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Black Lotus


by Laura Joh Rowland

  • MYSTERY
  • 2002
  • PAPER

When an unknown arsonist sets fire to a cottage on the grounds of the Black Lotus Temple, killing three sect members, seventeenth-century samurai detective Sano Ichiro is called on to investigate. (JPN229, $6.99)

The Book of Five Rings


by William Scott Wilson | Miyamoto Musashi

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES

The original account of samurai philosophies and warfare by the swordsman and samurai Miyamoto Musashi, originally published in 1643. (JPN413, $19.00)

The Concubine's Tattoo


by Laura Joh Rowland

  • MYSTERY
  • 2000
  • PAPER

Sano Ichiro, is called upon to investigate a young concubine who was poisoned while applying a lover's tattoo, but the case is complicated by his new wife's interventions in the investigation, in a mystery set in seventeenth-century Japan. (JPN231, $6.99)

Grass for His Pillow


by Lian Hearn

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

Part two in the epic Otori series of adventure novels for young adults, set among the battles and warriors of feudal Japan. (JPN276, $15.00)

Island of Exiles


by I. J. Parker

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

Parker's hero Sugawara Akitada returns in a tale of gripping political intrigue. When an exiled prince is poisoned, Akitada is called upon to investigate and discovers a deadly conspiracy. (JPN262, $15.00)

Japanese Inn

Japanese Inn


by Oliver Statler

  • LITERATURE
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 365 PAGES

Life over four generations at a country inn. An impressionistic overview of traditional Japan solidly based on actual historic events. Illustrated with 50 Japanese prints. (JPN39, $24.00)

The Perfumed Sleeve


by Laura Joh Rowland

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

When 1694 Edo erupts into violence in the wake of a conflict between two rival factions in 17th century Japan, the shogun's most esteemed investigator, Sano Ichiro, is urged by both sides to join their numbers. (JPN226, $8.99)

The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon


by Shonagon Sei | Ivan Morris

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Exquisite short essays and vignettes of Japanese court life in the Heian period. (JPN76, $17.00)

The Samurai's Wife

The Samurai's Wife


by Laura Joh Rowland

  • MYSTERY
  • 2001
  • PAPER

Sano Ichiro investigates the murder of a high Kyoto official in this mystery set in 17th century Japan. (JPN230, $6.99)

Snow Country

Snow Country


by Edward G. Seidensticker | Yasunari Kawabata

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

A lyrical, moving novel about the affair between a Tokyo businessman and a geisha, set at a spa in the mountains. The author won the Nobel Prize. (JPN40, $14.00)

The Tale of Genji


by Murasaki Shikibu | Edward G. Seidensticker

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 1090 PAGES

The unabridged version of one of the most famous works of Japanese prose. This is the story of Genji, a romantic man in the Heian court, as written in the 11th-century by Lady Murasaki. (JPN73, $29.95)

Tale of the Heike


by Helen Craig McCullough

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 489 PAGES

Japan's most famous war tale about the fall of the Taira (Heike) clan and the victory of the Minamoto (Genji) during the end of the 12th century. (JPN75, $29.95)

 

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