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Lightbown, Spada: How Languages Are Learned. Paperback

How Languages Are Learned. Paperback by Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada 252 pages. 2006 9780194422246 0194422240

Berger, Mochizuki, Tsuchiyama: Japan in International Politics: The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State. Paperback

Japan in International Politics: The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State. Paperback edited by Thomas U. Berger, Mike M. Mochizuki and Jitsuo Tsuchiyama viii, 349 pages. 2007 9781588264596 1588264599 in voorraad

Brinton: Women’s Working Lives in East Asia. Paperback

Women’s Working Lives in East Asia. Paperback Edited by Mary C. Brinton 400 pages. 2001. This volume examines the nature of married women’s participation in the economies of three East Asian countries—Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In addition to asking what is similar or different about women’s economic participation in this region of the world compared to Western societies, the book also asks how women’s work patterns vary across the three countries. 9780804743549 0804743541

Fischer: The Art of Japanese Craft. 1875 to the Present. Paperback

Art of Japanese Craft. 1875 to the Present. Paperback Felice Fischer 60 pages, 140 bw and color illustrations. 2008. One of the first illustrated surveys in English of modern-era Japanese crafts, including ceramics, lacquerware, metalcraft, and wood, this elegant book, with 70 color illustrations, is an invaluable guide for the collector and scholar 9780300142129 0300142129

Hook: Japan's International Relations. Politics, economics and security. Paperback

Japan's International Relations. Politics, economics and security. Paperback by Glenn D. Hook, Julie Gilson, Christopher W. Hughes, Hugo Dobson 448 pages, 2 line drawings, 18 photos and 14 tables. 2005 9780415336383

Abe: The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Paperback

Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Paperback by Ryuichi Abe 978023111287115a26

Adolphson: The Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback

Teeth and Claws of the Buddha: Monastic Warriors and Sohei in Japanese History. Paperback by Mikael S. Adolphson xvi, 212 pages. 2007 9780824831233 24

Alexander The Arc of Japan's Economic Development. Paperback

Arc of Japan's Economic Development. Paperback By Arthur Alexander 248 pages. 2007. This core textbook is the definitive overview of the Japanese economy. It charts its history from the period before the Meiji restoration and its astonishing growth throughout the twentieth century before conducting a thorough analysis of the contemporary scene and the implications of the ongoing financial crisis 9780415700245

Berry: Japan in Print: Information And Nation in the Early Modern Period. Paperback

Japan in Print: Information And Nation in the Early Modern Period. Paperback by Mary Elizabeth Berry xvii, 325 pages, with 34 line illustrations. 2006. Anyone interested in the history of media and communications should read Beth Berry's extraordinary book 9780520254176, 0520254171

Breen: Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan’s Past. Hardcover

Yasukuni, the War Dead and the Struggle for Japan’s Past. Hardcover edited by John Breen 240 pages. 2008. Located in the heart of Tokyo, Yasukuni is a controversial shrine dedicated to the Japanese war dead. It holds the remains of twelve convicted and two suspected Class A war criminals, and its museum features an account of Japan's involvement in the Second World War that many would describe as revisionist 9780231700429

Buchanan: Japanese Proverbs and Sayings. Paperback

Japanese Proverbs and Sayings. Paperback by Daniel Crump Buchanan 1987. The proverbs and sayings of a people are the best source for understanding their national character. This collection of Japanese proverbs and sayings, the first published in English, provides insight into the complex and, to Westerners, often baffling tenets of Japanese civilization. 9780806110820

Cullen: A History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Paperback

History of Japan, 1582-1941: Internal and External Worlds. Paperback by L.M. Cullen 376 pages, 8 maps. 2003. He shows that Japan before 1854 was on balance a successful society led by rational policymakers. He also shows how when an external threat emerged after 1793 the country became on balance more open rather than more oppressive and that Japan displayed remarkable success in negotiation with the western powers in 1853-68. 9780521529181 19131

Ekken: The Philosophy of Qi: The Record of Great Doubts. Hardcover

Philosophy of Qi: The Record of Great Doubts. Hardcover by Ekken, Kaibara / Tucker, Mary Evelyn (TRN) 208 pages, with 27 illustrations. 2007 Represents one of the central reflections in East Asian thought on the significance of qi ch'i, the material force coursing through all life. This book emphasizes the role of monism of qi in achieving a life of engagement. 978023113922922a36

Etcheverry: Love After the Tale of Genji: Rewriting the World of the Shining Prince. Hardcover

Love After the Tale of Genji: Rewriting the World of the Shining Prince. Hardcover by Charo B. d'Etcheverry 250 pages. 2007 97806740250732640 Click here for more product information

Foster: Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. Paperback

Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai. Paperback Michael Dylan Foster 312 pages, 19 drawings, 1 photo. 2008. This history of the strange and mysterious in Japan seeks out these creatures in folklore, encyclopedias, literature, art, science, games, manga, magazines, and movies, exploring their meanings in the Japanese cultural imagination and offering an abundance of valuable and, until now, understudied material. Michael Dylan Foster tracks yôkai over three centuries, from their appearance in seventeenth-century natural histories to their starring role in twentieth-century popular media. 9780520253629

Garon: Molding Japanese Minds: The State In Everyday Life. Paperback

Molding Japanese Minds: The State In Everyday Life. Paperback by Sheldon Garon 332 pages, with 2 tables, 15 figures, bibliography, index. 1998. What actually unites the Japanese to achieve so many social and economic goals that have eluded other polities? This book helps readers to understand the Japanese mobilizing spirit as it taps into the intimate relationships everyday Japanese have with their government 9780691001913, 06910019x 1627

Gottlieb, McLelland: Japanese Cybercultures. Paperback

Japanese Cybercultures. Paperback Edited by Nanette Gottlieb and Mark McLelland 272 pages. 2002. The specific dynamics of Japanese Internet use. How the Japanese are using the Internet: from the prevalence of access via portable devices, to the fashion culture of mobile phones. How Japan's "cute culture" has colonized cyberspace. How different men's and women's groups have embraced technology to highlight problems of harassment and bullying. 9780415279192 0415279194

Grenville: KRAZY!: The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art. Paperback

KRAZY!: The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art. Paperback edited by Bruce Grenville 275 pages. 2008 9780520257849 0520257847

Habu, Junko: Ancient Jomon of Japan. Paperback

Ancient Jomon of Japan. Paperback Junko Habu 348 pages, 49 line diagrams 30 half-tones 15 tables 30 maps. 2004. Habu illustrates recent developments in the archaeology of the Jomon period (circa 14,500–300 BC) of Japan and presents new analyses. Unlike most prehistoric pottery using peoples, the Jomon people are thought to have been hunter-gatherers. 9780521776707 0521776708

Heisig: Remembering the Kanji: Volume 2: A Systematic Guide to Reading the Japanese Characters. Third Edition. Paperback

Remembering the Kanji: Volume 2: A Systematic Guide to Reading the Japanese Characters. Third Edition. Paperback by James W. Heisig 408 pages. 2008. Unlike Volume 1, which proceeds step-by-step in a series of lessons, Volume 2 is organized in such as way that one can study individual chapters or use it as a reference for pronunciation problems as they arise. Individual frames cross-reference the kanji to alternate readings and to the frame in Volume 1 in which the meaning and writing of the kanji was first introduced. 9780824831660 25

Heisig: Remembering the Kanji: Volume 3: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency. Second Edition. Paperback

Remembering the Kanji: Volume 3: Writing and Reading Japanese Characters for Upper-Level Proficiency. Second Edition. Paperback by James W. Heisig; Tanya Sienko 440 pages. 2008. The government-approved list of basic educational kanji is not sufficient for advanced reading and writing. Although each academic specialization requires supplementary kanji of its own, a large number of these kanji overlap. With that in mind, the same methods employed in volumes 1 and 2 of Remembering the Kanji have been applied to 1,000 additional characters determined as useful for upper-level proficiency, and the results published as the third volume in the series. 9780824831677 30

Hidetoshi, Rothman: Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. Hardcover

Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry. Hardcover By Fukagawa Hidetoshi and Tony Rothman. With a foreword by Freeman Dyson 392 pages. 16 color and 150 line illustrations. July 2008. Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life, samurai, farmers, and merchants, inscribed a wide variety of geometry problems on wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. It is the first book published in the West to fully examine this tantalizing mathematical tradition. 9780691127453

Hockley, Isoda: The Prints of Isoda Koryusai: Floating World Culture and Its Consumers in Eighteenth-Century Japan. Hardcover

Prints of Isoda Koryusai: Floating World Culture and Its Consumers in Eighteenth-Century Japan. Hardcover by Allen Hockley and Koryusai Isoda 336 pages, 59 illustrations, 8 in color, bibliography, index. 2003 9780295983011-60 Click here for more product information

Holmes, Horioka: Zen Art for Meditation. Paperback

Zen Art for Meditation. Paperback Stewart W. Holmes & Chimyo Horioka 116 pages. 1979 978080481255910

Howell: Geographies Of Identity In Nineteenth-Century Japan. Hardcover ( Ainu )

Geographies Of Identity In Nineteenth-Century Japan. Hardcover by David L. Howell 2005 x, 259 pages, with maps The geography of Status - Status and the Politics of the Quotidian - Violence and the Abolition of Outcaste Status - Ainu Identity and the Early Modern State - The Geography of Civilization - Civilization and Enlightenment - Ainu Identity and the Meiji State 0520240855

Kasulis: Shinto: The Way Home. Paperback

Shinto: The Way Home. Paperback by Thomas P. Kasulis xx, 184 pages. 2004 978082482850915

Keene: Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan. Cloth

Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan. Cloth Donald Keene 208 pages, 36 illustrations. 2008. "I sometimes think that if, as the result of an accident, I were to lose my knowledge of Japanese, there would not be much left for me. Japanese, which at first had no connection with my ancestors, my literary tastes, or my awareness of myself as a person, has become the central element of my life." 9780231144407

Lamarre: Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription. Paperback

Uncovering Heian Japan: An Archaeology of Sensation and Inscription. Paperback Thomas Lamarre x, 237 pages. 2000 9780822325185 22

Lamont-Brown: Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas. Hardcover

Ships from Hell: Japanese War Crimes on the High Seas. Hardcover by Raymond Lamont-Brown 224 pages. 2002 This is a new and frightening insight into Japanese atrocities in the Second World War. The horrific conditions aboard hellships at sea are revealed including the torture, disease and massacre which characterized them 978075092719230

McCallum: Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth

Zenkoji and Its Icon: A Study in Medieval Japanese Religious Art. Cloth Donald F. McCallum 352 pages. With 1 color illustration, 88 halftones, 5 maps. 1994 One of the most significant traditions of image-making in medieval Japanese Buddhist art is based on a large group of gilt-bronze icons representing the Buddha Amida and his two attendant Bodhisattvas. ... 978069103203057a Click here for more product information

Nelson Davis: Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty. Cloth

Utamaro and the Spectacle of Beauty. Cloth by Julie Nelson Davis 256 pages. 114 illustrations, 66 in color. February 2008. By offering this new approach to the constructions of identity, to the roles of gender, sexuality and celebrity in the Edo Period, Davis here makes a significant contribution to the field in showing us the constructed nature of ‘the spectacle of beauty.’ 9780824831998 65

Raven: Kimono: Japanese Designs. Paperback

Kimono: Japanese Designs Giftwraps by Artists. Paperback by Arlene Raven 10 full-color patterns, each tear-out sheet four times book size. With explaining text. 2008 9780841601871 0841601879 10

Reader: Simple Guides: Shinto. Paperback

Shinto. Simple Guides. Paperback by Ian Reader 144 pages, with illustrations. 2007 97818573343330611

Sato: Japanese Phrases for Dummies. Paperback

Japanese Phrases for Dummies. Paperback by Eriko Sato, Ph.D. ix, 204 pages. 2004 9780764572050 10

Shirane: Early Modern Japanese Literature: An Anthology, 1600-1900. Paperback