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Hardcover. Melek Ortabasi reassesses the influence of Yanagita Kunio (1875-1962), a folk scholar and elite bureaucrat, in shaping modern Japan's cultural identity. Only the second book-length English-language study of Yanagita, this book moves beyond his pioneering work in folk studies to reveal the full range of his contributions as a public intellectual. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; BGL; DSB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674492004
ISBN
9780674492004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.42

Hardback. Ambiguous Bodies: Reading the Grotesque in the Japanese Setsuwa Tales explores the world of the extraordinary and strange in Japanese setsuwa tales and the mentalities informing them in terms of grotesque theory. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759755
ISBN
9780804759755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.31

Hardback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Gatten, Aileen; Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1114.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
678
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633152
ISBN
9780691633152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 318.43

Hardback. Written by a leading scholar in the field, Classical Japanese: A Grammar is an elegant, comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations ,. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 287 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1504. A Grammar. 296 pages, Illustrations ,. Written by a leading scholar in the field, Classical Japanese: A Grammar is an elegant, comprehensive, and practical guide to classical Japanese. Extensive notes and historical explanations make this volume useful as both a reference for advanced students and a textbook for beginning students. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFK. Dimension: 217 x 287 x 33. Weight: 1468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
Pck
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135245
ISBN
9780231135245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.49
€ 55.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Shirane, Haruo. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Abridged Edition
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157308
ISBN
9780231157308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.29
€ 98.70

Hardcover. Offers a better understanding of a nexus of stories, characters and arts central to medieval and early modern Japan, and particularly the significant variety of ways plays of the no theatre portray them. Editor(s): Oyler, Elizabeth; Watson, Michael. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; AN; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell East Asia
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947297
ISBN
9781933947297
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.84

Hardback. The author, Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532)-the preeminent linked-verse (renga ) poet of his time-provides in his journal a vivid portrayal of cultural life in the capital and the provinces, together with descriptions of battles and great warrior families, the dangers of travel through war-torn countryside, and the plight of the poor. Translator(s): Horton, H. Mack. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 28. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732833
ISBN
9780804732833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.81

Paperback. Drawing on the perspective of language socialization and a theory of indexicality, this book examines dinnertime talk in a homestay context and explores ways in which learners of Japanese as a foreign language and their Japanese host families socialize their identities through speech style. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFB; CFDC; CJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847691002
ISBN
9781847691002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, b/w line drawings. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
GW Publishing,Chinnor United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903103159
ISBN
9781903103159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

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. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2GJ; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674796744
ISBN
9780674796744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.49

The fourth book in a multivolume history of modern Japanese literature by one of the world's most accomplished translators and scholars of Japanese culture and literature, this volume offers unparalleled insight into Japanese poetry, drama, and criticism. Num Pages: 698 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FP; 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 158. Weight in Grams: 1044.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
698
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231114387
ISBN
9780231114387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.96

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636351
ISBN
9780691636351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.62

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
€ 24.27

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
€ 24.07

Hardback. This exploration of the life and times of a poet in late medieval Japan is a companion volume to the author's translation of "The Journal of Socho", the travel diary and poetic memoir of Saiokuken Socho (1448-1532), the preeminent linked-verse (renga) poet of his generation. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3H; 3JB; HBJF; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 4522 x 32. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732840
ISBN
9780804732840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.45

Paperback. Taking an autoethnographic approach, this book highlights the mutually constitutive relationship of language acquisition, sociocultural contexts and L2 identities. The personalized account of the author's Japanese as a second language development is skilfully interwoven with ethnographic details and introspective commentary. Series: Second Language Acquisition. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2GJ; CFDC; CFDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Channel View Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847693600
ISBN
9781847693600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.65

Paperback. Stories of homosexual love affairs between samurai men and boys and between young kabuki actors and their patrons held broad appeal in pre-modern Japanese culture. An independent popular writer, Saikaku wrote "Nanshoku Okagami" in 1687 with the intention of extending his readership. Num Pages: 384 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; 3JD; FA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718950
ISBN
9780804718950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.80

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

€ 71.49
€ 55.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Miner, Earl Roy. Translator(s): Gatten, Aileen; Teele, Nicholas. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 678 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 35. Weight in Grams: 978.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691603896
ISBN
9780691603896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.21
€ 80.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669783
ISBN
9780816669783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761809371
ISBN
9780761809371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.43

Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031128
ISBN
9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.09

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

€ 49.00
€ 39.06

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