5,638円 To what extent can music be employed to shape one culture's understanding of another? In the American imagination, Japan has represented the "most alien" nation for over 150 years. This perceived difference has inspired fantasies--of both desire and repulsion--through which Japanese culture has p...

9,116円 This book considers the role of civilian workers on U.S. bases in Okinawa, Japan and how transnational movements within East Asia during the Occupation period brought foreign workers, mostly from the Philippines, to work on these bases. Decades later, in a seeming “reproduction of base labour”, r...

1,709円 The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that capturedーand transformedーthe world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.”ーW. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Sty...

2,849円 ‘Excellent’ Antony Beevor ‘Saul David is a brilliant historian … In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life’ James Holland From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative ...

1,856円 The definitive history of the Russo-Japanese war The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5,000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and inc...

150円 "The Religion of the Samurai" is a classic religious text by Kaiten Nukariya published in 1913. Zen was uniquely suited to the Samurai of Japan. The high moral principles of Buddhism, when adopted and adapted by the Japanese warriors who became the Samurai, created an austere philosophy of singul...

450円 Makoto E-Zine series #3 Recommended for beginners and lower intermediates of Japanese. MP3s of the stories read by a native Japanese speaker. Listen while reading. The Fun Japanese Not Found in Textbooks. If you like our readers and lessons, you will love Makoto, the new e-zine filled with articl...

1,553円 從歷史與文化的萬花鏡，一窺大和民族在日本列島舞台上的營造與創生 ◆ 清晰圖表與珍貴圖片，圖文並茂講解日本列島上的天、地、人。 ◆ 從通史的角度深入淺出，脈絡清晰易懂，讓讀者快速掌握日本史關鍵知識。 ◆ 從自然風土到生活習俗，從幕藩體制到對外關係，從文化引進到融合，讓讀者理解日本今日樣貌是如何演變而來。 本...

4,934円 In the 1930s, a cohort of professional human scientists coalesced around a common and particular understanding of objectivity as the foundation of legitimate knowledge, and of fieldwork as the pathway to objectivity. Into the Field is the first collective biography of this cohort, evocatively des...

1,100円 The Japanese way of living explained in all its uniqueness. A required reading for anyone interested in Japan and Japanese culture! The wisdom of the old times lies behind the abundance of modern Japan. Siebold, Isabella Bird, Einstein, and many more share their experiences visiting Japan from th...

10,280円 Throughout the Second World War, the term ‘Europe’ featured prominently in National Socialist rhetoric. This book reconstructs what Europe stood for in National Socialist Germany, analyses how the interplay of its defining elements changed dependent on the war, and shows that the new European ord...

1,320円 the subject of the book is one of the most famous true samurai revenge tales in Japanese history, and was in 2013 made into a Hollywod movie with Keanu Reeves author Sato is well known to readers of Japanese literature and samurai history and has been called "“the pre-eminent translator of Japan...