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The Art of Emptiness
For several hundred years, Japanese porcelain has been highly acclaimed and sought after around the ...

The Book of Urushi
Urushi, Japanese lacquerware, is perhaps the oldest and most sublime of all the Japanese arts and cr...

The Building of Horyu-ji
Horyu-ji temple was first erected in the seventh century and has come down to us today in the magnif...

The Burden of the Past
The Burden of the Past reexamines the dispute over historical perception between Japan and South Kor...

Bushido and the Art of Living
What is Bushido? What is Budo? How are the culture and traditions of samurai connected with the mode...

Contemporary Japanese Architects
Architects play an essential role in contemporary society, helping to shape the environment in which...

Designing Japan
Designing Japan: A Future Built on Aesthetics presents renowned designer Kenya Hara’s vision of how ...

Edo Japan Encounters the World
Edo Japan Encounters the World continues the conversation, begun nearly twenty years earlier in The ...

The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan
In this penetrating biography of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931), one of Japan's foremost entrepreneurs...

The Era of Great Disasters
The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake ...

Essays on the History of Scientific Thought in Modern Japan
This book covers the history of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology in modern Japan, focusing on th...

Every Day a Good Day
I could not walk correctly.
I did not know where to sit.
I did not know which hand to use,
what t...