History Of Japan – alle Bücher, CDs und LPs, Seite 4

Rutgers Meets Japan

In 1867 Kusakabe Taro, a young samurai from Fukui, Japan, began studying at Rutgers as its first foreign student. Three years later, in 1870, his former tutor, friend, and Rutgers graduate, William Elliot…

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Mark Hudson
24 Hours in Shogun's Japan

Spend 24 hours in the vibrant, divided world of Shogun's Japan. In 1614, Japan stood at a crossroads. As the Tokugawa shogunate tightened its grip on power, samurai prepared for war, Christians faced pers…

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Rotem Kowner
A Hardening Hierarchy

The evolving racial perceptions of the Japanese between 1735 and 1854 were shaped by both Western observers and emerging Japanese voices. Framed by Linnaeus's Systema Naturae and the forced opening of Jap…

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James J Orr
Rounding the Bases

Rounding the Bases offers the first comprehensive history of Japanese Little League, tracing its origins near U.S. military bases in the 1950s to its rise as one of the world's most successful youth sport…

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Lynne K. Miyake
The Tale of Genji through Contemporary Manga

This groundbreaking study examines the unlikely merger of two Japanese cultural phenomena, an 11th-century aristocratic text and contemporary manga comics. It explores the ways in which the manga versions…

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Jon Mitchell,
Why Are We in Okinawa?

In this compelling history, award-winning journalist, Jon Mitchell, traces how the islands of Okinawa have been annexed by Japan, occupied by the United States and now menaced by China. In response, Okina…

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Jundai Yamada
Kotsuji's Gift

Kotsuji's Gift is the extraordinary story of a Japanese scholar's destiny to search for the true meaning of faith against the backdrop of saving thousands of lives during World War II, and a young Japanes…

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James J Orr
Rounding the Bases

Rounding the Bases offers the first comprehensive history of Japanese Little League, tracing its origins near U.S. military bases in the 1950s to its rise as one of the world's most successful youth sport…

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Garrett M Graff
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Magisterial...A stunning account that brings to the fore the nuclear saga's surreal combination of ingenuity, fate, and terror." ---Publishers Weekly (starred review…

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Korean Relations with Japan and Ryūkyū In the Early Chosŏn Period

Between 1392 and 1592---a period bounded by Japanese pirate raids along the Korean coast and Japan's invasion of Chosŏn Korea---more than 4,600 Japanese trade missions were recorded by the Chosŏn governme…

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Masakatsu Fujita,
The History of Modern Japanese Philosophy

One of the most important introductions to Japanese philosophy, translated from the original Japanese.The History of Modern Japanese Philosophy attempts to describe the entire history of philosophy in Jap…

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Chas Henry
Fuji Fire

In this first account of the intimate and compelling stories forged by an October 1979 tragedy at Camp Fuji, Japan, journalist Chas Henry uses years of exhaustive research and interviews to document the i…

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Warlord Games,
Bolt Action: Armies of Imperial Japan: Third Edition

A detailed guide to the Japanese forces in Bolt Action: Third Edition, containing updated special rules, unit entries, and force selection guides.Following the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japane…

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Sherry D Fowler
Buddhist Bells and Dragons

Recovers the essential but unrecognised roles of Buddhist temple bells in the history of art, religious studies, and the history of interregional and international relations with Japan.

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Bernard Faure
From Stars to Stones

Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, From Stars to Stones is the fourth installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-rit…

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James M Scott
Empire of Ashes

Over three days in August 1945, a nation once morally opposed to the bombing of civilians killed 120,000 men, women, and children; doomed tens of thousands more to agonizing death in the weeks and months …

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Sumi-E

The pinnacle of Japanese sumi-e painting, from great masters such as Sesshū and Tohaku to fantastical painters such as Shoūhaku and Jakuchū.Sumi-e ink painting is a uniquely Eastern form of painting that …

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Elisabetta Porcu
Negotiations of the Sacred

Negotiations of the Sacred offers a fresh perspective on one of Japan's most famous festivals, the Gion Matsuri, held in Kyoto in July. Dating back more than a thousand years, the festival today features …

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Matthieu Felt
The Chronicles of Japan

The Chronicles of Japan --or The Nihon Shoki --compiled in 720 CE, is the oldest official history of the Japanese state. Following a 672 coup, the state of Wa renamed itself Japan and produced this dynast…

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George Feifer
Okinawa 1945

The gripping tale of the last great battle of the Second World War.

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