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    Donald Richie

    For over five decades, beginning on New Year’s Eve 1946, Japan has been home to American novelist, essayist, film scholar, and arts critic Donald Richie. Through this one man’s keen…

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    A History of Tokyo 1867-1989

    Edward Seidensticker

    Explore Tokyo's incredible journey from a feudal past to a global metropolis in Edward Seidensticker's captivating narrative, a must-read for history enthusiasts and curious travelers eager to delve into the…

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    Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan: Stories and Essays from Japan’s Most Famous Foreign Observer

    Lafcadio Hearn

    ‘The Japanese people are more mysterious than I imagined through Hearn’s books.’ - Albert Einstein

    Lafcadio Hearn is the most significant early interpreter of Japan and Japanese culture for the…

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    Japanese Portraits: Pictures of Different People

    Donald Richie

    These private recollections of longtime Japan resident and Japanese culture expert Donald Richie capture the personalities of the Japanese people with insight and humor.

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    Viewed Sideways

    Donald Richie

    In this new collection, Richie once again demonstrates his mastery of the essay and his deep knowledge about Japan.

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    A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan

    Donald Richie

    A revealing look at the Japanese through the window of their contemporary culture.

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    Rashomon

    This volume brings together the full continuity script of Rashomon , an essay by Donald Richie on Rashomon , the Akutagawa Stories upon which the film is based, critical reviews…

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    Ozu: His Life and Films

    Donald Richie

    Yasujiro Ozu, the man whom his kinsmen consider the most Japanese for all film directors, had but one major subject, the Japanese family, and but one major theme, its dissolution…

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    The Films of Akira Kurosawa, Third Edition, Expanded and Updated

    Donald Richie

    This study examines the work of Akira Kurosawa, one of the century’s greatest film directors. It discusses his choice of themes, story-telling technique, camera work and directorial style. New to…

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    A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics

    Donald Ritchie

    Sure to be a classic, Donald Richie’s concise, profound insights into the mysteries of Japanese

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    Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors

    Alexander Jacoby

    For film lovers and scholars, an essential resource and reference guide.

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    Lafcadio Hearn’s Japan

    Lafcadio Hearn

    Lafcadio Hearn is one of the best-known Westerners to ever make Japan his home

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    Tokyo Megacity

    Donald Richie

    A visual and verbal exploration of Tokyo, the largest city in the world

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    Map of the East

    Leo Rubinfien

    In this startling and illuminating book, Leo Rubinfien’s map is neither precise nor defined by boundaries. It is, rather, a celebration, a book of photographs composed poetically through subjective eyes…

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    Hundred Years Of Japanese Film, A: A Concise History, With A Selective Guide To Dvds And Videos

    Donald Richie

    The authoritative guide to Japanese film, completely revised and updated.

    Now available in paperback for the first time, A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie, the foremost Western…

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    Tokyo Megacity

    Donald Richie

    A visual and verbal exploration of Tokyo, the largest city in the world

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    A History of Tokyo 1867-1989: From EDO to SHOWA: The Emergence of the World’s Greatest City

    Edward Seidensticker,Donald Richie

    This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it if you are passionate about the history of ‘the world’s greatest city,’ this book is something you must have…

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    The Japanese Period Film: A Critical Analysis, to 1970

    S.A. Thornton

    Examining the history of the Japanese period film, this book’s first section analyzes the form and function of the Japanese period film, describing the iconography and characteristics of films set…

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    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One

    Lafcadio Hearn

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan, Vol 1 by Lafcadio Hearn. One of the greatest classics of literary fiction, now available in high quality.

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    Japanese Stone Gardens: Origins, Meaning & Form

    Stephen Mansfield

    Japanese Stone Gardens provides a comprehensive introduction to the powerful mystique and dynamism of the Japanese stone garden

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    The Inland Sea

    Donald Richie

    The classic travel journal, a quest for personal discovery and the ancient beauties and dying values of modern Japan.

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    The Japanese Film: Art and Industry

    Joseph L. Anderson,Donald Richie

    Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the…

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    Fair Dalliance: Fifteen Stories by Yoshiyuki Junnosuke

    Junnosuke Yoshiyuki

    A sensual writer, Yoshiyuki deals with the possibility of emotional purity in the relationships between men and women, often examining the relationship through the agency of the protagonist’s association with…

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    Japan: A Traveler’s Literary Companion

    A collection that guides the reader through the complexity that is Japan. This work guides the reader - from the beauty of northern Honshu through the hustle and bustle of…

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    Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989: The Emergence of the World’s Greatest City; Two Volumes in One: LOW CITY, HIGH CITY and TOKYO RISING

    Edward G. Seidensticker,Edward Richie

    A fascinating social history of Japan’s capital–infused with the spirit of the city and the wit and wisdom of the foremost authority on Japanese culture

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    The Scarlet Gang of Asakusa

    Yasunari Kawabata

    A new translation of the only work not currently available in English by a Nobel-Prize winning author and the best known Japanese writer outside of Japan.

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    Macromolecular Complexes in Chemistry and Biology

    This book describes the chemical and physical behavior of polymers and biopolymers that form associating structures in equilibrium solution. It summons the results known of polymer complexes in solution. It…

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    Macromolecular Complexes in Chemistry and Biology

    This book describes the chemical and physical behavior of polymers and biopolymers that form associating structures in equilibrium solution. It summons the results known of polymer complexes in solution. It…

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