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Published by JAPAN SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS, LONDON, 2008
Seller: Ron Weld Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Excellent fine condition throughout, no marks or inscriptions, contains black and white illustrations plus a section of colour illustrations and a colour frontispiece.
Published by Japan Society Publications, London, UK, 2001
Seller: BookAddiction (ibooknet member), Canterbury, United Kingdom
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 86pp. Pictorial light card covers; some black and white photographs. 8vo. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.
Published by London : Japan Society Publications, 2001
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: New. xi, 87 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm. Includes one speech in Japanese with its English translation.
Published by London : Japan Society Publications, 2018
ISBN 10: 0955997720ISBN 13: 9780955997723
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 200 pages ; 21 cm. Heaven's Wind is a collection of short stories by five of Japan's leading contemporary authors: Kuniko Mukoda The Otter; Natsuko Kuroda Ball, Kaori Ekuni Summer Blanket; Mitsuyo Kakuta The Child over There; and Aoko Matsuda Planting. Taking its name from one of Japan's best known classical poems, Heaven's Wind (Amatsukaze) is the world's first dual language anthology of Japanese women's writing, including four Naoki and Akutagawa Prize winners. The English versions are by award-winning translator Angus Turvill. The authors were born over fifty years from 1929 to 1979, and their stories were written over the past five decades. These gently written tales of deceit, loss and self-affirmation are set against pre-war to post-tsunami backdrops, ranging over town, countryside, suburb and coast. One thousand years since a Japanese woman wrote the world's first novel, this wonderful anthology gives a unique perspective on the power of women writers in Japan today. Aimed at readers of either or both languages, the book seeks to bring people from different cultures together in the shared experience of reading the same stories from the same book. Often translations are presented to the world as quite different products from the originals the cover, size and marketing content taking the two versions in different directions. Having both texts in the same book gives the stories, and their readers, the same starting point. Like all great work, this anthology effortlessly spans the divides of gender and generation. It has great appeal too for language learners, the stories being presented in a parallel-text format. The major hurdle for learners of Japanese how to read the kanji characters is cleared through the provision of comprehensive rubi reading guides throughout. For those who wonder how similar the translations are to their originals in terms of text, Turvill's afterword (Spot the Difference!) highlights ways in which the translation process can or must change meaning and structure.
Published by London : Japan Society Publications, 2008
ISBN 10: 0955997704ISBN 13: 9780955997709
Seller: Joseph Burridge Books, Chadwell Heath, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. xxxiii, 93 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 21 cm. The Treaty of Yedo, signed by Lord Elgin and the representatives of the Tokugawa shogunate, stands as one of the hallmarks of the long relationship between Japan and Britain. Occurring at a time of great diplomatic and economic dynamism, the treaty presented the two countries with unprecedented levels of mutual communication and trade. The treaty guaranteed that henceforth a representative of the British government would be permitted to reside in the city of Yedo (Edo) an Within this book, supplemented with over 20 pages of beautifully coloured plates, former ambassador to Japan, Sir Hugh Cortazzi, documents the journey made by Lord Elgin in commencing negotiations and paving the way to improved Anglo-Japanese relations.d that the ports of Hakodate, Kanagawa and Nagasaki be open to British commerce. Although it has been contested that this act was tantamount to colonialism, it is irrefutable that the event was anything but central in the history of Anglo-Japanese relations.
Published by Japan Society Publications, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 0955997712ISBN 13: 9780955997716
Seller: AussieBookSeller, Truganina, VIC, Australia
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
Published by Japan Society Publications, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 0955997712ISBN 13: 9780955997716
Seller: CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.