Cultural Region/Japanese
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Japanese Combined Fleet 1941-42: The Ijn at Its Zenith, Pearl Harbor to Midway
$23.00 Read moreLaunching Osprey’s new Fleet series, this is a spectacularly illustrated, concise and comprehensive account of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s striking force at the height of its power.
The Imperial Japa- Series: Fleet #1
- Author: Stille, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1472856430
- Language: English
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Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson
$22.00 Add to cart“Lovers of haiku will rejoice at the arrival of this book, the first complete translation of the collected haiku of Yosa Buson…rendered into English with obvious care and devotion…Through Buson we
- Author: Buson, Yosa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 25 2013
- ISBN10: 1556594267
- Language: English
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A Place to Belong
$9.99 Add to cartFive starred reviews
“Another gift from Kadohata to her readers.” —Booklist (starred review) A Japanese American family, reeling from their ill treatment in the Japanese imprisonment camps, gives up- Author: Kadohata, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: June 09 2020
- ISBN10: 1481446657
- Language: English
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Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance: The Tenth Anniversary Edition
$65.00 Add to cartTen years after publishing Illuminance in 2011, Aperture is delighted to bring this beloved book back into print, retaining Rinko Kawauchi’s original sequence and signature melding of keenly observed … [more below]
- Author: Kawauchi, Rinko
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1597115142
- Language: English
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Forms of Japan: Michael Kenna
$65.00 Read moreNow available in a beautiful new edition, this book presents a meditative, arresting and dazzling collection of 240 black-and-white images of Japan, made over almost 30 years by the internationally re… [more below]
- Author: Kenna, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 3791388266
- Language: English
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Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia
$39.95 Add to cartWith 234 superb color plates, and more than 950 color maps, Birds of East Asia makes it easy to identify all of the region’s species. The first single-volume field guide for eastern Asia, the book cov
- Series: Princeton Field Guides #46
- Author: Brazil, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 15 2009
- ISBN10: 0691139261
- Language: English
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Port Arthur 1904-05: The First Modern Siege
$25.00 Read moreA gripping, illustrated narrative of the longest and most brutal land battle of the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War.
Growing rivalry between Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan over territorial control in C- Series: Campaign #398
- Author: Forczyk, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1472855639
- Language: English
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Grave of the Fireflies
$17.95 Add to cartOn its release in 1988, Grave of the Fireflies riveted audiences with its uncompromising drama. Directed by Isao Takahata at Studio Ghibli and based on an autobiographical story by Akiyuki Nosaka, the
- Series: BFI Film Classics
- Author: Wit, Alex Dudok de
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: May 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1838719245
- Language: English
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The Discovery of Ramen: The Asian Hall of Fame
$16.95 Read moreEnjoy the first English children’s picture book on how Japan’s ramen noodles were created Amazingly illustrated, this storybook features a glossary of Japanese terms.
This is the first adventure- Series: Asian Hall of Fame
- Author: Amara, Phil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1597021342
- Language: English
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The Star Festival
$16.99 Add to cart2021 Freeman Book Awards Honorable Mention – Children’s Literature
STARRED REVIEW! “Hadley has created a remarkable debut that flows ele
The Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022, Bank Street College- Author: Hadley, Moni Ritchie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: April 01 2021
- ISBN10: 080757595X
- Language: English
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Let’s Make Sushi!: Step-By-Step Tutorials and Essential Recipes for Rolls, Nigiri, Sashimi and More from a Master Sushi Chef
$22.99 Read moreMake Incredible Sushi in Your Own Kitchen
Learn the essential techniques to make delicious, properly executed sushi with your own two hands, no matter your skill level. From creative rolls and classi- Author: Matsuda, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1645677087
- Language: English
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Effortless Bento: 300 Box Lunch Recipes
$19.95 Read moreBento books have been some of the more accessible and popular genres coming out of Japan over the last few years, and Effortless Bento is essentially the bento encyclopedia. Filled with hundreds of fu… [more below]
- Author: Shufu-No-Tomo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 27 2014
- ISBN10: 1939130379
- Language: English
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The Bells of Old Tokyo: Meditations on Time and a City
$25.99 Add to cartAn elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents
From 1632 until 1854, Japan’s rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture t- Author: Sherman, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1250206421
- Language: English
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Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
$20.00 Add to cartThe untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured–and transformed–the world’s imagination.
“A masterful book driven by deep research, new insi- Author: Alt, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 22 2021
- ISBN10: 1984826719
- Language: English
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The Inland Sea
$22.95 Add to cart“An elegiac prose celebration . . . a classic in its genre.”–Publishers Weekly
In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existent
- Author: Richie, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 20 2015
- ISBN10: 1611720249
- Language: English
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The Lady and the Monk: Four Seasons in Kyoto
$19.00 Add to cartWhen Pico Iyer decided to go to Kyoto and live in a monastery, he did so to learn about Zen Buddhism from the inside, to get to know Kyoto, one of the loveliest old cities in the world, and to find ou… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures #0000
- Author: Iyer, Pico
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 27 1992
- ISBN10: 0679738347
- Language: English
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The Simple Art of Japanese Calligraphy: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating Japanese Characters with 15 Projects to Make
$19.99 Read moreCreate beautiful gifts, stationery, and decorations that incorporate the elegant, centuries-old art of Japanese calligraphy.
Developed since the sixth century, practiced by the royal elite and Buddhi- Author: Takenami, Yoko
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1800652259
- Language: English
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Just Enough: Vegan Recipes and Stories from Japan’s Buddhist Temples
$17.95 Read moreFresh out of college, Gesshin Claire Greenwood found her way to a Buddhist monastery in Japan and was ordained as a Buddhist nun. Zen appealed to Greenwood because of its all-encompassing approach to … [more below]
- Author: Greenwood, Gesshin Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1608685829
- Language: English
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A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics
$9.95 Add to cartSure to be a classic, Donald Richie’s concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese
- Author: Richie, Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: July 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1933330236
- Language: English
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Angels of the Pacific: A Novel of World War II
$18.99 Add to cart“Absolutely riveting. A stay-up-all night read about two very different women who discover just how strong they can be–and just how much they’ll dare–during the brutal Japanese occupation of the Phi
- Author: Hooper, Elise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0063068907
- Language: English
