Asia - Japan
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
$19.99 Add to cart“A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life.” —The Washington Post
The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the… [more below]
- Author: Lockley, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335044981
- Language: English
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A History of Japan: Revised Edition
$18.95 Add to cartA classic of Japanese history, this book is the preeminent work on the history of Japan.
Newly revised and updated, A History of Japan is a single-volume, complete history of the nation of Japan. Sta- Author: Mason, R. H. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: November 15, 1997
- ISBN10: 080482097X
- Language: English
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Japan, Beyond the Genkan: An Insider’s Guide to the Soft Power, Strong Market, and Social Harmony of America’s Asian Partner
$29.95 Add to cartAt a time when America’s international policy is undergoing rapid change, and Japan, having elected its first female prime minister, determines how to respond and assert itself, Japan, Beyond the Genk
- Author: Walker Phd, Joshua W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 9798891387904
- Language: English
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Yakuza: A 400-Year History of the Japanese Underworld
$32.00 Read moreThe definitive history of Japanese organized crime, from its origins in samurai-era black markets and gambling rings to the shadowy syndicates of the present.
Japan’s gangster groups, known collective- Author: Rankin, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 15 2026
- ISBN10: 1541607678
- Language: English
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24 Hours in Shogun’s Japan: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
$19.99 Read moreSpend 24 hours in the vibrant, divided world of Shogun’s Japan.
In 1614, Japan stood at a crossroads. As the Tokugawa shogunate tightened its grip on power, samurai prepared for war, Christians faced … [more below]
- Series: 24 Hours #2
- Author: Hudson, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 07 2026
- ISBN10: 1789298873
- Language: English
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Samurai: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, th… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Wert, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 0190685077
- Language: English
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Stranger in the Shogun’s City: A Japanese Woman and Her World
$20.00 Add to cart*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography* *Winner of the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award* *Winner of the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography* A “captivating” (The Washington Po… [more below]
- Author: Stanley, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1501188534
- Language: English
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Samurai
$65.00 Add to cartExplores the reality and myths of the samurai from medieval times to today’s popular culture
The figure of the samurai is unique in its global intelligibility, read both as a symbol of Japan and as a
- Author: Buckland, Rosina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 10 2026
- ISBN10: 0295755296
- Language: English
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The Way of the Samurai
$24.99 Add to cart“The Way of the Samurai: Unveiling the Heart of Ancient Warriors”
When you hear the word “samurai,” you might imagine fierce fighters wearing masks and wielding long swords. But there’s more to samurai
- Author: Nitobe, Inazo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1998050262
- Language: English
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Comfort Women: Japan’s Brutal Regime of Enforced Prostitution in the Second World War
$23.99 Add to cartIn 1938 the Japanese Imperial Forces established a “comfort station” in Shanghai. This was the first of many officially sanctioned brothels set up across Asia to service the needs of the Japanese forc
- Author: Hicks, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0393316947
- Language: English
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Tokyo: A Biography: Disasters, Destruction and Renewal: The Story of an Indomitable City
$9.99 Add to cartThe history of Tokyo is as eventful as it is long. A concise yet detailed overview of this fascinating, centuries-old city, Tokyo: A Biography is a perfect companion volume for history buffs or Tokyo-… [more below]
- Series: Tuttle Specials
- Author: Mansfield, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 0804853045
- Language: English
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s End
$23.00 Add to cartWhen the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers could not call his death a death, nor could they refer to him by his proper name. To do so would have exposed them to terrorism from the vig… [more below]
- Author: Field, Norma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 09 1993
- ISBN10: 0679741895
- Language: English
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Tokyo
$22.99 Add to cartFrom sleepy fishing village to samurai capital to vibrant global metropolis, Eiko Maruko Siniawer takes readers through Tokyo’s rich history, revealing four centuries of transformation deeply woven in… [more below]
- Series: Ten Moments That Shaped
- Author: Siniawer, Eiko Maruko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 30 2025
- ISBN10: 1108965008
- Language: English
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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
$27.00 Add to cart“[A] reminder of just how horrible nuclear weapons are.”–The Wall Street Journal
“A devastating read that highlights man’s capacity to wreak destruction, but in which one also catches a glimpse of al- Author: Southard, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109421
- Language: English
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The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
$32.95 Add to cartSignificantly expanded and updated–a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.
Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatur- Author: Foster, Michael Dylan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0520403886
- Language: English
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The Book of Yokai, Expanded Second Edition: Mysterious Creatures of Japanese Folklore
$45.00 Read moreSignificantly expanded and updated–a lively excursion into Japanese folklore and its increasing influence within global popular culture.
Monsters, spirits, fantastic beings, and supernatural creatur- Author: Foster, Michael Dylan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 0520389557
- Language: English
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The Art of the Samurai: Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s Hagakure
$24.95 Add to cartThe way of the samurai is found in death. These words, written 300 years ago by the samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo, offer a seemingly grim introduction to a practice and philosophy that was in fact anythi… [more below]
- Author: Tsunetomo, Yamamoto
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1627951288
- Language: English
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Gamblers, Fraudsters, Dreamers & Spies: The Outsiders Who Shaped Modern Japan
$18.99 Add to cart“Bob Whiting came to the city as a stranger in a strange land in 1962 and stayed for five decades–he knows the dark alleys, the good whisky bars, the crooked politicians and the crooks, the baseball … [more below]
- Author: Whiting, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 28 2024
- ISBN10: 4805317981
- Language: English
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Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses
$35.00 Add to cartThe second volume in a prize-worthy two-book series based on years of irreplicable personal interviews with survivors about each of the atomic bomb drops, first in Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, that h… [more below]
- Series: Embers
- Author: Sheftall, M. G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 0593472284
- Language: English
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Bushido: Code of the Samurai: The Soul of Japan
$24.99 Read moreBeautifully produced in traditional Chinese binding and with a timeless design, Bushido: The Soul of Japan includes the classic Inazo text with a new introduction.
“Chivalry is a flower no less indig- Series: Chinese Bound Classics
- Author: Nitobe, Inazo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1838864849
- Language: English
