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Precarious Japan
Anne Allison
Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2013. -
Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World
Timothy Perper; Martha Cornog
Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited, 2011. -
Frames of Anime: Culture and Image-Building
Tze-Yue G. Hu
Aberdeen: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. -
Movie Stills from Toshiaki Toyoda Films, 1998-2018
Toshiaki Toyoda
Tokyo: Gambit Publishing, 2018. -
Ninja: Men of Iga
Kano Shinichi
Thousand Oaks: Dragon Books, 1989. -
The Kokin Waka-Shu: The 10th Century Anthology
H. H. Honda
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press and Eirinsha Press, 1970.A collection of Japanese poems originally complied at Imperial request. An anthology of the waka form of poetry dating from the Heian period. Edited by The Imperial Edict and translated by H. H. Honda.
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The Laws of the Muromachi Bakufu: Kemmu Shikimoku (1336) & Muromachi Bakufu Tsuikaho
Kanamoto Nobuhisa; Kenneth A. Grossberg
Tokyo: Monument Nipponica, Sophia University, 1981.On the history of constitutional law in Japan, specifically the Muromachi period, once described by historian Sir George Sansom as being an age of “much law and little justice”.
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Genshoku Nihon no Bijutsu [Primary Colours of Japanese Art] (30 Volumes)
Terukazu Akiyama
Tokyo: Shogakkan, 1966-1972.A complete set of large format pictorial Japanese encyclopedias on Japanese history, religion, art, culture, architecture, antiquities, and more. Most volumes are first printings, with the occasional reprint. Each volume is dedicated to a different subject. Full list of titles: 1. Genshi bijutsu [Ancient Japanese Art]; 2. Horyuki [Horyu-ji Temple]; 3. Nara no jiin to Tenpyo chokoku [Temples and Sculptures in Nara in the Tenpyo Period]; 4. Shosoin; 5. Mikkyo jiin to Jogan chokoku [Esoteric Buddhism Temples and Jogan Sculptures]; 6. Amidado to Fujiwara chokoku [Amidado and Fujiwara Sculpture]; 7. Butsuga [Buddhist Painting]; 8. Emakimono 9. Chusei jiin to Kamakura chokoku [Medieval Temples and Kamakura Sculpture]; 10. Zendera to sekitei [Zen Temples and Rock Gardens]; 11. Suibokuga [Ink Painting]; 12. Shiro to shoin [Architecture of Castles and Halls]; 13. Shoheiga [Screen Paintings]; 14. Sotatsu to Korin [Japanese Illustrators]; 15. Katsurarikyu to chashitsu [Katsura Imperial Villa and Tea Room]; 16. Jinja to reibyo [Shrines and Mausoleums]; 17. Ukiyoe; 18. Nanga to shaseiga [Japanese Painting]; 19. Togei [Pottery]; 20. Senshoku, shikko, kinko [Dyeing and Weaving, Lacquer work, Metalwork]; 21. Katchu to token [Armour and Swords]; 22. Sho [Calligraphy]; 23. Men to shozo [Portraits]; 24. Fuzokuga to ukiyoeshi [Genre paintings and Ukiyo-e artists]; 25. Nanban Bijutsu to yofuga [Nanban art and Western-style painting]; 26. Kindai no Nihonga [Modern Japanese Painting]; 27. Kindai no yoga [Modern Western Paintings]; 28. Kindai no kenchiku, chokoku, kogei [Modern Architecture, Sculpture, and Crafts]; 29. Shorai bijutsu (kaiga, sho) [Painting and Calligraphy)]; 30. Shorai bijutsu togei [Pottery].
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Michel Boulange: Japon
Michel Boulange
Tokyo: Michel Boulange, No date.Michel Boulange is a French artist working in installation, landscape art, and jewellery. During the mid 1980’s he lived in Japan.
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Expo ’70 World Youth Camp, July 10-23: Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka
Expo ’70
: EXPO’70 World Youth Camp Organizing Committee; National Council of Youth Organizations in Japan; World Assembly of Youth, 1970.Handbook for Attendees at the World Youth Camp detailing useful information, accommodation, scheduling and tours. Notice in back pocket of the 4th Chief Delegate Meeting. Unrecorded in OCLC or CiNii.
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Dessin
Kazuo Ohno
Kushiro: [Ryokugeisha], 1992.Facsmile of writings and drawings from the notebooks of Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno (1906-2010), one of the founders of Butoh. A 1992 performance poster laid in
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Sasakawa Shin’ichi Korekushon
Shin’ichi Sasakawa
Osaka: Nagai Nichiedo Printing Office, 1939.The Sasakawa Collection of Far Eastern Art.
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How to See Kobe
Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken
Japan: Tourist Association of Hyogo Ken, 1936.History and sight-seeing places of Kobe, along with suggestions of hotels, shopping, eating and transport. August 1936 issue.
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Native Japanese Music: Popular and Classical: Specially Selected for Foreign Guests
Columbia Records
: Columbia Records, 1955.A brief history of Japanese Music with a list of vinyl records of examples of the various types.
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From the Car Window
Japan Tourist Bureau
Tokyo: Japan Tourist Bureau, 1937.‘This pamphlet is intended to enrich passenger’s mental baggage as much as possible by their attention to the principal places and drawing things of interest seen along the Tokaido Main Line from the car windows. A Tokyo – Kobe train journey of nearly 370 miles offers passengers varied attractions.” (from page 1). February 1937 issue. Survey form laid in.
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Additional Hotels in Japan
No author
[Japan]: No publisher, No date.1930s Japanese hotels. A supplement of additional hotels which have opened since the publication of Yamaguchi’s Inns and Hotels in Japan.
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Tohoku Japan, 10-15 June, 1999
[Great Nippon Travel Agent]
[Tokyo]: Great Nippon Travel Agent, 1999.Photo album for a Sydney family’s trip to Northern Japan together with a 10 leaf itinerary (printed recto only). Of particular note is the signed introductory letter, which even accounting for rough translation offers a concerning glimpse into the tour: “We hope that you behave reasonably well in front of our chief tour conductor,.. not insisting so much with your traditional habit back home. You are encouraged to consume as much alcohol as you wish while traveling by car, unless you are taking your turn on the wheel, otherwise you as well as your tour conductors will be in trouble with the local police. Your chief conductor,.. already has enough remarkable records with the police without your additional helps to make it even more memorable from the police’s point of view.”
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The Rock Photography
Rex R. Kubota; Erica Nakada
Tokyo: Sunday-sha, 1979.Photography of 1970s Japanese rock bands on and off stage. Photographs by Masakazu Sakomizu, George Ide, Takumi Uchida, Kenji Suzuki, and Nobuhiro Sakagami. Rare, unrecorded in OCLC at January 2022.
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Sky Walker’s Sightseeing
Masuda Yoshiro; Uchibori Hidetaka
[Osaka]: Masuda Yoshiro and Uchibori Hidetaka, 2003.Artist photography book, largely architectural photographs and photographs taken from high vantage points. A collaboration between Japanese photography Masuda Yoshiro and designer Uchibori Hidetaka. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Mie Kimono Shiryokan Zuroku
Ueda Mie
Tokyo: Mie Kimono Shiryokan, 1983.Catalogue of kimono designs.