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Narrow Road to the Interior by Matsuo Basho Publisher Comments Basho is best known in the West as the author of Narrow Road to the Interior, a travel diary of linked prose and haiku that recounts his journey through the far northern provinces of Japan. This volume includes beautiful Japanese-style illustrations by... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo Publisher Comments |Hagakure ("In the Shadow of Leaves"') is a manual for the samurai classes consisting of a series of short anecdotes and reflections that give both insight and instruction-in the philosophy and code of behavior that foster the true spirit of Bushido-the... (read more) List Price $9.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leona Koren Publisher Comments Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Haiku Mind: 108 Poems to Cultivate Awareness and Open Your Heart by Patricia Donegan Publisher Comments Haiku, the Japanese form of poetry written in three short lines, is celebrated for its ability to express a simple moment in a profound way. The haiku moment, as it is called, refers to a heightened awareness of the world around us and how, in that small,... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki Publisher Comments An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Written on the Sky: Poems from the Japanese by Kenneth (trn) Rexroth Synopsis I go out of the darkness Onto a road of darkness Lit only by the far off Moon on the edge of the mountains. -Izumi Shikobu Over the years, thousands of readers have discovered the beauty of classic Japanese poetry through the superb English versions by... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Anth. of Japanese Lit. (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European) by Donald Keene Publisher Comments The sweep of Japanese literature in all its great variety was made available to Western readers for the first time in this anthology. Every genre and style, from the celebrated No plays to the poetry and novels of the seventeenth century, find a place in... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Love Poems from the Japanese (Shambhala Library) by Kenneth Rexroth Publisher Comments Drawn from classical, medieval, and modern sources, the poems in this collection are some of the greatest love poems from the Japanese tradition. Selections range in tone from the spiritual longing of an isolated monk to the erotic ecstasy of a court... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Training the Samurai Mind: A Bushido Sourcebook by Thomas (edt) Cleary Synopsis A unique treasury of writings spanning four hundred years on the ethos, training, and education of the Japanese warrior, compiled by the premier translator of Asian texts Honor, fearlessness, calm, decisive action, strategic thinking, and martial prowess... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Haiku: An Anthology of Japanese Poems (Shambhala Library) by Stephen (edt) Addiss Synopsis More than last year it is lonely-- the autumn dusk --Buson Haiku, one of the most popular forms of poetry, is celebrated here in all its subtle glory. This anthology brings together the most important poets in the haiku tradition--including Basho, Buson,... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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Life of an Amorous Man by Saikaku And Hamada Synopsis First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy commoners could rise above the warrior caste and indulge in the free and easy life of Japan's pleasure houses. The hero... (read more) Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art of Japanese Swordsmanship a Manual by Nicklaus Suino Publisher Comments The original purpose of "iaido" was to slay an opponent with one stroke of the sword upon unsheathing. This manual of Eishin-Ryu or "Pure Faith" "iaido" teaches the most widely practiced sword style, and is illustrated with step-by-step drawings to help... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ink Dark Moon : Love Poems By Ono No Komachi and Izumi Shikibu, Women of the Ancient Court of Japan (90 Edition) by Jane Hirshfield Publisher Comments These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Memoirs of the Warrior Kumagai: A Historical Novel by Donald Richie Publisher Comments In this retelling of an old tale, a warrior wrestles down an enemy commander only to discover his foe is as young as his own son. Shaken and unable to abide by his duty and slay the youth, he decides to become a monk. This famous encounter between... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Haiku Landscapes by Stephen Addiss Publisher Comments Some 120 haiku by such masters as Basho, Issa, and Buson--all written on themes of the mountains, forests, rivers, and rugged seascapes of Japan--are combined with the woodblock prints and paintings of the great artists of classical Japan. The poems... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby Publisher Comments The Tale of Murasaki is an elegant and brilliantly authentic historical novel by the author of Geisha and the only Westerner ever to have become a geisha. In the eleventh century Murasaki Shikibu wrote the world?s first novel, The Tale of Genji, the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.88 Used - Trade Paper
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Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World (Rock Spring Collection of Japanese Literature) by Kamo No Chomei Publisher Comments The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle prompted by a series of calamities that overtook old Kyoto in the late 12th century. By building a rude home in the forest and eliminating desire, poet and... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths: From 1868 to the Present by Leon Kapp Publisher Comments A comprehensive overview of the major events in the history of the contemporary Japanese sword and the work of many of the best smiths active today.... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Rearranging the Landscape of the Gods : Politics of a Pilgrimage Site in Japan, 1573-1912 (05 Edition) by Sarah Thal Publisher Comments When people create new societies, economies, and nationsboth now and in the pastthey create gods, rituals, and miracles to support them. Even what seem to be some of the most timeless and sacred sites in the world have been shaped, reshaped, and... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Samurai Wisdom: Lessons from Japan's Warrior Culture by Thomas Cleary Publisher Comments One of the best known translators of the wisdom of Asia, Thomas Cleary now adds a new book to his samurai canon with Samurai Wisdom, new translations of five classic works on bushido. His previous works, Code of the Samurai and Soul of the Samurai... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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