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“shintaro ishihara”

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  • Season of Violence

    by Shintaro Ishihara ...
    Violent, sensual, and seemingly un-Japanese, the stories in Season of Violence nevertheless depict Japanese teenagers of the present in compulsive but often unconscious revolt against the moral codes of "old Japan." Yet these stories tell of youth who offer no real, modern morality to replace the old-only the anti-morality of indiscriminate sex, brutality, and living for today's pleasures and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

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    by Lafcadio Hearn ...
    Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life is Lafcadio Hearn’s introspective look into the emotional and spiritual dimensions of Japanese life. Through a series of essays, Hearn attempts to capture the essence of kokoro, a Japanese term meaning “heart,” “mind,” or “spirit.” This work delves into the values, emotions, and social subtleties that shape Japanese thought and behavior, exploring ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (Illustrated)

    by Murasaki Shikibu, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 2 - Eastern Treasures
    A lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court of tenth century Japan, Murasaki Shikibu is best known as the author of ‘The Tale of Genji’, the greatest work of Japanese literature and the world’s oldest novel. Celebrated across the world as an enduring classic, it deals with universal human concerns with a timeless voice. It preserves a lost world of ultra-refined and elegant aristocrats, whose ... Read more

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  • At Home in Japan

    A Foreign Woman's Journey of Discovery

    by Rebecca Otowa ...
    "This portrait of Japanese country life reminds us that at its core, a happy and healthy life is based on the bonds of food, family, tradition, community, and the richness of nature" —John Einarsen, Founding Editor and Art Director of Kyoto JournalWhat would it be like to move to Japan, leaving everyone you know behind, to become part of a traditional Japanese household? At Home in Japan tells an ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Gauche the Cellist

    by Kenji Miyazawa ...
    Another gem from the Japanese maestro of storytelling Kenji Miyazawa. Gauche plays the cello in the town orchestra, but he needs to do a lot better if he wants to keep his place. He realizes he is going to have to practice every spare moment if he is going to improve in time for the big concert. But will that be enough? Just when he is getting into his rhythm a visitor drops in - and then another. ... Read more

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  • Inside My Glass Doors

    by Natsume Soseki, Sammy I. Tsunematsu ...
    Originally published as Garusudo no Uchi in daily serialization in the Asahi newspaper in 1915, before appearing in book form, this is the first time Inside My Glass Doors has been published in English. It is a moving literary reminiscence, a collection of thirty-nine autobiographical essays penned a year before the author's death. Written in the genre of shohin (little items), the personal ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Togakushi Legend Murders

    by Yasuo Uchida ...
    Translated by David J. Selis ...
    Murder and mayhem are coupled with Japanese folklore and fable in this riveting tale of suspense.When the body of one of Nagano Prefecture's most prominent businessmen is found propped against a tree on Poison Plain, home of the legendary Demoness Maple, Inspector Takemura finds himself searching for the killer with the help and hindrance of an esteemed Tokyo professor and a beautiful university ... Read more

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  • 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

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  • Noh Plays of Japan

    by Arthur Waley ...
    The Noh Plays of Japan is the most respected collection of Noh plays in English.The classic Japanese plays can be read for their great literary merit and also provide the reader with an understanding of a unique theatre art and important insights into the cultural, spiritual and artistic traditions of Japan.The Noh Plays of Japan, first published in 1921 and justly famous for more than three ... Read more

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  • Romaji Diary and Sad Toys

    by Takuboku Ishikawa ...
    Translated by Sanford Goldstein, Seishi Shinoda ...
    The novella Romaji Diary represents the first instance of a Japanese writer using romaji (roman script) to tell stories in a way that could not be told in kana or kanji. Sad Toys is a collection of 194 Tanka, the traditional 31 syllable poems that are evocative of Japan's misty past and its tentative steps into the wider world.The publication of this edition of two of Takuboku Ishikawa's finest ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • Madame Chrysantheme

    by Pierre Loti ...
    Pierre Loti's Madame Chrysantheme is a charming story, a real life tale of love between the Frenchman Pierre Loti and a geisha. At times the story is happy, at other times it is sad. The setting is a summer in Nagasaki almost a century ago. Loti, as a young naval officer on station in harbor, had sufficient time on his hands to establish a home ashore with fragile and beautiful Madame Chrysantheme ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Pagoda, Skull & Samurai

    by Koda Rohan ...
    Translated by Cheiko Irie Mulhern ...
    Series series Tuttle Classics
    This collection of Japanese literature features the works of noted Japanese novelist Koda Rohan.Japanese literary history usually classifies Koda Rohan as an idealist writer, and the three stories included in this anthology belong to this genre. The Five-Storied Pagoda, one of Koda's best-known works, is the moving account of a misunderstood carpenter who has been inspired to undertake the ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD