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Tuttle Classics eBook Series

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  • Rashomon and Other Stories

    by Ryunosuke Akutagawa ...
    Translated by Kojima Takashi ...
    Series series Tuttle Classics
    "Clear-eyed glimpses of human behavior in the extremities of poverty, stupidity, greed, vanity… Story-telling of an unconventional sort, with most of the substance beneath the shining, enameled surface." —The New York Times Book ReviewWidely acknowledged as "the father of the Japanese short story," Ryunosuke Akutagawa remains one of the most influential Japanese writers of all time. Rashomon and ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

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  • Japanese Ghost Stories

    Spirits, Hauntings, and Paranormal Phenomena

    by Catrien Ross ...
    "A Best Book of 2009" —The Japan TimesJapanese Ghost Stories, formerly published under the title Supernatural and Mysterious Japan, is a collection of the eerie and terrifying from around Japan. This book opens a window into the hidden aspects of the Japanese world of the paranormal, a place where trees grow human hair, rocks weep and there's even a graveyard where Jesus is reputed to have been ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD

  • Japanese Plays

    Classic Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki Works

    by A. L. Sadler ...
    Classic works from Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki theatersNothing reflects the beauty of life as much as Japanese theater. It is here that reality is held suspended and the mind is filled with words, music, dance, and mysticism. In this groundbreaking book, Professor A.L. Sadler's translations come alive, bringing the mysteries of Noh, Kyogen, and Kabuki to modern readers worldwide. This influential ... Read more

    $16.79 CAD

  • Max Danger

    The Adventures of an Expat in Tokyo

    by Robert J. Collins ...
    "Mr. Collins is a funny writer [who puts] his finger on exactly what…makes Japan bewildering, endearing, amusing inspiring…"-The New York TimesFollow the adventures of Tokyo’s favorite expatriate Max Danger, as he weaves his way in and out of the intricacies and dilemmas of living in Japan from baffling bilingual breakfast meetings, through the mind-boggling enigmas of doing business in Japan, to ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • Botchan

    by Natsume Soseki ...
    Translated by Umeji Sasaki ...
    A modern classic in Japan on par with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn or The Catcher in the Rye, Botchan is a very popular Japanese novel and still widely read decades after its first publication.Botchan, a timeless Japanese novel written by Japan's most beloved novelist, Soseki Natsume, is now available in a revised edition featuring a new foreword by Dennis Washburn, Professor of Asian and ... Read more

    $9.89 CAD

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  • My Asakusa

    Coming of Age in Pre-War Tokyo

    by Sadako Sawamura ...
    Translated by Norman E. Stafford ...
    Written near the end of Sadako Sawamura's remarkable life, My Asakusa (Watashi co Asakusa) is a charming collection of autobiographical essays by a truly self-made woman.Recalling Japan at a time of great political turmoil and rapid cultural change, Sawamura shares with us her vignettes of growing up in Asakusa-one of the last of the old downtown Shitamachi neighborhoods of incessantly modernizing ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Strange But True Stories from Japan

    by Jack Seward ...
    Strange but True Stories from Japan is a fascinating collection of vignettes, ranging from historical to the personal.Here you will be exposed to the goings-on of Americans serving time in Japanese prisons and the many who claimed the identity of Tokyo Rose. And learn about the bizarre habits of the eels that roam the Chikugo River.In this eclectic and, well, strange, book you'll relive-from a ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Love of Izayoi & Seishin

    A Kabuki Play by Kawatake Mokuami

    by Kawatake Mokuami ...
    Translated by Frank T. Motofuji ...
    This dramatic and absorbing play tells the story of the courtesan Izayoi and the priest Seishin; classic lovers who are doomed to suffer the tragic consequences of their passion.As a representative example of Japanese play writing of the 19th century The Love of Izayoi and Seishin is a superlative example of the turbulence and dramatic incident that are the major conventions of Kabuki.The ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Masao Abe a Zen Life of Dialogue

    by Donald W. Mitchell ...
    Masao Abe: A Zen Life of Dialogue is a compilation of essays that cover the life and work of Masao Abe, perhaps one of the greatest Zen Buddhist communicators of the twentieth century.Masao Abe has opened up a rich dialogue between Japan and the West. He is considered the leading living Zen figure in the Kyoto School of Buddhist thought and the successor of D.T. Suzuki, his early mentor, as the ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • Adventures of the Mad Monk Ji Gong

    The Drunken Wisdom of China's Most Famous Chan Buddhist Monk

    by Guo Xiaoting ...
    Translated by John Robert Shaw ...
    Follow the brilliant and hilarious adventures of the Zen Buddhist monk who became one of China's greatest folk heroes!During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), Ji Gong studied at the renowned Ling Yin monastery, nestled in the steep hills above Hangzhou. The Chan (Zen) Buddhist masters of the temple tried to instruct Ji Gong in the spartan practices of their sect, but the young monk, following in the ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Sword Polisher's Record

    The Way of Kung-Fu

    by Adam Hsu ...
    The Sword Polisher's Record, originally a monthly column that appeared for more than a decade in three magazines, including Kungfu magazine and Black Belt magazine, brought a sense of authenticity to the kung fu, which had long been overly-commercialized and filled with misconceptions.Highlighted with over 60 illustrations, The Sword Polisher's Record: The Way of Kung-Fu, is an anthology of the ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Fables and Legends from Japan

    by Nicolae Sfetcu ...
    The book includes a collection of Japanese legends and fables collected by the missionary Claudius Ferrand in Japan.Japanese mythology (Nihon shinwa) is the set of legends and myths of Japan.The main Japanese myths, as generally accepted nowadays have Shinto origin, based on the Kojiki and other complementary works. The Kojiki is the oldest collection of myths, legends and history of Japan. The ... Read more

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