Japan - Used Books
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by Katherine Plummer  Synopsis A fascinating study of 11 groups of Japanese merchant sailors who were pulled out to sea by strong currents and cast adrift on foreign shores.... (read more)  List Price $19.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Kenji Tokitsu Publisher Comments The definitive biography of the legendary author of "The Book of Five Rings--accompanied by his key writings with notes and commentary by a modern martial arts master.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Joshua Hammer Publisher Comments In 1923, a devastating earthquake and subsequent fires destroyed Yokohama and much of Tokyo killing 160,000 people. This narrative-driven account shows how peoples' lives and 20th century history were changed forever as a result of this catastrophe.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Daisetz T Suzuki Publisher Comments One of this century's leading works on Zen, this book is a valuable source for those wishing to understand its concepts in the context of Japanese life and art. In simple, often poetic, language, Daisetz Suzuki describes what Zen is, how it evolved, and... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Ravina Publisher Comments The dramatic arc of Saigo Takamori's life, from his humble origins as a lowly samurai, to national leadership, to his death as a rebel leader, has captivated generations of Japanese readers and now Americans as well - his life is the inspiration for a... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Lois Peak Publisher Comments Japanese two-year-olds are indulged, dependent, and undisciplined toddlers, but by the age of six they have become obedient, self-reliant, and cooperative students. When Lois Peak traveled to Japan in search of the "magical childrearing technique" behind... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Phyllis Birnbaum Publisher Comments The stunning biographical portraits in Modern Girls, Shining Stars, the Skies of Tokyo, some adapted from essays that first appeared in The New Yorker, explore the lives of five women who did their best to stand up and cause more trouble than was... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price $5.45 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Marius B Jansen Publisher Comments Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. A distillation of more than fifty years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $19.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Karin Muller Publisher Comments Looking to gain a competitive edge in her judo practice and a fresh perspective on her life, a documentary filmmaker commits to living in Japan for a year. She discovers in sometimes awkward, sometimes awesomely funny interactions just how maddeningly... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price $16.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Peter Pagnamenta Publisher Comments In 1904, when thirty-four-year-old British Army captain Arthur Hart-Synnot was sent to Japan to learn the language of his country's new ally, romance was the furthest thing from his mind. At least five generations of the Hart family had served in the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Herbert P Bix 
Review "An incisive work of scholarship. It should put an end to the myth, contrived by Americans as well as Japanese, that Hirohito had been a peace-loving, passive puppet of the military. . . . Excellent."(--The Philadelphia Inquirer)... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Mineko Iwasaki Synopsis Mineko begins with her initiation into the profession she would perfect. Following her blossoming over the years, we learn all about the intricate training and rigid education system by which Japanese girls become geishas, and the extraordinary... (read more) Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by John Hersey Publisher Comments On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $4.50 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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by Yukichi Fukuzawa Publisher Comments Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and more extraordinary changes than any other in the history of Japan. In his country's swift transformation... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Daikichi Irokawa Review A fascinating account of aspects of Japanese culture between 1868 and the early twentieth century. . . . Irokawa Daikichi is an indefatigable researcher, and the fruits of his own and others' labors on back roads and in old storehouses are amply... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Christopher Benfey Publisher Comments When the United States entered the Gilded Age after the Civil War, argues cultural historian Christopher Benfey, the nation lost its philosophical moorings and looked eastward to "Old Japan," with its seemingly untouched indigenous culture, for balance... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Karel Van Wolferen Publisher Comments A full-scale examination of the inner workings of Japan's political and industrial system.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Matthews M Hamabata Publisher Comments This book is concerned with the lives of people known to be wealthy individuals whose families are engaged in private enterprise on regional, national, and international scales of operation. It documents the interplay of marital and filial relations in... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by John Allyn Synopsis This is the famous historical account of the mass seppuku (disembowelment) of the 47 ronin, or masterless samurai, shortly after the turn of the 18th century.... (read more) Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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 $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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