early modern Japan, and the men who led them were hailed as the very greatest, most heroic and most honourable of all samurai warriors. This first of two books examines the lives, equipment, battles and wider roles of the samurai commanders between...
Kendo
Culture of the Sword
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Kendo is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice as a global sport today. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through...
The Book of Ninja
The Bansenshukai - Japan's Premier Ninja Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
The Book of Ninja, the ultimate ninjutsu manual, was penned in 1676 by a ninja known as Fujibayashi. Born in the post-civil war era of Japan, Fujibayashi collected and combined information from the ninja clans of Iga - regarded to be the homeland of the ninja - and compiled it into an authoritative...
Journey to the Heart of Aikido
The Teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Journey to the Heart of Aikido presents the teachings of Motomichi Anno Sensei, one of the few remaining direct students of Morihei Ueshiba, the legendary founder of Aikido. After a lifetime of practice and teaching in Japan, the United States, and Europe, Anno Sensei conveys through his teachings...
Taiho-Jutsu
Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
In Taiho-Jutsu: Law and Order in the Age of the Samurai, author and judo second-dan Don Cunningham provides a fascinating introduction to the civil society of Edo-period (1603-1867) Japan—particularly the role played by the well-known warrior class, the samurai.
Cunningham shows that the...
Bushido
The Way of the Samurai
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
In eighteenth-century Japan, Tsunetomo Yamamoto created the Hagakure, a document that served as the basis for samurai warrior behavior. Its guiding principles greatly influenced the Japanese ruling class and shaped the underlying character of the Japanese psyche, from businessmen to soldiers. Bushido...
by Chloe Piper
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2013
Our illustrated travel guide features the best information from an experienced traveler as well as other local resources. It's just what you need to help you to plan your trip in advance and to accompany you on-the-ground.
Finding Internet access when traveling can be a problem so carry...
A Ride In The Neon Sun
A Gaijin in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities of the calendar, the indecipherable postal system, not to mention the alien alphabet, language and culture, have all to be confronted before the disorientated traveller can feel at ease. Trying to ride a bicycle through the...
by Ben Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Take a photographic journey through the modern marvels and historical treasures of Tokyo with this informative, portable Japan travel guide.
In The Little Book of Tokyo, veteran photojournalist Ben Simmons continues a quest he began over two decades ago to seek out and share his creative viewpoint...
Womansword
What Japanese Words Say About Women
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
"A very graceful, erudite job . . . extraordinarily revealing."-The New York Times Thirty years after its first publication, Womansword remains a timely, provocative work on how words reflect female stereotypes in modern Japan. Short, lively essays offer linguistic, sociological, and historical...
by Marie C. Stopes
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes
CONTENTS
PREFACE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
TO THE READER
THE MAIDEN’S TOMB
KAGEKIYO
TAMURA
THE SUMIDA RIVER
ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE NO
The Book of Tea
Beauty, Simplicity and the Zen Aesthetic
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.
The Book of Tea doesn't...
The Race to Commercialize Biotechnology
Molecules, Market and the State in Japan and the US
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2004
This comparative study looks at the early development of biotechnology in the US and Japan. Drawing on primary and secondary sources it traces the historical roots of recombinant DNA technology, discusses the tensions between regulation and promotional policies and identifies the major actors and...