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Marshall
Browne
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Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn
- a Japanese policeman faces corruption, mystery and violence
Shusaku
Endo
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The Samurai
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- a novel of Christian faith in 17th century Japan
William Wayne
Farris
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Japan to 1600
A Social and Economic History
William Wayne
Farris
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Sacred Texts and Buried Treasures
Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan
Enchi
Fumiko
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A Tale of False Fortunes
- love and politics in 10th century Japan
Robin D.
Gill
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Rise, Ye Sea Slugs!
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- 900 sea cucumber haiku, with translations and commentary
Christine
Guth
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Art of Edo Japan
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The Artist and the City 1615-1868
Mikiso
Hane
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Modern Japan
- from the Meiji restoration to the economic miracle
Mikiso
Hane
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Premodern Japan
A Historical Survey
Thomas P.
Kasulis
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Shinto
The Way Home
Okamoto
Kido
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The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi
- detective stories set in Edo Japan
Henry F.
Mazel
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Red Chrysanthemum
A Novel of Occupied Japan
James
Melville
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The Bogus Buddha
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- a superintendent Otani mystery, set in Japan
Michael
Molasky
, Steve
Rabson
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Southern Exposure
Modern Japanese Literature From Okinawa
Amélie
Nothomb
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Fear and Trembling
- a comic tale about working for a Japanese corporation
I.J.
Parker
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The Dragon Scroll
- a murder mystery set in ancient Japan
Insup
Taylor
, M. Martin
Taylor
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Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese
- their scripts and how they are learned and used
Samuel Hideo
Yamashita
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Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies
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Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese
Akira
Yoshimura
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Shipwrecks
- a story of a poor coastal village in medieval Japan
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