Japan (Baedeker Guide)
Ostfildern, Germany: Verlag Karl Baedeker, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. More
Japan
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The Historical Demography of Pre-modern Japan
Tokyo, Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 2001. First Edition (presumed). Hardcover. Rare. Historical demography is the study of patterns and changes in a society's population before the collection of data through modern censuses. For Japan, data on family size and structure, fertility and infant mortality, marriage patterns, urban and rural..... More
The Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap
London: Blackwell Publishers, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores..... More
Japanese For Busy People I (Kana Version)
Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1995. Second Printing. Softcover. More
Creating Japanese Gardens
San Ramon, CA: Ortho Books, 1989. Reprint. Softcover. These days, people crave gardens that fill the soul and comfort the body. Japanese gardening answers those yearnings. This book demonstrates how to: - Create a feeling of sanctuary - Make tranquil spaces - Arrange plants and ornaments Use..... More
Kaempfer's Japan: Tokugawa Culture Observed
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1999. First Printing. Trade Paperback. Engelbert Kaempfer's History of Japan was a best-seller from the moment it was published in London in 1727. Born in Westphalia in 1651, Kaempfer travelled throughout the Near and Far East before settling in Japan as physician to the trading..... More
Blade of the Immortal, Vol. 8: The Gathering
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. Manji, a ronin warrior of feudal Japan, has been cursed with immortality and to rid his eternal suffering and lift the curse, he must slay one thousand enemies, and his quest begins with a young girl who seeks revenge on her parents'..... More
Samurai Sword: A Handbook
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1997. M. Kuwata (jacket design). First Edition. Thirty-fourth printing. Hardcover. The samurai sword: a symbol of the spirit of old Japan, it embodies the samurai's steel discipline, unswerving devotion and peerless skill. With its creation, a feat of craftsmanship passed down by generations of..... More
Tamakatsuma: A Window into the Scholarship of Motoori Norinaga
New York: East Asia Program/ Cornell University, 2013. First Edition (presumed). Paperback. This is a partial translation of one of the most important texts produced by Motoori Norinaga. It covers a wide range of Norinaga's thought and provides a lens onto his philological methodology, as well as how he viewed..... More
Journey to Freedom, Part One (Crying Freeman Graphic Novel)
San Francisco: Viz Communications, 1994. Ryoichi Ikegami (art). First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. More
Appleseed Book Four: The Promethean Balance
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. Paradise ain't easy! In the future utopian metropolis of Olympus, a blazing beacon of humanity amidst a post-global-war wasteland, ESWAT agents Deunan and Briareos have fought tooth and nail to keep the peace and prevent Olympus from sliding back into chaos..... More
Appleseed Book One: The Promethean Challenge
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. World War III is over, and nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities and demilitarized zones of the post-war wasteland, the "Badside." Matters appear on the upswing, however, when they are found..... More
Appleseed Book Three: The Scales of Prometheus
Forestville, CA: Eclipse Books, 1991. First Edition. First Printing. Softcover. RARE. A malfunctioning bioroid (enhanced artificial human) has been on a bloody rampage through the ruined streets of Manhattan. Now it's up to Deunan and Briareos to stop the man-eating machine before it reaches Olympus. However, within the utopian walls..... More
Appleseed Book Two: Prometheus Unbound
Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 1995. Second Edition. Softcover. RARE. You can't have a perfect society without perfect people, and the only perfect people are the ones you can manufacture. The governing body of Olympus is about to bring utopia crashing down around their ears as they seek to regulate the..... More
Kitaro: Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2016. Paperback. Kitaro Meets Nurarihyon is the second volume in the adventures of Shigeru Mizuki’s bizarre yokai boy Kitaro and his gaggle of otherworldly friends. These seven stories date from the golden age of Gegege no Kitaro, when Mizuki had perfected the balance of folklore, comedy..... More
Kitaro: Kitaro's Strange Adventures
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. Paperback. In the fourth installment of Shigeru Mizuki’s Kitaro series readers meet a whole new cast of yokai monsters, including a giant Cyclops, the villainous Blackbeard, and a malefic sea captain who attempts to summon hell on Earth. The lead adventure “Yokai Cloth,” follows Kitaro..... More
Kitaro: The Great Tanuki War
Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2017. Paperback. Kitaro and the Great Tanuki War features adventures of Shigeru Mizuki’s beloved yokai boy. In the epic title story, Kitaro battles the tanuki, a Japanese animal that features prominently in the country’s yokai legends. The furry beasts draw on the power of the blood..... More
Munukata Shiko Han: Munakata's Work, The Way of the Woodcut Print
Tokyo, Japan: 1964. Softcover. Text in English and Japanese. Captions of prints in Japanese. 1 essay by Shiko Munakata and another by Soetsu Yanagi, both in English. Chronology, in English, of Munakata's life and career from 1903 to 1963. More
The Yoseido Gallery, Young Talent, Catalog No. 6 (June 1969)
Tokyo: The Yoseido Gallery, 1969. Paperback. Staple-bound. A catalog of artistic works with images, some in color. More
Ambassadors from the Islands of Immortals: China-Japan Relations in the Han-Tang Period
Honolulu: Association for Asian Studies / University of Hawaii, 2005. Santos Barbasa Jr. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Signed by author. A review of the book from the Japan Times by Donald Richie: Relations between Japan and China may be troubled right now, but then they often have..... More
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