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9789004109810

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The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States

Edited by Helen Hardacre

This volume of twelve essays with useful bibliographies, in the fields of history, art, religion, literature, anthropology, political science, and law, documents the history of United States scholarship on Japan since 1945.

€115.00$149.00

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9781905246571

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A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands

John R. Bentley, Northern Illinois University

Sakishima comprises a group of islands situated between Okinawa and Taiwan, forming a culturally important bridge between Japan and Taiwan. Studies of the languages of the Ryukyuan islands are valuable for an accurate understanding of the linguistic history of Japan as a whole.

€68.00$88.00

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BJBP

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9781906876265

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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VII

Compiled & Edited by Hugh Cortazzi

This volume of leading figures in the history of Anglo-Japanese relations offers a classic menu of personalities, themes and events. Subects treated include horse breeding and horse-racing, the Japanese influence on British architects, the beginnings of golf in Japan and Japanese gardeners in ...

€115.00$149.00

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BJSL

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9789004109926

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Itô Jinsai's Gomô Jigi and the Philosophical Definition of Early Modern Japan

John Allen Tucker

This volume presents the first unabridged translation of Ito Jinsai's (1627-1705) Gomô jigi (Philosophical Lexicography of the Analects and Mencius, 1705). It portrays Jinsai as a Kyoto philosopher who articulated a worldview for townspeople in an age of samurai domination.

€206.00$267.00

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Handbook

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9789004101951

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The Book in Japan

Peter Kornicki

This study of the history of the book in Japan is an essential reference work covering all aspects of book production and the circulation of texts in pre-modern Japan, including libraries, censorship and readership.

€111.00$144.00

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Handbook

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9789004104532

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A History of Law in Japan until 1868

Carl Steenstrup

€87.00$113.00

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BJBP

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9781905246335

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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VI

Compiled & Edited by Hugh Cortazzi

This sixth volume in the Britain and Japan series contains a total of thirty-three entries, thoughtfully and painstakingly compiled and edited by Hugh Cortazzi. The volume is divided up thematically and includes an Index of Biographical Portraits published to date by the Japan Society.

€91.00$118.00

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9789050634670

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Catalogue of Pre-Meiji Japanese books and maps in public collections in The Netherlands

Henri Kerlen

€228.00$295.00

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BJSL

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9789004107359

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New Directions in the Study of Meiji Japan

Edited by Helen Hardacre. With Adam L. Kern

These essays on Meiji Japan, written by scholars from nine nations, reflect a determination to destabilize existing paradigms in the social sciences and humanities, in favor of a multiplicity of perspectives that privilege subjectivity and the inclusion of non-elite groups.

€48.00$62.00

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RDIS

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9781901903614

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Rediscovering Budo

Roald Knutsen

This book will be widely welcomed by more serious Budo practitioners who are concerned more about substance rather than style and will thereby gain valuable insight into the mindset of Japan’s unique warrior culture.