A critical biography of a modern Japanese literary giant, whose brilliant career ended in a spectacular ritual suicide.
Japan's most beloved memoir, from the early 20th century, "an extraordinarily beautiful evocation of the world of childhood" (Howard Hibbett).
Adventuring, wandering, discovery: this is the guidebook to Tokyo that Japan lovers and the curious have been waiting for.
Winner of the Pen Center West Award, this delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful... Læs mere
Find the beauty and meaning of over 850 family crests found in Japanese tradition
A delightful visual tour of Japanese kanji makes them easy to remember.
A remarkable cross-cultural history that rescues the swastika, an ancient Buddhist symbol, from its deployment by the forces of hate.
Of special interest to scholars and students of Zen classics, a glossary of specialized vocabulary to aid understanding and practice
A group of people walk across, around, and all over Tokyo. They talk, talk, talk. A linguistic, experiential, cartographical novel.
An American sake expert takes you to a whole new level of insider knowledge and expertise
An extraordinary literary work from the 12th century, a meditation on nature and mortality.
For film lovers and scholars, an essential resource and reference guide.