Read about History, Culture Art, Literature Modern Japan 952.04 Duu Japan! The Tales of the Heike 895.6 tal

Samurai Faces of Japan (photography) - by Stephen Turnbull - by Bob Davis 952.02 Tur (2003) 915.2 Dav (1978) 915.2 Dav

The Japanese Mind Noh theater 792.7028 vol (2010) - by Robert C. Christopher Kabuki theatre 792 Sco (1955) 952.04 Chr (1983) Manga: comics 741.5 gra Religion The Making of Modern Japan The Temple of the Golden Pavilion - by Marius B. Jansen - a novel by Yukio Mishima that has 952.025 Jan (2000) to do with a Buddhist temple Christianity 275.2 Rei Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima - by Robert Jay Lifton Music 952.19 (1967) Sakura: Japanese melodies for flute Shockwave: Hiroshima 940.5425wal and harp (CD - world saku japa)

Koto Music of Japan (CD - world Economy, Politics zumi koto) Japan in the 21st Century - by Pradyumna P. Karan 952.05 Kar (2005) with map Travel Tokyo 915.21 Mar Japan Remodeled - by Steven K. Vogel Lost Japan 338.952 Vog (2006) - by Alex Kerr 952.04 Ker (1996)

Constructing Civil Society in Japan - by Koichi Hasegawa Gardening 363.705 Has (2004) Create your own Japanese garden 712.60952 ogu (2007) Japan’s Financial Crisis - by Jennifer A. Amyx Domestic Life 332.1 Amy (2004) Tea Ceremony 394.12 Tan

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Romance Fiction Mystery Fiction For Young Adults Matsuoka, Takashi • Autumn Bridge (2004) (historical) Browne, Marshall Yumoto, Kazumi • • Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn The Letters (2003) S YA Fic Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg (2005) Mys Fic • The Snow Fox (2004) (historical) Otomo, Katsuhiro • Kirino, Natsuo Akira (2009) Graphic novel • Walbert, Kate Out (2003) Mys Fic Cyberpunk Science Fiction • The Gardens of Kyoto (2001) (contemporary) (World War II) Lee, Don • Tsukiyama, Gail Country of Origin (2004) • The Street of a Thousand Massey, Sujata • Blossoms (2007) Girl in a Box (2006) Mys Fic (also in LP and (espionage) audio book) (follows lives of 2 Miyabe, Miyuki • brothers during mid-20th century) The Devil’s Whisper (2007) Mys Fic

Thriller Nonami, Asa Hayder, Mo • Detective Takako Otomichi Summer Wars (2009) • The Devil of Nanking (2004) series Here’s a DVD with a teenage (also in audio book format) protagonist. Story has elements of (deals with 1930’s Nanking Peace, David science fiction. massacre) • Tokyo Year Zero (2007) (also in DVD fea sum audio book format) Benson, Raymond Cha no aji (The Taste of Tea) • The Man with the Red Tattoo Rowland, Laura Joh (2003) (2002) (espionage) • Sano Ichiro shogun historical Looking for a comedy on DVD? mystery series Here’s a story about generational Smith, Martin Cruz conflict. LP • December 6 (2002) (also in ) Yoshida, Shuichi (set just prior to World War II) • Villain (2010) (noir fiction)

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Historical Fiction Contemporary Fiction Movies listed by Abe, Kobo director • The Woman in the Dunes (1964) Mishima, Yukio • S Fic (rural life) Acts of Worship: 7 stories (1989) Akira Kurosawa: • We have volumes 2, 3, and 4 of • Yojimbo (The Bodyguard) a Bock, Dennis the “Sea of Fertility” series. samurai film VHS • The Ash Garden (2001) (atomic • Seven Samurai (double video bomb victims) Murakami, Haruki set) VHS • After the Quake (2007) (ebook) • Hunter, Stephen After Dark (2007) (also on CD) Kiyoshi Kurosawa • • Bob Lee Swagger series Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: • Tokyo Sonata DVD (samurai) 24 stories (2006) (also on CD) There is also a biography on this Hiroshi Inagaki Hearn, Lian author in the • Musashi Miyamoto (part of • Tales of the Otori series (lots of adult biography Samurai trilogy) VHS adventure) section. Juzo Itami Knight, Michael • Tampopo (parody of American • The Typist (2010) (post World western and Japanese samurai War II family drama) films) VHS Murakami, Ryu • Dalkey, Kara Audition (2010) (suspense) Kihachi Okamoto • Genpei (2001) (set in 12th • Sword of Doom (samurai film) century, introduces many Oe, Kenzaburo VHS • elements of fantasy) The Changeling (2010) (friendship, suicide - would Yojiro Takita Schuyler, Nina appeal to readers who like a • Departures DVD • The Painting (2004) (Victorian literary style) era) Sherwood, Barrie Documentaries : • Mitchell, David Escape from Amsterdam (2008) Faces of Japan series • The Thousand Autumns of Jacob (a look at Japan’s underworld) 915.2 FacBe de Zoet (2010) (recreates the lost world of the late 18th century Mitchell, David Japan: the island empire • - cross appeal for mystery Number9dream (2001) (a look at 915.59 jap VHS readers) (also in LP and ebook) Japan’s underworld)

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