Overview :Japan over the last two and a half centuries has changed almost beyond recognition. Almost, that is, 'for every now and then one catches one... Read More
Overview :Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in bl... Read More
Overview :What student of Japanese has not grappled with the amazing diversity and tantalizingly elusive nuances of its idioms? One certainly would no... Read More
Overview :To any student of the Japanese language, the staggering number of onomatopoeia seems so daunting that one simply does not know where to begi... Read More
Overview :THE FIRST FULLY ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF JAPAN'S GREATEST SWORDSMANMiyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) is the most celebrated swordsman in Japanese... Read More
Overview :What student of Japanese has not grappled with the amazing diversity and elusive nuances of its idioms? One would not want to confuse, for e... Read More
Overview :This book explains the techniques of Japan's feudal era's most prominent school and gives a reader fascinating insight in the history of mar... Read More
Overview :Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lange returns to what he does best: highly anec... Read More
Overview :This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagyū clan--a story that began during the early heady days of the Genk!... Read More
Overview :The Yagyū clan stands out among Japan's countless medieval warrior clans as a clan renowned for its mastery of the art of swordsmanship... Read More
Overview :"I had been here before: I was going from being a mere 'interpreter' to being a 'cultural interpreter.' It was a dangerous path to tread."Wa... Read More
Overview :The siege of Ōsaka Castle is the stuff of legends. In the winter of 1614 two hundred thousand warriors loyal to the House of Tokugawa g... Read More
Overview :On 14 September 1862, four Brits encountered the procession of the nobleman Shimazu Hisamitsu at a village called Namamugi along Japan's anc... Read More
Overview :"When I walked into the office on Monday morning I knew my reputation was in shatters."Walking Japan's coastal route in search of beauty, Wi... Read More
Overview :The history of Japanese Journalism, though relatively short, is marked by periods of great upheaval and radical change. It began during the ... Read More
Overview :Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lange returns to what he does best: highly anec... Read More
Overview :The Warring States period (1467-1568) was the most destructive in Japan's long history of civil strife. It began when the dearly won suprema... Read More
Overview :The Two Courts Period (1333-92) was a turning point in Japan's medieval era--a time when an unbridgeable rift appeared in the fragile fabric... Read More
Overview :Samurai have fired our imagination with their fighting spirit and heroic deeds ever since Europeans set foot on Japanese shores during the m... Read More
Overview :Rich in disasters, dreadful in its battles, rent by its seditions, and even cruel in its times of peace, the Warring States period (1467-156... Read More