BOOKS

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Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era
Japan-China Relations in the Modern Era
Kokubun Ryosei, Soeya Yoshihide, Takahara Akio, Kawashima Shin
Translated by Keith Krulak
From before the dawn of recorded history, there has been a rich flow of interaction between Japan...
Japan-China Relations through the Lens of Chinese Politics
Japan-China Relations through the Lens of Chinese Politics
Kokubun Ryosei
Why is the relationship between Japan and China so volatile that it keeps fluctuating between...
The Japan-US Alliance of Hope
The Japan-US Alliance of Hope
Edited by Nakasone Peace Institute
Supervised by Kitaoka Shinichi and Kubo Fumiaki
Translated by Charles Stewart and Anai Ikuo
The Japan-US alliance has continued to deepen and develop for around sixty years, responding to the...
Japanese Art in Perspective
Japanese Art in Perspective
Takashina Shūji
Translated by Matt Treyvaud
How do Japanese and Western aesthetics differ? In this comparative cultural study, Takashina Shūji,...
The Japanese Linguistic Landscape
The Japanese Linguistic Landscape
Nakanishi Susumu
Translated by Ryan Shaldjian Morrison
Photographs by Nakanishi Kimiko
Languages change over time. No matter how hard we try to control and regulate them, they exist in a...
The Japanese Sense of Beauty
The Japanese Sense of Beauty
Takashina Shūji
Translated by Matt Treyvaud
What makes Japanese art unique? In The Japanese Sense of Beauty, art critic and historian Takashina...
Japanese Tea Culture
Japanese Tea Culture
Kumakura Isao
Translated by Martha J. McClintock
Why is the tea-room entrance, or nijiriguchi, so narrow? How did the practice of “passing the...
Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan
Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan
Matsui Kesako
Translated by David Crandall
In this delightfully engaging look at Japan’s traditional dance-drama, Matsui Kesako approaches...
The Kidai Shōran Scroll
The Kidai Shōran Scroll
Ozawa Hiromu and Kobayashi Tadashi
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
The Kidai Shōran is a magnificent painted Japanese scroll, an artistic rendering of one of the most...
Komura Jutaro and His Time
Komura Jutaro and His Time
Okazaki Hisahiko
Translated by Noda Makito
After the Meiji Restoration, the Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan found itself...
The Legacy of Kano Jigoro
The Legacy of Kano Jigoro
Edited by The Committee for the Commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Jigoro Kano
Translated by Tom Kain
The founder of judo, Kanō Jigorō, is a highly revered figure amongst those who pursue the sport....
The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom
The Legacy of the Ryukyu Kingdom
Takara Kurayoshi
Translated by Lina Terrell
Before Okinawa, the unified and independent Ryukyu Kingdom existed for four hundred years—from the...
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