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A History of Tokyo by Edward Seidensticker
$34.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"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 in your collection."--JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker'sA History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transform ...Show more
And Then by Soseki Natsume
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"And Then," ranked as one of Soseki Natsume's most insightful and stirring novels, tells the story of Daisuke, a young Japanese man struggling with his personal purpose and identity, as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th century, ancient customs give way t ...Show more
I am a Cat - Three Volumes by Soseki, Natsume
$29.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..." --The New Yorker Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes ...Show more
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
$14.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature Ser.
A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki's wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture. 'We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates... Were it not for shadows, there would be n ...Show more
Izu Dancer And Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
As six Izu travellers journey together, intimacy develops and friendship overcomes class differences. Capturing the shy eroticism of adolescence, The Izu Dancer paints a charming picture of the times.
Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
$16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers in history. Rashomon and Other Stories, a collection of his most celebrated work, resonates as strongly today as when it first published a century ago.
Sakuteiki; Visions of the Japanese Garden by Jiro Takei
$27.99 AUD
Category: Gardening | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Learn the art of Japanese gardening with this classic, fascinating text. The Sakuteiki, or Records of Garden Making, was written nearly one thousand years ago. It is the oldest existing text on Japanese gardening--or any kind of gardening--in the world. In this edition of the Sakuteiki, the authors ...Show more
Shogun: The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler by A. L. Sadler
$27.99 AUD
Category: Biography | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan. For 700 years, Japan was ruled by military commanders with absolute authority, while the emperor remained a figurehead. This book tells the fascinating story of Tokugawa Ieyasu — the greatest of all Japanese Shoguns, who unified and pacified ...Show more
The Heike Story - The Novel of Love and War in Ancient Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa; Fuki Wooyenaka Uramatsu (Translator); Alexander Bennett (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Immerse yourself in the rich drama of medieval Japan. Set in Japan in the turbulent 12th century, this fast-paced novel recounts the titanic struggle between two Japanese clans--the Heike and the Genji--as they seek to pacify a fractured nation, ultimately turning on each other in their unbridled lu ...Show more
The Tale of Genji: The Authentic First Translation of the World's Earliest Novel by Murasaki Shikibu
$16.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
The most famous work of Japanese literature and the world's first novel--The Tale of Genji was written a thousand years ago and is one of the enduring classics of world literature. Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and even Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel--and af ...Show more
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