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90-day geisha
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Chelsea Haywood |
"Millionaires, surgeons, serial killers, CEOs: 'What are your hobbies?' Step into the surreal world of a Tokyo hostess club and gain an exclusive, underground pass through the eyes of author Chelsea … |
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The chronicle of Lord Nobunaga
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Gyūichi Ōta |
Shinchō-Kō ki, the work translated here into English under the title “The Chronicle of Lord Nobunaga,” is the most important source on the career of one of the best known figures in all of Japanese h… |
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Shogun
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A. L. Sadler,Stephen Turnbull |
**This book tells the fascinating history of the life of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu — Japan's most famous Shogun.**
Since its initial appearance, A.L.Sadler's imposing biography of the Japanese Shogu… |
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Samurai Rising
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Pamela S. Turner |
Child exile. Teenage runaway. Military genius. Immortal hero. Yoshitsune had little going for him. Exiled to a monastery, he had no money, no allies, and no martial training. He wasn't big or strong … |
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In search of the spirit
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Sheila Hamanaka |
Describes the creations of some of Japan's Living National Treasures, artists who are involved in various Japanese arts, including Yuzen dyeing, bamboo basket weaving, Bunraku puppetmaking, swordmaki… |
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Samurai William
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Giles Milton |
The true story behind James Clavell's best-selling Shogun, Samurai William is the incredible tale of a man who tried to bridge two very different cultures during one of the earliest and most fascinat… |
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Samurai rising
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Pamela S. Turner |
Documents the true story of the legendary samurai who was raised in the household of the enemies who killed his father before being sent to live in a monastery where, against the odds, he learned and… |
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Midnight in broad daylight
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Pamela Rotner Sakamoto |
"'Meticulously researched and beautifully written, the true story of a Japanese American family that found itself on opposite sides during World War II--an epic tale of family, separation, divided lo… |
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Manchu princess, Japanese spy
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Phyllis Birnbaum |
"Kawashima Yoshiko (1906-1948) was an enigmatic Manchu princess whose life mirrored in many ways Japanese-Chinese relations in the first half of the 20th century. She was born into the Qing dynasty i… |
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The good shufu
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Tracy Slater |
"In this memoir of travel and love, a fiercely independent American woman finds everything she ever wanted in the most unexpected place. Shufu. In Japanese it means "housewife," and it's the last thi… |
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Shigeru Miyamoto
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Jennifer DeWinter |
"Steven Spielberg. Vincent Van Gogh. David Bowie. A few examples of superstars in film directing, painting and music for which interest in and study of has yet to decline. Now, as game studies is bec… |
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Hiro in Exile
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Hiro Igarashi,VERBAL,Nigo |
271 pages : 31 cm |
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Madame Sadayakko
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Lesley Downer |
"At twenty-nine, she captivated the world's stage. The crowned heads of Europe vied for her favors. Picasso sketched her portrait. Puccini based the title character of Madame Butterfly on her and bor… |
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Princess Masako
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Ben Hills |
The tragic story of Japan's Crown Princess.It's the fantasy of many young women—marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out fo… |
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走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること
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村上春樹 |
In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such r… |
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The Dream of Water
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Kyoko Mori |
In an extraordinary memoir that is both a search for belonging and a search for understanding, Japanese-American author Kyoko Mori travels back to Kobe, Japan, the city of her birth, in an unspoken d… |
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A family in Japan
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Judith Elkin |
Describes the daily life of a twelve-year-old Japanese boy living with his family in a town near Tokyo. |
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