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  • The Flowers and Gardens Of Japan

    by Ella Du Cane ...
    First Published in 2005. Japan is often called the land of flowers. This book gives an account of those flowers that occur in the country that are most remarkable for their beauty and profusion and that are most typically Japanese. There are also pages on landscape gardening. ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

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  • Japan Through European Eyes: Six Books by Lafcadio Hearn

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    This collection includes: Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, and Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eleven Books

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    This collection includes: Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn, Chita: A Memory of Last Island, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories, and ... Read more

    $1.56 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japan: a Record in Colour

    (Illustrated)

    by Menpes ...
    Impressions of Japan, first published in 1901, 73 color illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "Menpes was born in Port Adelaide, South Australia, the second son of property developer James Menpes, who with his wife, Ann, had settled in Australia in 1839... Menpes set off on a sketching tour of Brittany in 1880, during which he met James McNeill Whistler. He became Whistler's pupil, and at one ... Read more

    $1.45 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings

    by Edward S. Morse ...
    Morse's publication is an idea book par excellence … Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings is likely to continue to be a valued resource for some time to come."—David and Michiko YoungFirst published in 1886, this classic review of the Japanese house and garden remains an authoritative description of the architecture of the traditional Japanese home. The work of Edward S. Morse, a groundbreaking ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan (Complete)

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    'The books which have been written of late years about Japan have either been compiled from official records, or have contained the sketchy impressions of passing travellers. Of the inner life of the Japanese the world at large knows but little: their religion, their superstitions, their ways of thought, the hidden springs by which they move—all these are as yet mysteries.' This invisible life ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

    Fascinating Stories and Essays by Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern JapanOver a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese—"to think with their thoughts" was his aim—his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • The Zen of Tea

    by Okakura Kakuzo, Andras Nagy (editor) ...
    This book is a compilation of material on the Japanese Tea ceremony and Okakura Kakuzo's classic book the Book of Tea. ... Read more

    $2.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan

    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books of 19th century Japanese history and culture.Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write a dozen more books on Japan, this collection of first impressions remains his most popular. Among the reasons is that here, more than anywhere else, the author most vividly captured a place that so affected him that he stayed for the rest of his life. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • A Hermit in the Himalayas

    The Classic Work of Mystical Quest

    by Paul Brunton ...
    'The introductory account of Mr. Brunton's pony-back journey up the mountainside has real charm. One of his most interesting chapters gives a practical-minded consideration to the probable future of Tibet.' New York TimesPaul Brunton was one of a very small number of his generation to travel in India and Tibet so extensively at a time when very few were doing so with such insight and discernment. ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Kwaidan

    by Lafcado Hearn ...
    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn, features several Japanese ghost stories and a brief study on insects. Hearn declares in his introduction, that most of these stories were translated from old Japanese texts (probably with the help of his wife, Setsu Koizumi). He also states that one of the stories - Yuki-onna - was told to him by a farmer in Musashi Province, and ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Unbeaten Tracks In Japan

    by Bird Isabella ...
    It is a classic travelogue based on the journey taken by Isabella Bird in 1878 to the interior of Japan. She has vividly described Japan and its people with their multifarious culture and lives. The book enfolds her extensive knowledge of history and botany. Moreover the narration of scenes of the native areas is remarkable. It is a must-read for those who love adventurous writings. ... Read more

    $6.19 CAD