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Confucius Lives Next Door: What Living in the East Teaches Us about Living in the West by T R Reid Publisher Comments Anyone who has heard his weekly commentary on NPR knows that T. R. Reid is trenchant, funny, and deeply knowledgeable, and now he brings this erudition and humor to the five years he spent in Japan, where he served as The Washington Post's Tokyo bureau... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper 
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Making Japanese Heritage (Japan Anthropology Workshop) by Bruma Christoph Publisher Comments This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions come to be seen as forms of heritage which are ascribed public recognition and political significance.... (read more) Your price: $141.50 New - Hardcover
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Learning To Bow : Inside the Heart of Japan (91 Edition) by Bruce Feiler Publisher Comments With warmth and candor, bestselling author Feiler recounts the year he spent as a teacher in the world's most heralded school systems. Through his unique perspective, he demystifies contemporary Japanese life. Index.... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan by Donald Keene Publisher Comments I sometimes think that if, as the result of an accident, I were to lose my knowledge of Japanese, there would not be much left for me. Japanese, which at first had no connection with my ancestors, my literary tastes, or my awareness of myself as a person,... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Legends of the Samurai by Hiroaki Sato Publisher Comments In Legends of the Samurai, Sato confronts both the history and the legend of the samurai, untangling the two to present an authentic picture of these legendary warriors. Through his masterful translations of original samurai tales, laws, dicta, reports... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld by David E Kaplan Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-386) and index.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Insurgent Identities: Class, Community, and Protest in Paris from 1848 to the Commune by Roger V. Gould Publisher Comments In this important contribution both to the study of social protest and to French social history, Roger Gould breaks with previous accounts that portray the Paris Commune of 1871 as a continuation of the class struggles of the 1848 Revolution. Focusing on... (read more) Your price: $32.50 New - Trade Paper
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Confessions of a Yakuza by Junichi Saga Publisher Comments A riveting tale of murder and unexpected compassion by the author of Memories of Silk and Straw, recounting the true life saga of one of the last traditional gang bosses in Japan.... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria Culture Wartime Imperial by Louise Young Publisher Comments A portrait of an empire: the first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria.... (read more) List Price $38.50 Your price: $36.75 New - Trade Paper
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Photography in Japan 1853-1912 by Terry Bennett Publisher Comments Photography in Japan 1853-1912 is an authoritative and unique visual record of Japan's metamorphosis from a feudal society to a modern, industrial nation. The 350 old and rare images in this book, most of them published here for the first time, not only... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $60.00 Used - Hardcover
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Chado: The Way of Tea: A Japanese Tea Master's Almanac by Shaun Mccabe Publisher Comments Chado The Way of Tea: A Japanese Tea Master's Almanac is a translation of the Japanese classic Sado-saijiki, first published in 1960. Covering tea-related events in Japan throughout the year, Sasaki provides vignettes of festivals and formal occasions... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
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Narrative of the Expedition To the China Seas and Japan, 1852-1854 by Matthew Calbraith Perry Publisher Comments Enhanced with over 200 rare illustrations, this thrilling firsthand account relates the tension and triumph attendant upon Perry's mission to establish Japanese-American diplomatic relations. Drawn from the journals of the commodore and his officers, the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Samurai and the Sacred (General Military) by Stephen Turnbull Publisher Comments This original and exciting work examines the spiritual world of the samurai, from their attachment to Japan's mainstream religions of Shinto and Buddhism to their involvement in Christianity and Folk Religion.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover 
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Autobiography of a Geisha by Sayo Masuda Publisher Comments Sayo Masuda was a geisha at a hot springs resort, where the realities of sex for sale are unadorned by the trappings of wealth and power. Remarkable for its wit and frankness, the book is a moving record of a woman's survival on the margins of Japanese... (read more) List Price $20.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Book in Japan: A Cultural History from the Beginnings to the Nineteenth Century by Peter F. Kornicki Book News Annotation Primarily, but not entirely, summarizing and translating from the massive Japanese literature on books there, Kornicki (Japanese history and bibliography, U. of Cambridge) seeks to widen the knowledge beyond the technical specialty and provide... (read more) Your price: $42.50 New - Trade Paper
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Yakuza Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster's Daughter by Shoko Tendo Publisher Comments Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because of her father's... (read more) Your price: $11.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945 (Modern Library War) by John Toland Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [883]-904) and index.... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Trade Paper
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Madame Sadayakko: The Geisha Who Bewitched the West by Lesley Downer Publisher Comments Sadayakko was Japan's most notorious geisha--and its first international superstar. "Madame Sadayakko" is the true story of this extraordinary woman--muse to writers, artists, and fashion designers. Her adventures lift the veil on the secretive world of... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Oda Nobunaga: The Battle of Okehazama by Les Paterson, Synopsis The Battle of Okehazama put Oda Nobunaga on the world stage forever changed Japanese history. His victory over Imagawa Yoshimoto against impossible odds were more staggering. Being outnumbered almost twelve to one Nobunaga had no choice but to launch a... (read more) Your price: $12.95 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Introducing Japan by Donald Richie Publisher Comments From the metropolitan bustle of busy, modern Tokyo to the serenity of classical Kyoto, from the northern frontier land of snowy Hokkaido to distinctly colorful Kyushu and Okinawa in the southwest, Japan is a country of striking contrasts and frequent... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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