Empress Michiko (19 results)

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition- 1ST PRT. Selected poems by much-loved Japanese author (won 1994 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN AWARD). JAPANESE/ENGLISH TEXT. Enchanting illus by ANNO. Great for reading aloud. NOT X-LIB, NO REMAINDER MARKS.. Anno, Mitsumasa (illustrator).…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The book is in very good condition , the binding is tight , Clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Hardcover. Nice clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Book itself in excellent condition with nice clean pages and tight binding. Dust jacket is also in excellent condition and is now protected in mylar. Text in english and japanese. ; 0.7 x 8.7 x 5.5 Inches.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Modest wear to jacket, light sunning; housed in protective mylar cover. Clean pages and sound binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 6.5 X 0.75 X 8.75 inches; Very nice attractive like new book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. STATED FRST EDITION with full number line in place. AS NEW condition, being clean and tight with no markings. Dust jacket has original price on front flap and is in Near Fine condition, having a 1/2" closed tear at rear top edge and a few crinkles along edges; a shallow crease to rear blank red end-paper. With both Japanese and English text on opposite pages. Printed on glossy stock with wonderful Mitsumasa ANNO illustrations throughout. 31 pages. Mylar protected jacket. MITSUMASA ANNO (illustrator).…

tankobon_hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Building Bridges. Reminiscences of Childhod Readings. Her Majesty Emporess Michiko of Japan. Third edition, 11th printing, 1999. Text in English and Japanese. Unread. No markings in book. Binding is fine. DJ with shelf wear to edges. 67pp.…

oragne debossed cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing (NAP). decorative endpapers. 3 full color glossy plates of the authors at the beginning. 192p. + list of staff & colophon. english translation of poems followed by background essay and poems in original japanese & englisht transliteration. poetry. japanese literature. japanese history ~Japan's Imperial line is thought to be the oldest in the world, and its associations with poetry can be traced back to its most ancient beginnings. For centuries the japanese court has patronized the poetic art and participated in the composition of the traditional native verse form known as the walea. The great Imperial poetry anthologies of earlier centuries have defined the standards of excellence in japanese poetry and featured the contributions of the most gifted Japanese poets. Among them were many Emperors and Empresses, as well as other members of the Imperial family. Emperor Akihito and Empress Miehiko inherit this remarkable legacy and have preserved it with personal enthusiasm and literary mastery. Tomoshibi, which may be translated as "Light," is a collection of their verse, published in Japanese in 1986 and appearing here for the first time in English. As Crown Prince and Princess before their enthronement in 1990, the Emperor and Empress traveled extensively as ambassadors of good will for the Japanese people. Many of the Emperor's 166 poems and the Empress's 140 poems collected here were composed during their travels, and foreign climes and scenes are reflected in a fascinating manner. Other poems were composed for the annual New Year's Poetry Reading, and still others were composed to mark special events in the Japanese calendar or to record recollections of remarkable people. Painstakingly translated and annotated, the poems in Tomoshibi are indeed illuminating, revealing not only the depth and resonance of the Japanese poetic tradition but also of the characters and sensibilities of the Emperor and Empress with the immediacy that is poetry's special gift. "It is our hope," writes one of the editors of the collection, "that this Enghsh translation may lead to a better understanding of the Emperor and Empress, as also of Japan and its people. For it is their cultural traditions that, reflected in the literary activities of the Imperial family, reveal Japan as a land where beauty of spirit is expressed in song.". …

Stated First edition with a 1 present in the number line; small 4to.; tan cloth covered boards with a tree embossed on front, hardcover; 47 pages; brown and white illustrations; a very good clean tight copy in a lightly edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. English portion - 24 pages and Japanese portion 41 pages. Green and white pictorial wraps. Beauty care in the book, the book I felt anxiety, sadness, joy gained by this. September 1998, 62 times in the first World Congress of International Children's Book Council, held in New Delhi, India, like Empress keynote recorded by videotape was shown. In his talk was cut back to their original locations on the interest of time, and has been based on the first draft Sadamoto. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Blind-stamped decoration in front board (buckram). Dust jacket in protective, removable sleeve. Includes special postage stamps printed on the Emperor's Wedding Anniversary.

Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tokyo: Suemori Books Co., LTD., 1998. Second edition, third printing. Fine/fine. Keynote speech of Her Majesty Empress Michiko of Japan at the 26th Congress ofthe International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), New Dehli (1998) The faintest of fading to spine, corners very slightly bumped, interior perfect.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 瀬音_çš‡å Žé™›ä¸‹御æŒé›† , Unmarked Fine copy with onionskin cover, in slipcase in very good condition. In Japanese.

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Tankobon Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery.