Asahi nenkan 1946 朝日年鑑昭和21年
Osaka: Asahi Shinbunsha 朝日新聞社, 1946. 335p., stiff red wraps moderately worn. First post-war edition of the yearbook published by Asahi Simbun, one of Japan's major newspapers. More
Cat.No: 142252
Osaka: Asahi Shinbunsha 朝日新聞社, 1946. 335p., stiff red wraps moderately worn. First post-war edition of the yearbook published by Asahi Simbun, one of Japan's major newspapers. More
Cat.No: 142252
[Los Angeles]: Buddhist Churches of America, Southern District Ministerial Association, 1984. Paperback. 31p.+72p., bound dos-a-dos, 7.5x8.5 inches. Sticker scar on Japanese cover, else very good. Bilingual text in English and Japanese. Discussion of various Japanese festivals and cultural practices. Only two copies found in OCLC as of June 2022. More
Cat.No: 287182
[Los Angeles]: Buddhist Churches of America, Southern District Ministerial Association, 1984. Paperback. 31p.+72p., bound dos-a-dos, 7.5x8.5 inches, very good. Bilingual text in English and Japanese. Discussion of various Japanese festivals and cultural practices. Only two copies found in OCLC as of June 2022. More
Cat.No: 287183
Honolulu: East-West Journal Corp. [1979]. Magazine. 159p., large paperback, 14.5x12 inches, covers worn with rust migration at the staples, silverfish nibbles to the surface around the edges; interior clean. Two pages of the original reproduced per page. Text in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 286413
Tokyo: Kokuritsu Daigaku Hoken Kanri Shisetsu Kyogikai Eizu Tokubetsu Iinkai, 1993. Paperback. 160p., text in Japanese, very good trade paperback in wraps. Issued by the Consortium on Health Facilities at National Universities, this book targets post-secondary educators. An opening chapter surveys AIDS around the world and in Japan (including discussion..... More
Cat.No: 157026
Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1982. Pamphlet. viii, 53 p., very good in staplebound wraps, 5.5x8.5 inches. More
Cat.No: 204829
Tokyo: Spartacist Group Japan, 1982-2004. Newsletter. Group of newsletters and pamphlets from the Trotskyist group, generally issued under the title Suparutashisuto スパルタシスト, a Japanese transliteration of "Spartacist." Includes a series of local reprints of articles from Workers Vanguard translated into Japanese (nos. 1-33, missing 9, with 4/5 a double issue)..... More
Cat.No: 261408
Tokyo: Kasutoriadeisu kenkyukai, 2009. 45p., 5.75x8.25 inches, very good in wraps, text in Japanese. Critique of capitalism by followers of Castoriadis. More
Cat.No: 167226
Tokyo: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, 1996. Paperback. 127p., paperback, 6x8.25 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs from major artists including Nobuyoshi Araki, Shigeichi Nagano, Daido Moriyama and more. Bilingual text in English and Japanese. More
Cat.No: 288155
Tokyo: The Institute of Cetacean Research, 1998. Paperback. 54p., wraps, 7x10 inches. Small scratch on rear cover, else very good. Text appears in English and Japanese. More
Cat.No: 281216
Washington DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1945. Oversized Paperback. xlvii, 510 p. 8 1/2 x 11 inches, side-stapled. Stamped "Classification Removed...1946" on front cover. Covers soiled and browned with wear to edges. Pages age-toned. Notations and some circling of words in red pencil to pages. More
Cat.No: 207410
Belmont, CA: n.pub. 1973. Pamphlet. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers mildly foxed with a sunned area on front cover, staples rusted, else good condition. Collection of poems in Japanese with Romanized transliteration. More
Cat.No: 215538
Belmont, CA: n.pub. 1973. Pamphlet. 39p., staplebound booklet, covers mildly worn, internal rubberstamp of an activist library. Collection of poems in Japanese with Romanized transliteration. More
Cat.No: 249684
Ann Arbor: Edwards Bros. [194-]. [533p.], very good hardcover. Wartime facsimile copy of the Japanese original (Saishin Chuka Minkoku Manshu Teikoku jinmei chimei benran), for use by US War Department. More
Cat.No: 244297
Tokyo: Teishitsu Hakubutsukan, 1935. Paperback. 56p. slender paperback, covers mildly shelfworn, chip at top of spine. Black and white photos of antique theatrical masks. More
Cat.No: 295834
n.p. [Japanese Communist Party], 1932. Pamphlet. 43p., staplebound booklet, 4.25x5.75 inches, staple rusted, some stains to covers, number in red pencil on front cover. "Thesis on the situation in Japan and the mission of the Japanese Communist Party," the policy adopted after discussions between the Communist International, Sen Katayama, Sanzo..... More
Cat.No: 279693
[Seoul]: Ri-oshoku, 1933. Hardcover. Large unpaginated hardcover, very good, in wraparound blue case, the case mildly worn with one of the bone clasps missing. [20] pages, [68] leaves of plates with explanatory text in Japanese on the guard sheets. A substantial work, 12.5x16.5 inches. A photographic catalog of paintings and..... More
Cat.No: 296602
[Seoul]: Ri-oshoku, 1932. Hardcover. Large unpaginated hardcover, very good, in wraparound blue case, the case mildly worn. [29] pages, [141] leaves of plates with explanatory text in Japanese on the guard sheets. Quite a substantial work, 12.5x16.5x2.25 inches. A photographic catalog of pottery and ceramics in the Yi household's museum..... More
Cat.No: 296601
Tokyo: T. Sakai Gallery, 1973. Pamphlet. [32]p., stapled wraps, B&W photos of prints from the exhibition, three or four to a page, wraps lightly worn and soiled, else very good condition. Text mostly in Japanese with some English. More
Cat.No: 142635
San Francisco, CA: Nichi Bei Times, 1964. Paperback. 64p., stapled wraps, illus. with b&w photos, very good condition. Travel guide published by the SF-based Japanese-language newspaper, covering San Francisco and Northern California. Text in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 142249
Otsu-shi: Shiga Kenritsu Kindai Bijutsukan, 1988. Pamphlet. 17p., stapled wraps, very good. Text in Japanese. Guide to the museum's holdings, with photos in color and black and white. More
Cat.No: 142637
Tokyo: Kurisaki Jimusho, 1981. Paperback. 24p., wraps, approx. 7.5x10.5 inches. Booklet thoroughly illustrated in color and B&W photos, about the making of the iconic 1981 film of the Bunraku puppet-theater play. Text in Japanese. More
Cat.No: 142368
Berkeley: Sukuisha, 1959, 1961. Two issues of the paperback Buddhist journal, each with an English section at the end. Covers worn. Issues present are vol. 1 no. 2 and vol. 3 no. 3. More
Cat.No: 320057
Tokyo: NTT Publishing Co.,ltd. 1998. Paperback. 120 pg. paperback, 8.25 x 11.75 inches. Lightly shelf worn, edges bumped, else very good. Illustrated profusely with color photographs and b&w renderings. Bilingual text in English and Japanese. Vasulka was born in the Czech Republic and later came to New York where he..... More
Cat.No: 277282
San Francisco: 米国日語協会 Beikoku Nichigo Kyōkai Japanese Speaking Society of America, 1987. Hardcover. x, 188p., hardcover in dust jacket, 6.25x8.5 inches, very good. Illustrated with b&w photographs, maps. A history of Issei, the first-generation Japanese Americans, with sections on the Wakamatsu Colony and Japanese American incarceration during World War II..... More
Cat.No: 281141