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"Love" and Other Stories of Yokomitsu Riichiby: Riichi, Yokomitsu

"Love" and Other Stories of Yokomitsu Riichi
by: Riichi, Yokomitsu

Softcover. Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1st pb, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Japan Foundation Translation Series. 266 pages. Translated to English by Dennis Keene. Pictorial stiff wrappers. Minor wear to covers, else a very nice, tight, clean copy of this scarce title.

Record # 606470

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A Catalogue of Antiquarian and Rare Booksby: Shibunkaku

A Catalogue of Antiquarian and Rare Books
by: Shibunkaku

Hardcover. Kyoto, Japan, Shibunkaku , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover with a dust jacket, yellow cloth covers with gilt title in Japanese on the spine. 212 pages, 113 rare books and manuscripts listed, many color plates, main text in Japanese. There is a separate 15-page section IN ENGLISH, which describes all the items. Foreword in English by Shoichi Watanabe, Professor at Sophia University. Bottom front corner has been bumped causing mild damage to the cloth and dust jacket. Otherwise clean, bright copy.

Record # 382137

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A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns by: Shotoki Jinno of Kitabatake Chikafusa translated H. Paul Verley

A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns
by: Shotoki Jinno of Kitabatake Chikafusa translated H. Paul Verley

Hardcover. NY, Columbia University, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket, 300 pages. Book from 1980, being one of the most influential works of Japanese history and political theory. With its glorification of Japan's system of imperial succession, the author's 14th century tract became the catechism of loyalty to the throne for generations of Japanese. Beginning with recounting of Japan's divine origins, it tells of the early deities who ruled before heaven and earth were separated. Then the lives of the human sovereigns are chronicled who ruled over Japan in the 21 centuries following the founding of the empire in the year 606 BC. This first complete English translation of this landmark work gives an extensive introduction placing the chronicle in the context of 14th century Japan and exploring its powerful legacy of Japan before the Tokugawa period. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Record # 396915

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A to Zen: A Book of Japanese Culture (SIGNED COPY)by: Yoshi

A to Zen: A Book of Japanese Culture (SIGNED COPY)
by: Yoshi

Hardcover. Saxonville, Mass., Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, reprint, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR YOSHI on title page. Book is printed back to front. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight clean copy.

Record # 458915

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Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the Westby: Nakayama, Shigeru

Academic and Scientific Traditions in China, Japan, and the West
by: Nakayama, Shigeru

Hardcover. Tokyo, University of Tokyo Press, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 251 pages, beige cloth covers with dark brown lettering on spine. Scholarly, but accessible to a wider intellectual audience. Nakayama lucidly describes the similarities and differences between "Eastern" and "Western" science from Aristotle to the twentieth century.

Record # 403112

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Accordion-Fold Book for the Umbrellas: Joint Project for Japan and USAby: Javacheff, Christo & Jeanne-Claude.

Accordion-Fold Book for the Umbrellas: Joint Project for Japan and USA
by: Javacheff, Christo & Jeanne-Claude.

Hardcover. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Accordion-fold folio. Wrap-around band torn and wrinkled but present. Minor rubbing to edges. Clean, tight copy. Foreword and Interview By Masahiko Yanagi. Photographs By Wolfgang Volz.

Record # 454077

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Akira Kurosawa: master of cinemaby: Cowie, Peter

Akira Kurosawa: master of cinema
by: Cowie, Peter

Hardcover. New York, Rizzoli, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 304 pages. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The most lavishly produced and profusely illustrated volume on Akira Kurosawa ever published, timed for the centennial of his birth. Akira Kurosawa is arguably the greatest of all Japanese film directors and is respected around the world as one of the masters of the art form. This is the first illustrated book to pay tribute to his unmistakable style--with more than two hundred images, many never before published. The filmmaker is also famous for his attention to detail, and fans will delight in seeing annotated script pages, sketches, and storyboards that reveal the meticulous craft behind Kurosawa's genius. Peter Cowie examines how Kurosawa took the samurai genre to its apogee in such films as Yojimbo and Seven Samurai; his literary influences in such films as Throne of Blood [Macbeth] and Ran [King Lear]; and in his take on our relationship to the modern world in such films as High and Low and Dreams.

Record # 352344

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Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration, Theby: Hillier, Jack

Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration, The
by: Hillier, Jack

Hardcover. Berkeley CA, University of California Press, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Light soil on dust jacket covers. Clean, tight copy. Pictures throughout.

Record # 369101

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Art of the Japanese Garden, The: History / Culture / Designby: Young, David E.

Art of the Japanese Garden, The: History / Culture / Design
by: Young, David E.

Hardcover. North Clarendon, VT, Tuttle Publishing, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 176 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. A tight copy. Color photographs throughout.

Record # 2230215

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Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewellsby: Pico Iyer

Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells
by: Pico Iyer

Hardcover. NY, Knopf`, 1st, 2019, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Returning to his longtime home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office and engaging in furious games of ping-pong every evening. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honoring the dead, he comes to reflect on changelessness in ways that anyone can relate to: parents age, children scatter, and Iyer and his wife turn to whatever can sustain them as everything falls away. As the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat begins to soften, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before, where the transparent and the mysterious are held in a delicate balance, and where autumn reminds us to take nothing for granted. Clean copy.

Record # 379241

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Babysan: A Private Look At the Japanese Occupationby: Bill Hume

Babysan: A Private Look At the Japanese Occupation
by: Bill Hume

Softcover. Tokyo, Kasuga Boeki KK, 13th pr., 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 128 pages. A collection of b&w cartoons by Hume. Tanned pages are unmarked with b/w illustrations and jokes that didn't age well. More than a bit racist and chauvinistic. But very popular with the GIs of the period. One page torn, tape repaired.

Record # 387687

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Bat Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan by: Jiro Kuwata, Editor: Chip Kidd

Bat Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan
by: Jiro Kuwata, Editor: Chip Kidd

Softcover. NY, Pantheon Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 352 pages. In 1966, during the height of the first Batman craze, a weekly Japanese manga anthology for boys, Shonen King, licensed the rights to commission its own Batman and Robin stories. A year later, the stories stopped. They were never collected in Japan, and never translated into English. Now, in this gorgeously produced book, hundreds of pages of Batman-manga comics more than four decades old are translated for the first time, appearing alongside stunning photographs of the world's most comprehensive collection of vintage Japanese Batman toys. This is The Dynamic Duo as you've never seen them: with a distinctly Japanese, atomic-age twist as they battle aliens, mutated dinosaurs, and villains who won't stay dead. And as a bonus: Jiro Kuwata, the manga master who originally wrote and drew this material, has given an exclusive interview for our book. Clean copy.

Record # 383275

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Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile: The Yoku Tanaka Collection (Japan Society Series)by: Earle, Joe

Buriki: Japanese Tin Toys from the Golden Age of the American Automobile: The Yoku Tanaka Collection (Japan Society Series)
by: Earle, Joe

Softcover. New York , Japan Society, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 96 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers.

Record # 350027

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Butoh: Dance of the Dark Soulby: Mark Holborn and Ethan Hoffman

Butoh: Dance of the Dark Soul
by: Mark Holborn and Ethan Hoffman

Hardcover. NY, Aperture, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 129 pages. Color photographs by Ethan Hoffman and text by Mark Holborn, Tatsumi Hijikata and Yukio Mishima and Kazuo Ohno. Includes a 12 page section on Ohno with numerous color photographs. Color cover photograph is of Ohno. Features work of several other Butoh choreographers/dancers.

Record # 362315

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Cherry Tree, Theby: Ikeda, Daisaku and Brian Wildsmith

Cherry Tree, The
by: Ikeda, Daisaku and Brian Wildsmith

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 1st , 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Review slip laid-in. Color illustrations by Brian Wildsmith. English translation by Geraldine McCaughrean. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 302125

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Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43by: Feuer, A.B.

Coast Watching in WWII: Operations Against the Japanese on the Solomon Islands, 1941-43
by: Feuer, A.B.

Softcover. Mechanicsburg PA, Stackpole Books, 1st pbk, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 218 pages, b&w illustrations. From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers -- for the most part, Australian civilians -- monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs. Clean copy.

Record # 397911

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Contemporary Japanese Printsby: Kawakita, Michiaki

Contemporary Japanese Prints
by: Kawakita, Michiaki

Hardcover. Tokyo, Kodansha, 1st, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 187 pages. Large format. Illustrated with full color and black & white examples of of fine contemporary prints from Japan. Dust jacket shows wear with dime sized chunk missing at top of spine and piece missing at bottom left corner of rear flap. Clean, tight copy. May require additional postage. "Contemporary Japanese Prints" is a fine, beautifully printed folio book--just the way art books should be. Written by a key art historian and critic as well as museum director, it serves as an excellent and eye-opening overview of just what the straightforward title indicates, artistic prints by Japanese artists then currently active as of 1967. Kawakita's introduction is clear and concise but properly informative, defining this art form's general characteristics and then outlining its modern history, starting with its rise in the early twentieth century. Contrary to what one might expect, these prints are almost totally unrelated to Japan's rather famous ukiyo-e prints of the early modern period, these modern "hanga" instead representing the creative vision and artistic labor of one individual artist. And well, a picture's worth a thousand words, so the bulk of the book presents a selection of 150 prints by 119 artists--47 color plates and 103 monochrome plates.

Record # 608100

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Creative Forces in Japanby: Fisher, Galen M.

Creative Forces in Japan
by: Fisher, Galen M.

Softcover. NY, Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1st, 1923, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, gray wrappers with purple titles. With front endpaper map of "All Protestant Mission Stations in Japan, Korea, and Formosa". 248 pages, b&w plates. Details early Christian Japanese collaboration on social challenges and reforms. Related newspaper clippings laid in. Covers worn interior clean.

Record # 383041

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Crisis Politics in Prewar Japan: Institutional and Ideological Problems of the 1930s (SIGNED COPY)by: Wilson, George M.

Crisis Politics in Prewar Japan: Institutional and Ideological Problems of the 1930s (SIGNED COPY)
by: Wilson, George M.

Hardcover. Tokyo, Sophia University, 1st, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 87 pages. INSCRIBED BY GEORGE M. WILSON ON FRONT ENDPAPER. Black boards, cream cloth spine with gilt titles, white dust jacket with illustration. Price-clipped, slight rubbing to dust jacket, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 808225

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Cultural Nationalism In Contemporary Japanby: Yoshino, Kosaku

Cultural Nationalism In Contemporary Japan
by: Yoshino, Kosaku

Hardcover. London ; New York, Routledge, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 270 pages. Light foxing to top edge. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Minor wear to dust jacket. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 454674

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Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima
by: Lifton, Robert Jay

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket, 594 pages. In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion"--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age. Small notation on dj flap otherwise clean.

Record # 387335

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Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japanby: William Wright Kelly

Deference and Defiance in Nineteenth-Century Japan
by: William Wright Kelly

Hardcover. Princeton NJ, Princeton University Press, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a green dust jacket that's faded to blue along spine. Four times in the nineteenth century, popular protest movements spread across the northern Japanese rice plain of Shonai. This study skillfully portrays the changing character of the protests, their relationship to one another, and their role in the societal transformation of Shonai first during Japan's shift from tributary polity to nation state and then from mercantilism to capitalism. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy.

Record # 396905

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Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japanby: Elison, George

Deus Destroyed: The Image of Christianity in Early Modern Japan
by: Elison, George

Hardcover. Cambridge MA, Harvard University Press, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 542 pages, tan cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Dust jacket has edgewear, chipping to corners. There is some light pencil marking to about 12 pages in the front of the book. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf.

Record # 403201

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Dictionary of the History and Geography of Japanby: Papinot, E.

Dictionary of the History and Geography of Japan
by: Papinot, E.

Hardcover. Yokohama, unknown, 1st, 1909, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 842 pages, gray cloth covers worn, spine cloth loose from spine backing, hinges cracked. Inside very good,clean, lacks title page which may never have been printed. A detailed collection of names, places, events, throughout Japanese history. English text. From a library in Japan with card and envelope inside rear cover and sticker on spine. Uncommon.

Record # 404532

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Dwarf Giant, Theby: Lobel, Anita

Dwarf Giant, The
by: Lobel, Anita

Hardcover. New York , Holiday House, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages illustrated in color by Lobel. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 406225

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Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945by: Liebow, Averill A.

Encounter with Disaster: a Medical Diary of Hiroshima 1945
by: Liebow, Averill A.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton , 2nd pr., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn, price-clipped dust jacket, 209 pages. Many b&w photos, some color. The author and S. Oughterson and Shields Warren, as part of the United States Atomic Bomb Causality Commission, were sent immediately (September 1945) to survey Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan after the bombing and surrender of Japan to study the devastation and the subsequent irradiation sickness.

Record # 380941

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Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasuresby: Nara Museum

Exhibition of Shoso-in Treasures
by: Nara Museum

Softcover. Japan, Nara Museum, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 116 pages. Illustrated with full color photographs. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608270

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FEEL AND THINK : A NEW ERA OF TOKYO FASHIONby: Motoaki, Hori

FEEL AND THINK : A NEW ERA OF TOKYO FASHION
by: Motoaki, Hori

Softcover. Munich / London, Prestel, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 240 pages, 450 color illustrations. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. This book profiles the works of ten designers whose use of textiles, meticulous attention to material and workmanship, and interaction with other creative disciplines have created a new atmosphere of connectivitiy and engagement on the Tokyo runways.

Record # 351004

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Fine Japanese Prints and Works of Art New York December 8-9, 1988 by: Sotheby's

Fine Japanese Prints and Works of Art New York December 8-9, 1988
by: Sotheby's

Softcover. NY, Sotheby's, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover illustrated with color & b/w photos. Sale 5793 1,062 lots. Painting and Screens (55), Prints (223), Netsuke (89), Ojime (11), Inro (143), Sword Fittings (171), Swords (44), Armour (8). Also Ivory, Ceramics, Enamels, Metalwork, Furniture. Includes an important group of prints by Utagawa Hiroshige from The One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Clean copy.

Record # 396266

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Floating World of Ukiyo-E: Shadows, Dreams and Substanceby: Kita, Sandy

Floating World of Ukiyo-E: Shadows, Dreams and Substance
by: Kita, Sandy

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 232 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Color and Black and white pictures throughout. Focusing on Ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating or sorrowful world"), the colourful woodblock prints that are the most popular form of Japanese art, this book introduces the little-seen collection held by the Library of Congress. This collection of prints, drawings and books, one of the largest outside Japan, has never been exhibited and has rarely been handled. The art form of Ukiyo-e first flourished in 17th-century Edo (now Tokyo), depicting landscapes, portraits of courtesans and actors. This book includes known masterpieces by such names as Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kunisada, as well as rare and unusual prints that have not been explored before, and thus serves as a survey of its subject.

Record # 470092

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Fool and the Phoenix, The - A Tale of Old Japanby: Lettimore, Deborah Nourse

Fool and the Phoenix, The - A Tale of Old Japan
by: Lettimore, Deborah Nourse

Hardcover. NY, Harper Collins, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color Illustrations by Lettimore. In a carefully researched, lavishly illustrated original tale of long ago, Deborah Nourse Lattimore transports readers back through time to a land where Shoguns rule and mythical creatures abound. Focusing on one of her favorite periods in history--Japan's Edo period--Lattimore writes of a poor birdcatcher named Hideo who is banished from his village when he is accused of being the evil bandit who steals from Shogun and villager alike. Finding shelter under the boughs of a tree, Hideo hears a rustling and makes a catch beyond his wildest dreams. Painted in the art style of the Edo period, each spread is breathtaking in its detail; every page is awash in shimmering and vibrant color.

Record # 70700

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Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1937-1941 Volume 6 (Japanese to English Text)by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1937-1941 Volume 6 (Japanese to English Text)
by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 317 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.

Record # 31085

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Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1942-1950 Volume 7 (Japanese to English Text)by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1942-1950 Volume 7 (Japanese to English Text)
by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 358 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.

Record # 373143

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Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959 Volume 8 (Japanese to English Text)by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959 Volume 8 (Japanese to English Text)
by: Futagawa (Editor, Photography), Yukio, Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer (Text)

Softcover. Tokyo, Japan, A.D.A. Edita, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 390 pages. Softcover with French flaps. (Japanese to English Text) Color and b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrations consist of photographs and drawings of completed buildings and relevant projects. A touch of age-yellowing throughout. Soil on bottom edge. Spine is slightly faded. Complete with no pages missing, binding still tight. Rare.

Record # 31084

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Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashionby: Fukai, Akiko

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
by: Fukai, Akiko

Hardcover. London, Merrell Publishers, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 256 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. Illustrated with over 250 photographs and sketches. Future Beauty is the first comprehensive survey of Japanese avant-garde fashion of the last 30 years. Such designers as Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo made an enormous impact on the world fashion scene in the late twentieth century, challenging established notions of beauty and turning fashion into art.

Record # 353058

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Gardens of Japan, The (English and Japanese Edition)by: Itoh, Teiji

Gardens of Japan, The (English and Japanese Edition)
by: Itoh, Teiji

Hardcover. New York, Kodansha International, Reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 228 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Black & white and color photographs throughout. A tight copy.

Record # 2230147

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Geisha: A Photographic History, 1872-1912by: Stanley B. Burns/ Elizabeth A. Burns

Geisha: A Photographic History, 1872-1912
by: Stanley B. Burns/ Elizabeth A. Burns

Hardcover. NY, powerHouse Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 119 pages. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY STANLEY BURNS on the title page. Japanese geisha and courtesans intrigue and fascinate Westerners. During the mid-nineteenth century, Japan opened its doors to the world and became an essential destination for travelers. Tourists desired images of landscapes and traditional Japanese culture, which Japanese photographers provided. They created souvenir albums consisting of hand-colored photographs individually chosen by the tourist. Many are so beautifully painted that they challenge modern sensibilities familiar with color photography. The photographic conventions were inspired by the aesthetics of the noted colored woodblock print medium of ukiyo-e and the privately published surimono. These works depicted the "floating world"--courtesans, geisha, and entertainments--which also were intriguing subject matter for tourists. The beautiful, large photos in this volume give a special insight into the old world of geisha. Clean copy.

Record # 396876

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Haniwa: The Clay Sculpture of Proto-Historic Japan by: Miki, Fumio [Roy Andrew Miller translator]

Haniwa: The Clay Sculpture of Proto-Historic Japan
by: Miki, Fumio [Roy Andrew Miller translator]

Hardcover. Rutland VT/Tokyo, Charles E. Tuttle, 2nd pr., 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with many fine photogravure plates, several in color. 161 pages.

Record # 381863

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Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Tale by: Katsuichi Honda; Kyoko Selden Translator; David L. Howell Foreword

Harukor: An Ainu Woman's Tale
by: Katsuichi Honda; Kyoko Selden Translator; David L. Howell Foreword

Softcover. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 315 pages, b&w illustrations. In this engaging tale, Honda Katsuichi reconstructs the life of an Ainu woman living on the northern island of Japan over five hundred years ago. Harukor's story, created from surviving oral accounts of Ainu life and culture as well as extensive scholarly research, is set in the centuries before the mainland Japanese nearly destroyed the way of life depicted here. In the first person, the fictional Harukor tells us of her childhood, her adolescence, and her motherhood, drawing on tales and songs performed by her grandmother and other bards. She describes festivals, weddings, childbirth and midwifery, traditional healing methods, battles, and funerals in detail. Her story is followed by the adventures of her oldest son, Pasekur, which end by foreshadowing an early Ainu rebellion against Japanese encroachment.

Record # 379101

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Helen and Felix Juda Collection of Japanese Modern and Contemporary Prints - Wednesday, 22 April 1998 - Sale #8862by: Christie's

Helen and Felix Juda Collection of Japanese Modern and Contemporary Prints - Wednesday, 22 April 1998 - Sale #8862
by: Christie's

Softcover. New York, Christie's, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover catalog, 234 pages. Illustrated in full color and black & white. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 610904

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Hiroshige : Birds and Flowersby: Hiroshige, Ando; Israel Goldman; Cynthea J. Bogel

Hiroshige : Birds and Flowers
by: Hiroshige, Ando; Israel Goldman; Cynthea J. Bogel

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller Incorporated, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Heavy damage on 2 inches of bottom right corner. Otherwise, tight copy. Color pictures throughout. Endlessly experimenting with design, composition, and color, Hiroshige captured in these paintings, as no where else in his work, his poetic and idyllic sense of nature.

Record # 369102

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Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edoby: Hiroshige, Harry D. Smith, Ando

Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
by: Hiroshige, Harry D. Smith, Ando

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller Incorporated, 1st, 1986, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color pictures throughout. landscapes. Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, actually composed of 118 splendid woodblock landscape and genre scenes of mid-nineteenth century Tokyo, is one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art. The series contains many of Hiroshige's best-loved and most extraordinary prints. Like Venice and Florence in the 14th and 15th centuries, or Paris in the age of the Impressionists, the city of Edo, with its superb landmarks and its festive display of elegant urban life, exerts a special and compelling fascination. Hiroshige revealed the panorama of his city's activities with subtle and vivid visual anecdotes: fireworks seen from the river, fashionable geishas on parade, the kabuki district at night, intimate moments in the gardens and teahouses. It is a tour de force of artistic vision and printmaking craftsmanship. This edition has been reproduced from an exceptionally fine, first-edition set in the Brooklyn Museum of Art to insure maximum fidelity to the original prints. Henry Smith ex-plains the world of Edo in its twilight before the Meiji Restoration and the beginnings of a modern urban society. Each plate is accompanied by a commentary that discusses its artistic and cultural interest in detail. For anyone interested in Japan, the One Hundred Famous Views of Edo is perhaps the finest guide and one of the greatest legacies imaginable.

Record # 369104

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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945 by: Hachiya, Michihiko

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician August 6-September 30 1945
by: Hachiya, Michihiko

Hardcover. Chapel Hill NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket, 237 pages. Endpaper maps. Day-by-day eye witness account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the seven weeks that followed. Dr. Hachiya, himself wounded in the blast, was director of a major Hiroshima hospital. Translated and edited by Warner Wells, M.D. One of the best first hand accounts; much on the the gradual "discovery" of radiation sickness. The dust jacket's rear panel has photo of the author's surviving family. Bookplate opposite half-title page, otherwise clean.

Record # 396626

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Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Marukiby: John W. Dower; John Junkerman; Editor Iri Maruki; Editor Toshi Maruki

Hiroshima Murals: The Art of Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki
by: John W. Dower; John Junkerman; Editor Iri Maruki; Editor Toshi Maruki

Hardcover. NY, Kodansha International, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 128 pages. Examines two Japanese artists' series of paintings which portray the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima. Illustrated in color and b&w. INSCRIBED BY JUNKERMAN, one of the editors, on the title-page. Clean copy.

Record # 378027

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Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961by: Tomatsu, Shomei and Ken Domon

Hiroshima-Nagasaki Document 1961
by: Tomatsu, Shomei and Ken Domon

Hardcover. Tokyo, Japan Council Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1st, 1961, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 138 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs by Shomei Tomatsu and Ken Domon. Introduction by Hideki Yukawa. Square format,white cloth covers with gray concentric circle design by Kohei Sugiura, gray lettering on spine. This copy is without a slipcase and the accompanying scientific booklet. There are 2 tannish stains to rear cover near spine, light soil to white covers and some bumps to top edge at corner and spine. Internally clean except for short owner's signature at top of title page. Photographs available.

Record # 404535

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History of Japan, A (3 Volumes: Vol. I from the Origins to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 Vol. II: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse 1542- 1651 Vol, II: the Tokugawa Epoch 1652 -1868)

History of Japan, A (3 Volumes: Vol. I from the Origins to the Arrival of the Portuguese in 1542 Vol. II: During the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse 1542- 1651 Vol, II: the Tokugawa Epoch 1652 -1868)

Hardcover. London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, reprint, 1949/1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Three hardcover volumes, bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 667, 743 and 823 pages, index, folding color maps. The most comprehensive and reliable history in English. The major single resource which covers it all from the beginning down to the Meiji Restoration. A classic, based on Japanese historical works. Volumes 1 and 2 dated 1949, Volume 3 is dated 1926 and is a little darker green. All clean, tight copies.

Record # 358605

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Hokusai: Prints and Drawingsby: Forrer, Matthi

Hokusai: Prints and Drawings
by: Forrer, Matthi

Hardcover. US, Prestel Pub, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 218 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. Color prints throughout. Minor wear on corners. Hokusai was one of the great masters of the Japanese woodblock print. His exquisite compositions and dynamic use of colour set him apart from other printmakers, and his unequalled genius influenced both Japanese and a whole generation of Western artists. This book reproduces the artist's finest works in plates that convey the full variety of his invention, each of which is provided with an informative commentary. In his introduction, Hokusai expert Matthi Forrer traces the artist's career and defines his place in relation to his contemporaries and to the history of Japanese art. Examining all genres of the artist's prolific output - including images of city life, maritime scenes, landscapes, views of Mount Fuji, bird and flower illustrations, literary scenes, waterfalls and bridges - "Hokusai: Prints and Drawings" provides a detailed account of the artist's genius.

Record # 369100

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I. Ukiyo-e Paintingby: Stern, Harold P.

I. Ukiyo-e Painting
by: Stern, Harold P.

Softcover. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1st, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 319 pages. Softcover with paper wrappers. Tape repair on top spine. Previous owner's bokplate on inside front wrapper. Tight copy. Black and white pictures throughout.

Record # 369325

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Intelligibility and the Philosophy of Nothingnessby: Nishida, Kitaro

Intelligibility and the Philosophy of Nothingness
by: Nishida, Kitaro

Hardcover. Honolulu, HI, East-West Press, reprint, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 251 pages. Translated with an introduction by Robert Schinzinger. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Light wear to dust jacket with slight scratch to rear cover and small tear to upper edge of spine. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 809784

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Japan and America: From Earliest Times to the Presentby: Lawrence Henry Battistini

Japan and America: From Earliest Times to the Present
by: Lawrence Henry Battistini

Hardcover. Westport CT, Greenwood Press, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine, no dj issued, 198 pages including index, 5 maps. The author looks back over the hundred years that have passed since Perry opened up Japan and forward to the future of our relationship with Japan. He deals with the problems of Japan's rearmament and of its economic survival. First published in 1953.

Record # 396916

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