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Hardcover. One of the more intriguing developments within medieval Japanese literature is the incorporation into the teaching of waka poetry of the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism. This is a study of such texts. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009561
ISBN
9780674009561
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.60

Hardback. By the turn of the twentieth century, Japan's military and economic successes made it the dominant power in East Asia. This book explores how colonial and semicolonial writers discussed, adapted, translated, and recast thousands of Japanese creative works, both affirming and challenging Japan's cultural authority. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB; HBJF; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780674036253
ISBN
9780674036253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.48
€ 52.08

The first book of its kind: a collection of the most important genres of Japanese performance--noh, kyogen, kabuki, and puppet theater--in one comprehensive, authoritative volume. Editor(s): Brazell, Karen. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DQ; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 175 x 248 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1271.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231108720
ISBN
9780231108720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 168.61

Series: My First Bilingual Book. Num Pages: 16 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GJ; YBL. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 166 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Milet Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
16
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785080760
ISBN
9781785080760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 5S; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9789888083718
ISBN
9789888083718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.39

Paperback. These poems -- more than a hundred haiku, several tanka, and three kanshi -- are arranged chronologically within each genre, revealing the development of Masaoka Shiki's (1867-1902) art and the seamless way in which he wove his life and illness into his poetry. Watson's introduction deftly explores the course of Shiki's life and places him in relation to Japanese history, literature and thought. Translator(s): Watson, Burton. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DCF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 134 x 9. Weight in Grams: 181.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231110914
ISBN
9780231110914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Paperback. Murakami Haruki is perhaps the best-known and most widely translated Japanese author of his generation. This title scrutinizes Murakami's fictional worlds and their extraliterary contexts through a range of discursive lenses: modernity and postmodernity, universalism and particularism, imperialism and nationalism, Orientalism and globalization. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060760
ISBN
9780674060760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.74

Hardback. This is a materialist-feminist, psychoanalytic analysis of a modern Japanese literary trope--the dangerous woman, linked to archaisms and magical realms and found throughout the Japanese canon--in the works of three 20th-century writers: Izumi Kyoka (1873--1939), Enchi Fumiko (1905--86), and Nakagami Kenji (1946--92). Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804732123
ISBN
9780804732123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.31

Hardcover. Intended for those working in the field of Japanese linguistics and language teaching but also to those working in comparative fields. Apart from the introductory survey chapter, the other 13 chapters in this volume are original treatments of Japanese from a systemic functional (SF) perspective from scholars in Australia and Japan. Editor(s): Thomson, Elizabeth; Armour, William. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845530532
ISBN
9781845530532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.12

Hardback. Traces the changing character of Japanese national identity in the works of the authors Ueda Akinari, Natsume S'seki, Mori 'gai, Yokomitsu Riichi, 'oka Shohei, and Mishima Yukio. Focusing on interconnected themes, this book illuminates the contradictory desires of a nation trapped between emulating the West and preserving the traditions of Asia. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138925
ISBN
9780231138925
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.35
€ 54.68

Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674847118
ISBN
9780674847118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669776
ISBN
9780816669776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.90

Hardback. Series: New Studies in Modern Japan. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739138755
ISBN
9780739138755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.01

Hardback. This book traces the emergence and evolution of a discourse of minority identity within Japan's Korean community through its examination of their literary narratives and political struggles over the past three decades. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Twenty-Third and ed.
SKU
V9780804750400
ISBN
9780804750400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.73

Paperback. Series: Yale Language. Num Pages: 448 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300041880
ISBN
9780300041880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.49

Hardcover. This study of Japanese business discourse adopts Bakhtin's notion of speech genres as an heuristic, to analyze groups of spoken texts which display similar constellations of compositional, thematic, and stylistic features. It examines strategies used by a non-Western community of speakers. Num Pages: 392 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780080441658
ISBN
9780080441658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.04

Paperback. Features the papers that cover a range of topics in Japanese/Korean linguistics, including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, historical linguistics, discourse analysis, prosody, and psycholinguistics. Editor(s): McClure, William; Dikken, Marcel den. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; 2GK; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575866161
ISBN
9781575866161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.35

Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129800
ISBN
9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.63

Paperback. Helps you to learn Japanese through crossword puzzles. This title offers you an effective way of expanding your knowledge of the Japanese language and use of Kana script. It features the puzzles that cover a variety of topics which challenge and help you develop your Japanese-language skills. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJBT; WDKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 4. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780844283456
ISBN
9780844283456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.90

Hardback. Balancing analyses of plot, character, and motif with insights into the cultural and political milieu of the late Heian period, this title calls for a re-evaluation of late Heian fiction. It examines 3 texts - "The Tale of Sagoromo", "The Tale of the Hamamatsu Middle Counselor", and "Nezame at Night" - as heirs to the literary legacy of "Genji". Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 250 pages, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025073
ISBN
9780674025073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 36.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804717199
ISBN
9780804717199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.99

Hardback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138024
ISBN
9780231138024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.90

Paperback. The latest studies in Japanese linguistics within generative grammar. Editor(s): Miyagawa, Shigeru; Saito, Mamoru. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 566 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; CFH; CFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 906.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
566
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199830077
ISBN
9780199830077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.97

Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392578
ISBN
9780141392578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.45

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