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Outstanding books, now available in English JAPAN LIBRARY is translating selected works that received high praise within Japan but have remained unknown to the world at large. Now available in English, these books introduce diverse aspects of Japan and Japanese thought, and the portfolio will continue to grow as more hidden treasures are discovered. Most titles in JAPAN LIBRARY can be purchased in either hardcover or eBook form. In addition, all titles are available at close to 1,000 university and public libraries worldwide. Available for purchase at these locations Japan Available at most major book stores (including university and airport book stores)*Orders may be made for out-of-stock titles. Worldwide KINOKUNIYA BOOK STORES, HAKUBUNDO, JP BOOKS, ASAHIYA BOOKSTORE Hong Kong SOGO Online Amazon (JP, US, UK)*for unlisted areas, please check your country's amazon website for availability, BOOKS KINOKUNIYA web, honto Also available in electronic format http://www.jpic.or.jp/japanlibrary/ eBooks Published by Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture ▼ For more information, please go to [email protected] http://www.jpic.or.jp/japanlibrary/en/ 2018 NEW TITLES Philosophy, Religion Architecture Words to Live by Contemporary Japanese Architects Japanese Classics for Our Time Profiles in Design Nakano Kōji Igarashi Taro Nakano Kōji opens the door to the treasury of Award-winning architectural historian and critic Igarashi Japanese classics by introducing his six favorite Taro presents the work of architects from the postwar writers, inviting us to share in this experience; an generation to the generation that has come to the fore experience that offers nourishment for the soul and since the beginning of the twenty-first century. connects us intimately to people of antiquity. Price: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-024-1 Price: Hardcover ¥2,800 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-021-0 Biography Aesthetics Mixing Work with Pleasure Designing Japan My Life at Studio Ghibli A Future Built on Aesthetics Suzuki Toshio Hara Kenya This is the behind the scenes story of Studio Ghibli Renowned designer and MUJI's Art Director since covering the three decades following its founding in 2002, Hara Kenya presents his vision of how his 1985 as told by Suzuki Toshio, acclaimed producer of industry can support Japan in crafting a future box-office hits Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, founded on a unique philosophy of beauty as well as and others. crowd-sourced wisdom from around the world. Price: Hardcover ¥2,500 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-022-7 Price: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-015-9 History Architecture Mutsu Munemitsu and His Time Landscape Gardener Okazaki Hisahiko Ogawa Jihei and His Times This book traces the footsteps of modern Japan's diplomacy by reviewing the extraordinary A Profile of Modern Japan philosophical and political journey of 19th century Suzuki Hiroyuki Japan's top diplomat Mutsu Munemitsu who Beginning from an examination of how the first protected the dignity of Japan as a modern nation gardens created in Kyoto by seventh-generation throughout his professional life. landscape gardener Ogawa Jihei (1860-1933) were made possible, this book explores the networks of politicians, industrialists, aristocrats, and connoisseurs that propelled Japan's modernization and what these reveal about the country's development. Price: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-025-8 Price: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-019-7 History Fine Arts Toward Creation of The Japanese Sense of Beauty a New World History Takashina Shūji Art critic and historian Takashina Shūji reflects on the Haneda Masashi aesthetic and philosophical sensibilities underlying Haneda Masashi proposes a world history from the Japanese art throughout its history, from the earliest viewpoint that “there is one world” with the hope calligraphy and painted screens to the work of that it will contribute to the emergence of a new modern masters. world history and renewed perceptions of the world. In support of this, representing the University of Tokyo, Haneda has established an academic project called Global History Collaborative with Princeton University, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales at Paris and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in collaboration with Freie Universität Berlin. Price: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-023-4 Price: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-020-3 Law Literature The Territory of Japan Edo Japan Encounters the World Its History and Legal Basis Conversations Between Serita Kentaro Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro The Northern Territories, Takeshima, and the Senkaku Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro Islands—what exactly is the territorial extent of Japan? Literary scholar Donald Keene and historical novelist To answer this fundamental question, the author, an Shiba Ryotaro probe the cultural riches and pitfalls of authority on international law, retraces and analyzes the long, peaceful stretch of Japanese history known the history of negotiations over these territories, while as the Edo period with incisive commentary that also setting forth his vision of the future of issues experts and amateur history fans alike will enjoy. concerning territorial land, air, and sea. Price: Hardcover ¥2,700 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-016-6 Price: Hardcover ¥2,600 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-018-0 Science Wasan, the Fascination of Traditional Japanese Mathematics Sakurai Susumu This book explores the beauty and fascination surrounding wasan by providing a guided tour that goes back in time over three hundred years and navigates through the mysterious and incredible world of mathematical wizardry found in Edo-period Japan (1603-1867). Price: Hardcover ¥2,600 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-86658-017-3 Political Science Japan's Quest for Stability in Southeast Asia Navigating the Turning Points in Postwar Asia Miyagi Taizo Analyzing the importance of Japan’s relationship with Southeast Asia, this book aims to illustrate the hidden trail left by Japan during the period of upheaval that has shaped Asia today. *Published by Routledge Purchase online at https://www.routledge.com PREVIOUSLY RELEASED TITLES Philosophy, Religion History Bushido and the Art of Living Self-Respect and Independence of Mind An Inquiry into Samurai Values The Challenge of Fukuzawa Yukichi Alexander Bennett Kitaoka Shinichi Price: Hardcover ¥3,400 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-86-6 Price: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-62-0 Philosophy, Religion History Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures Unsung Heroes of Old Japan The Japanese Philosophy of Transience Isoda Michifumi Takeuchi Seiichi [Not for sale] ISBN: 978-4-916055-48-4 Price: Hardcover ¥3,200 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-76-7 Philosophy, Religion Social Sciences Myth and Deity in Japan Global Class Japanese SMEs The Interplay of Kami and Buddhas Kurosaki Makoto Kamata Tōji Price: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-84-2 Price: Hardcover ¥3,300 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-81-1 Biography Social Sciences The Entrepreneur Who Built Modern Japan The Happy Youth of a Desperate Country Shibusawa Eiichi The Disconnect between Japan’s Malaise and Its Millennials Shimada Masakazu Furuichi Noritoshi Price: Hardcover ¥3,300 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-79-8 Price: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-83-5 Ethnography Social Sciences An Introduction to Yōkai Culture If There Were No Japan Monsters, Ghosts, and Outsiders in Japanese History A Cultural Memoir Komatsu Kazuhiko Roger Pulvers Price: Hardcover ¥3,900 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-80-4 Price: Hardcover ¥2,900 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-44-6 History Social Sciences Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan Saving the Mill Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography The amazing recovery of one of Japan’s largest paper Edited by Tsutsui Kiyotada mills following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami Sasa Ryoko Price: Hardcover ¥3,480 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-60-6 [Not for sale] ISBN: 978-4-916055-47-7 PREVIOUSLY RELEASED TITLES Social Sciences Fine Arts Tree-Ring Management Soetsu Yanagi Take the Long View and Grow Your Business Slowly Selected Essays on Japanese Folk Crafts Tsukakoshi Hiroshi Yanagi Soetsu Price: Hardcover ¥2,640 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-46-0 Price: Hardcover ¥4,200 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-75-0 Political Science Literature Japan in Asia Kabuki, a Mirror of Japan Post-Cold-War Diplomacy Ten Plays That Offer a Glimpse into Evolving Sensibilities Tanaka Akihiko Matsui Kesako Price: Hardcover ¥4,450 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-63-7 Price: Hardcover ¥3,640 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-58-3 Political Science Literature Perspectives on Sino-Japanese The People and Culture of Japan Diplomatic Relations Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro The Yomiuri Shimbun Political News Department Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro Price: Hardcover ¥3,600 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-87-3 Price: Hardcover ¥3,000 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-57-6 Political Science Science The Self-Defense Forces and Essays on the History of Postwar Politics in Japan Scientific Thought in Modern Japan Sado Akihiro Edited by Kanamori Osamu Price: Hardcover ¥4,450 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-74-3 Price: Hardcover ¥3,960 + tax / ISBN: 978-4-916055-61-3 Political Science Science Toward the Abe Statement on the 70th Listen to the Voice of the Earth Anniversary of the End of World War II Lessons from the 20th Century and a Vision for the 21st Century for Japan Learn about earthquakes to save lives The Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and