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A History of Tokyo by Edward Seidensticker
Category: History | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it...if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection."--JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker'sA History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transform ...Show more
And Then by Soseki Natsume
Category: Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"And Then," ranked as one of Soseki Natsume's most insightful and stirring novels, tells the story of Daisuke, a young Japanese man struggling with his personal purpose and identity, as well as the changing social landscape of Meiji-era Japan. As Japan enters the 20th century, ancient customs give way t ...Show more
Botchan by Soseki Natsume
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"Botchen," a timeless Japanese novel written by JapanAEs most beloved novelist, Soseki Natsume, is now available in a revised edition featuring a new foreword by Dennis Washburn, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages at Dartmouth College. Prof. Washburn's foreword places the importance of both ...Show more
Dream of the Red Chamber by Xueqin Cao
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"The Dream of the Red Chamber" is one of the "Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature." It is renowned for its huge scope, large cast of characters and telling observations on the life and social structures of 18th century China and is considered by many to be the pinnacle of the classical Chi ...Show more
Dream of the Red Chamber - An Epic Story of Women's Lives in Imperial China by Cao Xueqin; H. Bencraft Joly (Translator); John Minford (Foreword by); Edwin Lowe (Introduction by)
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"One of the great novels of world literature...to the Chinese as Proust is to the French or Karamazov to the Russians." --Anthony West, literary criticDream of the Red Chamber is renowned for its epic scope, rich psychological characterizations and telling observations on family life and the role of wom ...Show more
I am a Cat by Soseki Natsume
Category: Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"A nonchalant string of anecdotes and wisecracks, told by a fellow who doesn't have a name, and has never caught a mouse, and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action..." --The New Yorker Written from 1904 through 1906, Soseki Natsume's comic masterpiece, I Am a Cat, satirizes ...Show more
In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature Ser.
A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki's wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture. 'We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates... Were it not for shadows, there would be n ...Show more
Izu Dancer And Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
Category: Classics | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
As six Izu travellers journey together, intimacy develops and friendship overcomes class differences. Capturing the shy eroticism of adolescence, The Izu Dancer paints a charming picture of the times.
Japanese Ghost Stories: Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena by Catrien Ross
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Since Time immemorial, tales of the spooky, paranormal, and mysterious have been staples of folklore across the world. Japan is no exception, and its unique position as a melting pot for cultures from around Asia gives it a particularly rich heritage of supernatural legend and tradition. To write this b ...Show more
Japans Infamous Unit 731 by Totani, Yuma
Category: No Category | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
This is a riveting and disturbing account of the medical atrocities performed in China during WWII. Some of the cruelest deeds of Japan's war in Asia did not occur on the battlefield, but in quiet, antiseptic medical wards in obscure parts of China. Far from front lines and prying eyes, Japanese doctors ...Show more
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
This collection of Japanese supernatural stories is a classic work in the field of Japanese horror. Known primarily as an early interpreter of Japanese culture and customs, the famous writer Lafcadio Hearn also wrote ghost stories--"delicate, transparent, ghostly sketches"--about his adopted land. Many ...Show more
Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
Widely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers in history. Rashomon and Other Stories, a collection of his most celebrated work, resonates as strongly today as when it first published a century ago.