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Anthology of Japanese Literature from the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century
• Donald Keene
• ANTHOLOGY
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A classic first published in 1955, this book presents great Japanese literature over the ages.
(JPN12, $15.95)
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Architecture and Authority in Japan
• William H. Coaldrake
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Japanese architecture and its relationship to political and religious power structures.
(JPN112, $59.95)
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An Artist in the Floating World
• Kazuo Ishiguro
• LITERATURE
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His second novel, Ishiguro weaves a tale of an aging artist in postwar Japan.
(JPN58, $13.95)
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Black Arrow
• I. J. Parker
• MYSTERY
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Detective Akitada must solve a series of brutal slayings in the Northern city of Echigo.
(JPN201, $14.00)
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The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja, A Donald Keene Anthology
• Donald Keene
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Keene tackles Japanese music, language, society and literature in these insightful pieces.
(JPN15, $35.50)
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Buddhist Art and Architecture
• Robert Fisher
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A wide-ranging, illustrated survey of Buddhist art, architecture and iconography in the excellent World of Art series. It includes examples from throughout Asia.
(ASA30, $18.95)
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Cha-No-Yu, The Japanese Tea Ceremony
• Arthur L. Sadler
• A.L. Sadler
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A classic guide to the disciplined, enduring art of the Japanese tea ceremony.
(JPN59, $14.95)
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The China Lover
• Ian Buruma
• LITERATURE
• COMING IN SEPTEMBER
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Baruma turns to fiction in this intricately plotted novel based on the life of WWII-era movie-star and personality Shirley Yamaguchi.
(CHN528, $26.95)
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Chrysanthemum and the Sword, Patterns of Japanese Culture
• Ruth Benedict
• Ezra Vogel
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Published in the aftermath of World War II, this brilliant exploration of the Japanese psyche and culture retains its interest today, as much for its perspective on the West as for insights about the Japanese character.
(JPN23, $15.00)
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Confessions of a Mask
• Meredith Weatherby
• Yukio Mishima
• LITERATURE
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This powerful book is the story of the monk who burned the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. It's an unsettling portrait of society in Post-War Japan, and the coming of age of a complex, tragic figure who struggles with his homosexuality.
(JPN18, $12.95)
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Everyday Life in Traditional Japan
• Charles Dunn
• Laurence Broderick
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A cultural portrait of daily life in Tokugawa Japan under rule of the shogun.
(JPN68, $14.95)
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Explorer Tokyo, The Complete Residents' Guide
• Explorer Publishing
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive practical guide to the region. It also includes a healthy amount of historical, natural and cultural information.
(JPN328, $24.95)
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The Floating World
• James Michener
• Howard A. Link
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Michener delves into the history of Japanese printmaking.
(JPN57, $27.95)
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Fodor's Exploring Japan
• David Scott
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to the history, culture and attractions of Japan. Includes walking tours and good neighborhood maps, and features color photographs.
(JPN33, $22.00)
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The Gardens of Japan
• Teiji Itoh
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This beautifully illustrated overview of the history and tradition of gardens features 75 color photographs and astute essays. With a guide to 50 popular and representative gardens.
(JPN38, $60.00)
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Getting Wet, Adventures in the Japanese Bath
• Eric Talmadge
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Tokyo-based Talmadge journeys from seaside resorts to mountain retreats and megaplexes in this cultural history of Japan through the tradition of the bath.
(JPN197, $22.00)
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God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories
• Tom Bissell
• LITERATURE
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Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea.
(CAS117, $13.95)
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Hitching Rides With Buddha
• Will Ferguson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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As irreverent as ever, Will Ferguson tracks cherry blossoms from Kagoshima to Rishiri Island in this rollicking report from the cultural frontlines in Japan.
(JPN188, $14.00)
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Insight Guide Japan
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, illustrated guide to Japan. Half the book is devoted to a survey of attractions throughout the archipelago. Features full color maps.
(JPN74, $23.95)
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The Japan Journals, 1947-2004
• Donald Richie
• Leza Lowitz
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A collection of essays from the eminent film historian and observer of Japan.
(JPN141, $29.95)
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Japan Map
• Periplus Maps
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This convenient map covers the island nation at a scale of 1:2,000,000, with insets of the major cities.
(JPN06, $8.95)
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Japan, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Jeffrey Angles
• Thomas Rimer
• Donald Richie
• ANTHOLOGY
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This marvelous anthology, organized geographically, is both an introduction to Japan and to its best contemporary writers.
(JPN187, $14.95)
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Japanese Buddhism, A Cultural History
• Yoshiro Tamura
• RELIGION
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A succinct history of Buddhism as it interacts with Japanese culture. From one of Japan's leading scholars of Buddhism.
(JPN237, $14.95)
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Japanese Culture
• Paul Varley
• HISTORY
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A popular introduction to Japanese history and culture for undergraduates. In this admirably succinct book, Valery traces cultural trends from the emergence of Japanese civilization through the present age.
(JPN84, $22.00)
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Japanese Garden Design
• Marc P. Keane
• Haruzo Ohashi
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated introduction to the aesthetics and meanings of Japanese gardens. It relates the social, religious and historical contexts to landscape and garden design.
(JPN52, $30.00)
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The Japanese Today, Continuity and Change
• Edwin O. Reischauer
• Marius Jansen
• HISTORY
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A wide-ranging, engaging survey of Japanese culture and society by two prominent historians.
(JPN83, $25.00)
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Knopf Mapguide Tokyo
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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(JPN314, $9.95)
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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan
• Lafcadio Hearn
• Donald Richie
• ANTHOLOGY
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An astute sampling of the 19th-century teacher and translator's stories, letters and reflections on Japan and it people as selected by Donal Richie, who provides the preface and introduction. Heard died in Tokyo in 1904.
(JPN50, $21.95)
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Lonely Planet Japan
• Chris Rowthorn
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide.
(JPN109, $28.99)
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Lonely Planet Tokyo Encounter
• Wendy Yanagihara
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(JPN263, $11.99)
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The Making of Modern Japan
• Marius Jansen
• HISTORY
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An epic account of Japan and its transformation from feudal society to modern superpower.
(JPN88, $24.50)
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The Makioka Sisters
• Tanizaki Junichiro
• LITERATURE
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The story of a merchant family in prewar Osaka and the strugggle of four beautiful sisters to maintain their position in society after the death of their parents, also made into a delightful film by Ichikawa.
(JPN41, $15.95)
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Minka, My Farmhouse in Japan
• John Roderick
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In the 1960s, before everyone was restoring a Tuscan villa or a Spanish hacienda, John Roderick had his minka, a 250-year-old thatched and pegged farmhouse outside of Tokyo.
(JPN268, $24.95)
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Modern Japanese Literature
• Donald Keene
• ANTHOLOGY
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A sampling of Japanese literature from the 19th to 2
(JPN72, $15.95)
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National Geographic Traveler Japan
• Nicholas Bornoff
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to Japan in National Geographic style.
(JPN120, $27.95)
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
• Shonagon Sei
• Ivan Morris
• LITERATURE
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Exquisite short essays and vignettes of Japanese court life in the Heian period.
(JPN76, $16.00)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple Japanese
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Japanese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations.
(JPN175, $19.95)
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The Roads to Sata, a 2000-Mile Walk Through Japan
• Alan Booth
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A revealing, humorous account of the author's 2,000-mile walk north to south from Hokkaido to Kyushu by a wonderfully eccentric British expatriate.
(JPN11, $16.00)
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Rough Guide Tokyo
• Jan Dodd
• GUIDEBOOK
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(JPN315, $19.99)
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The Sea and the Poison
• Shusaku Endo
• LITERATURE
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One of many novels by the 20th-century Japanese writer, a Roman Catholic whose many works explore chistianity and morals. This one set in Tokyo during WWII.
(JPN161, $11.95)
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Seeing Japan
• Charles Whipple
• Morihiro Hosokawa
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wide-ranging introduction to modern Japan. Charles Whipple covers the basic elements of Japanese family and society, as well as geography, art, theater and sports.
(JPN179, $35.00)
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Shogun
• James Clavell
• LITERATURE
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Clavell's immensely popular story of an English adventurer in 17th century Japan.
(JPN47, $7.99)
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Sixty-Nine Stations of the Kisokaido
• Hirosh Utagawa
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A vivid portrait of every stratum of daily life in 19th century Japan, these prints teem with unique characters, from beggars and brawling men to boaters and finely clothed women.
(JPN337, $80.00)
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Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 1
• Ry-Usaku Tsunoda
• William Theodore de Bary
• RELIGION
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A scholarly sourcebook of theological writings up through the 18th century.
(JPN63, $21.00)
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Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2
• William Theodore de Bary
• Donald Keene
• RELIGION
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A scholarly sourcebook of theological writings from the 18th to mid-20th century.
(JPN64, $27.00)
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The Tale of Genji
• Murasaki Shikibu
• Edward G. Seidensticker
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Tale of the Heike
• Helen Craig McCullough
• LITERATURE
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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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Thousand Cranes
• Yasunari Kawabata
• Edward G. Seidensticker
• LITERATURE
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This novella by the great Kawabata may be Japan's best-known literary work. It's a story of love, grief, and redemption. Kawabata's prose is as economical as the tea ceremony itself, and very beautiful.
(JPN34, $12.95)
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Through Japanese Eyes
• Richard H. Minear
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A survey of Japanese culture, society and people.
(JPN92, $21.95)
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Turning Japanese, Memoirs of a Sansei
• David Mura
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The riveting, wonderfully observed tale of a thoroughly American Sansei (i.e. Japanese-American), born and raised in California, who heads to Japan with his American wife.
(JPN44, $14.00)
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
• Isabella Bird
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Bird's narrative of her travels in Japan in 1878, just after the country re-opened its doors to the world. She wasted little time on the cities, heading straight out to meet the peasants in their fields.
(JPN94, $12.95)
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The Unknown Craftsman, A Japanese Insight into Beauty
• Soetsu Yanagi
• Shoji Hamada
• Bernard Leach
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961) presents Japanese crafts, their integral place in Japanese society, and the role of the craftsman in this an excellent overview of the foundations of the Mingei (folk-craft) movement. With 76 illustrations.
(JPN116, $35.00)
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Untangling My Chopsticks, A Culinary Sojourn in Kyoto
• Victoria Abbott Riccardi
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In this beguiling memoir, Riccardi writes with verve of cultural encounters, bewilderment and discovery in Kyoto. If you've ever parted the drapes of a Japanese restaurant to face a room full of people and blank stares, you'll really appreciate the book. With 25 recipes for traditional and less traditional Japanese dishes.
(JPN135, $12.95)
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Wallpaper City Guide Tokyo
• Wallpaper Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A stylish, thin (it fits in your back pocket) city guide compiled by the design magazine Wallpaper's local reporters. Well-organized, with chapter tabs, many photographs and of-the-moment recommendations.
(JPN204, $8.95)
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What is Japanese Architecture? A Survey of Traditional Japanese Architecture
• Kazuo Nishi
• Kazuo Hozomi
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A concise introduction to traditional Japanese buildings, from prehistory to the mid-19th century.
(JPN69, $32.00)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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The World of the Shining Prince, Court Life in Ancient Japan
• Ivan Morris
• Barbara Ruch
• HISTORY
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A recreation of life in eleventh-century Japan.
(JPN70, $17.00)
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You Gotta Have Wa
• Robert Whiting
• SPORT
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A history of Japanese baseball, which has been played since the 1850s (professionally since 1935).
(JPN236, $14.95)
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Zen Buddhism, A History, Japan
• Heinrich Dumoulin
• RELIGION
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A history of Zen Buddhism as practiced in Japan, with focus on the melding of the Chinese import with indigenous Shinto practices.
(JPN235, $28.95)
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