4,230円 Kabuki is well known for its exaggerated acting, flamboyant costumes and makeup, and unnatural storylines. The onnagata, usually male actors who perform the roles of women, have been an important aspect of kabuki since its beginnings in the 17th century. In a “labyrinth” of gendering, the practic...

1,054円 Il Cerchio Perfetto è parte del titolo della pergamena "Shinen No Kurai" appartenente alla tradizione della Sekiguchi Ryu, e fondamentale guida nei principi tecnici e morali di coloro che praticano il Battojutsu di tale scuola. Cos'è il Battojutsu? Si tratta della scherma d'estrazione rapida dell...

3,310円 This stunning English translation of a medieval Japanese text is an illustrated martial arts manual and a historical account of the teachings of a samurai grandmaster Available for the first time in English, this book explores the essential practices of the samurai school known as Mubyoshi Ryu. C...

6,076円 This book investigates how films made about the URA since the 1990s have engaged with, reproduced and contested cultural memories of the organisation, discussing how directors have addressed questions of narrativization, trauma, intergenerational connection, and political subjectivity as they eng...

1,600円 Die Zerstörung Hiroshimas markiert einen Wendepunkt der Weltgeschichte. Die Stadt ist zu einem Symbol für die Bedrohung der Menschheit durch sich selbst geworden. Florian Coulmas durchleuchtet die politischen, militärischen und technologischen Hintergründe im Zweiten Weltkrieg und schildert wie d...

6,380円 This book is a collection of interwoven historical narratives that present an intriguing and little known account of the Ogasawara (Bonin) archipelago and its inhabitants. The narratives begin in the seventeenth century and weave their way through various events connected to the ambitions, hopes,...

1,657円 Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history; unfortunately, our modern portrait of this folk hero is derived mainly from popular books, comics, and film, with little heed paid to the early records by men who knew Musashi, practiced with Musashi...

4,637円 In The Sublime Perversion of Capital Gavin Walker examines the Japanese debate about capitalism between the 1920s and 1950s, using it as a "prehistory" to consider current discussions of uneven development and contemporary topics in Marxist theory and historiography. Walker locates the debate's c...

11,275円 The majority of studies on the agricultural history of Japan have focused on the public administration of land and production, and rice, the principal source of revenue, has received the most attention. However, while this cereal has clearly played a decisive role in the public economy of the Jap...

1,500円 Extrait : "Autrefois tous les bâtiments qui se rendaient à Calcutta, faisaient escale à Pointe de Galles, et remontaient le golfe du Bengale en s'arrêtant à Pondichéry et à Madras. Aujourd'hui cette route est presque abandonnée ; on préfère débarquer à Bombay et traverser la Péninsule en chemin d...

8,093円 In 1998 and in 2006, North Korea conducted ballistic missile tests that landed dangerously close to Japan. In the first case, the North Korean tests provoked only Japanese alarm and severely constrained action. In the second, the tests led to unilateral economic sanctions – the first time since t...

0円 Infiltration, ambush, assassination, and espionage are the trademarks of the ninja. Their techniques are precise, timed, and their skills are that of legends. The mystery and mystique that surround the ninja have been popularized in Hollywood for decades. Their skills force us to bend our beliefs...