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A fresh, interactive approach to working in 21st-century Japan, filled with insight and examples. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Business Passport to Japan Revised and Updated Edition Author Sue Shinomiya Author Brian Szepkouski THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT This updated guide offers a fresh, interactive approach to doing business in Japan by presenting practical tips in an easy-to-read format. It goes beyond the logistical details of meetings, courtesy, and protocol to uncover the thought processes and cultural values behind the behaviors and situations readers may encounter—especially those that are changing as Japan’s “blue suit” corporate culture gives way to a younger, laid-back, and more Internet-savvy workforce. Throughout the guide, readers are encouraged to take the long view to develop lasting successes. Indispensable for newcomers and veterans alike. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 1/14/08 PISBN PRICE 9781933330471 NA GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE 9780893469597 NA DIMENSIONS 5.1 x 8" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 248 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Sue Shinomiya A business consultant, corporate trainer, coach, webinar leader and entrepreneur specializing in global business effectiveness for international corporations, transferees and global virtual teams. Learn More Brian Szepkouski President of Szepko International Inc., a consulting firm whose mission is developing individual and organizational effectiveness. Learn More

A collection of 600 proverbs in Chinese and English, capturing the enduring wisdom of China, for travelers and language students. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings With Observations on Culture and Language Authors Larry and Qin Herzberg A collection of 600 proverbs in Chinese and English, capturing the enduring wisdom of China, for travelers and language students. This treasury of Chinese wisdom presents over five hundred proverbs while offering keys to culture and language. Here are both the familiar, earnest sayings of Confucius and Lao Zi ("The longest journey begins with a single step") and the homespun truths of every day ("Teachers open the door; you enter by yourself"). Designed both for inspirational browsing and for students of language and culture, the text is organized by subject (Learning, Patience, Money, Family, Food, etc.) and provides commentary plus Chinese characters and pinyin romanization for each entry. Includes an index. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 5/8/12 PISBN PRICE 9781933330990 $16.95 GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE 9781611725179 $9.95 DIMENSIONS 6.9 x 5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 178 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Larry and Qin Herzberg Co-authors of Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar: A Student’s Guide to Correct Structures and Common Errors (Stone Bridge Press, 2011) and Chinese Proverbs and Popular Sayings: With Observations on Culture and Language (Stone Bridge Press, 2012). Learn More

From fascination to disillusionment and back, a memoir of one man's quest for Zen and spirituality in America and Japan. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog A Straight Road with 99 Curves Coming of Age on the Path of Zen Author Gregory Shepherd Forward Ruben LF Habito From fascination to disillusionment and back, a memoir of one man's quest for Zen and spirituality in America and Japan. In 1971, when Greg Shepherd was in his early twenties, he left New Jersey and joined the Koko An Zendo community in Hawaii. What began as a quest for enlightenment became Greg's confrontation with his own inner demons: his need for approval, his distrust of authority, and his ego-driven fixation on achieving the profound spiritual breakthrough of kensho ("the Big K"). Later, in Japan, he struggled with prejudice and cultural rigidity and found his deeper meditations leading to actual panic attacks over fear of losing himself. Ultimately, he broke with Zen and his teachers to pursue a career in music. This frank memoir traces Greg Shepherd's meandering path from seeker to disillusionment, and, over a decade later, his way back to Zen and inner peace. We experience Zen practice in Japan and Hawaii and meet Zen masters Yamada Koun Roshi and Robert Aitken, the "dean of American Buddhism" (who had once pegged Greg as his successor). And we understand why Zen was so appealing to the American counterculture and how its profound lessons of focus and detachment remain insightful and important. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 4/9/13 PISBN PRICE 9781611720112 $14.95 GENRE Memoir EISBN PRICE 9781611725483 $9.95 DIMENSIONS 5.5 x 7.8" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 176 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "Greg Shepherd has captured the fundamental conflicts on the path of spiritual search from a uniquely American point of view. This book, a Zen American Graffiti , tells a story that is at once deeply involving, instructive, and capable of touching any reader who cares about the search for meaning." —Mitch Horowitz, Executive Editor at Tarcher/Putnam and author of Occult America "An unusually candid, well-told, and useful tale for Zen, other Buddhist, and all spiritual practitioners, . . . a rip roaring ride: hilarious, profound and poignant at turns, and finally, quintessentially human. . . . Shepherd's story drives home the importance and often the excruciating task of personalizing Buddhist practice, rather than settling for parroting others' wisdom." —Joseph Bobrow, author of Zen and Psychotherapy "Greg Shepherd gives us the history of his Zen quest: the hopes and disappointments, the ego-games and awakenings of a sincere student of the Way. In being so frank about his own struggles and fantasies, Greg's personal tale becomes something more universal: the story of a generation that brought Buddhist practice to the West, opening the door to a new type of spiritual experience." —David Loy, author of Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Gregory Shepherd Studied Zen Buddhism since the early 1970s and is currently Associate Professor of music at Kauai Community College. Learn More Ruben LF Habito Born in the Philippines and is a former Jesuit priest turned master practicing in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage of Zen. Learn More

60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Tokyo Junkie 60 Years of Bright Lights and Back Alleys . . . and Baseball Author Robert Whiting 60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball. Tokyo Junkie is a memoir that plays out over the dramatic 60-year growth of the megacity Tokyo, once a dark, fetid backwater and now the most populous, sophisticated, and safe urban capital in the world. Follow author Robert Whiting (The Chrysanthemum and the Bat , You Gotta Have Wa , Tokyo Underworld ) as he watches Tokyo transform during the 1964 Olympics, rubs shoulders with the Yakuza and comes face to face with the city’s dark underbelly, interviews Japan’s baseball elite after publishing his first best-selling book on the subject, and learns how politics and sports collide to produce a cultural landscape unlike any other, even as a new Olympics is postponed and the COVID virus ravages the nation. A colorful social history of what Anthony Bourdain dubbed, “the greatest city in the world,” Tokyo Junkie is a revealing account by an accomplished journalist who witnessed it all firsthand and, in the process, had his own dramatic personal transformation. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 04/20/21 PISBN PRICE 9781611720679 $19.95 GENRE Memoir EISBN PRICE 9781611729498 $9.95 DIMENSIONS 5.5 x 8.5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE 9781611720730 $49.95 # OF PAGES 384 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "A delightful memoir of the author’s five-decade love affair with a city that “hypnotized” him and never let go." —Kirkus Starred Review "In the world’s most provisional city, memories are perishable. Whiting has saved some of his best ones for us." —Kyoto Journal "In his readable anecdotal style, Whiting waxes lyrical about the city he’s called home for much of the past six decades. From his military and student days to his transition to a salaryman and sportswriter, the book is a warts-and-all account that serves up a colorful menagerie of characters, from politicians to professional wrestlers." —The Japan Times "With a patter that lands like readers have pulled up a barstool to hear a traveler’s yarns... Whiting’s love for his adopted city remains constant and contagious in this collage-style survey." —Publishers Weekly "A rich and beautifully written book that will never let you down as you read through to the end; a splendid account of a remarkable life in a fabulous city." —The Asia Times "Whiting's memoir is packed with insights and extremely funny in places. Historians of the postwar period will learn much about the nexus of politics, money, media and organized crime that helped fuel Japan's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of defeat. [Robert Whiting] is probably the only person on the planet capable of telling us what it was like to be there at that particular moment in time." —Nikkei Asia "Robert Whiting’s personal narrative of life in Tokyo offers a compelling study of the society in with which he has thrown his lot." —South China Morning Post "Tokyo Junkie is a tale of an American transplant in a booming Asian metropolis. Insightful and humorous, its assorted essays recount the people and events that have shaped Japan’s capital and the author over six decades." —Nippon.com " Tokyo Junkie is the hugely engaging and occasionally very funny memoir of a Tokyo insider who has grabbed all the excitement the city has to offer. He tells his story through various lenses – baseball, yakuza , and the amazing ongoing development of Tokyo." —The Times Literary Supplement "A complex, captivating portrait of a city that is both insular and welcoming, and is now one of the world’s top tourist destinations." —Foreword Reviews "Both humorous and incisive, Tokyo Junkie is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand modern Japan. It is underpinned by a deep love for this city and its endless nightclubs, bars, sushi restaurants, noodle shops, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and gleaming skyscrapers. Whiting changed along with his adopted home." —The Literary Times "Robert Whiting is well placed to reflect on [Tokyo's] urban evolution, having borne firsthand witness to nearly all of it. His long acquaintance with Tokyo — or love affair with it, or (as his title implies) addiction to it — grants him an appreciation both for what has been gained and what lost in the process." —Collin Marshall, The Los Angeles Review of Books “An introspective look at [Robert Whiting's] life, providing a mesmerizing collection of anecdotes about the people he encountered, with abundant recollections of friends and acquaintances, notorious underworld figures and prominent politicians, and vivid descriptions of his adopted hometown’s remarkable transformation in the early 1960s in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics to the present day.” —Japan Forward "Witty, shocking, entertaining, and educational." —AJET Connect Magazine "These are more than picture postcards of history, or lines in a textbook. Japan changes, evolves, as it must - but the Japan of this book, and Whiting's journey through it, forms part of an account of moments in time that deserve to be remembered. Nation and individual, entangled together - a tale of a life, truly 'lived'." —Japan Society UK Review "Tokyo Junkie is a likeable, breezy, well-written memoir, packed intensely with detail and eye-opening information about Japan, about the foibles of its author, and about bitter WWII enemies becoming steadfast friends in the following decades." —Books on Asia "Both intimate and big-picture, Whiting’s memoir stands as a story about a city and a man, and succeeds at both." —Rightstuf Anime “From the author of Tokyo Underworld comes an up close and very personal memoir. Tokyo Junkie is a raucous, funny, and always fascinating love letter to one of the most dynamic cities in the world. A pleasure to read from start to finish.” —Terence Winter, Creator & Executive Producer, Boardwalk Empire “Whiting has lived a vivid, Zelig-like life that tracks the meteoric rise of Tokyo into one of the world's greatest cities. His memoir is a wonderful tapestry of friendships, interviews and chance encounters with corporate barons, barmaids, ball players and the occasional mob boss. Through it all, Whiting's unassuming demeanor, natural curiosity and droll sense of humor leave the reader wondering who else he's met.” —Ken Belson, reporter with The New York Times formerly based in Tokyo "Tokyo Junkie is a deep dive into the megapolis and a communion with its crazy, eccentric denizens from a man who knows it better than anyone else. Bob Whiting came to the city as a stranger in a strange land in 1962 and stayed for five decades—he knows the dark alleys, the good whisky bars, the crooked politicians and the crooks, the baseball players, the bookies, the Olympics that were and the Olympics that will be better than anyone alive. You will not find a more entertaining memoir and guidebook to the darker side of the rising sun, and to a life well-lived, than Tokyo Junkie. It’s as addictive as life in the city (citadel) itself." —Jake Adelstein, investigative journalist and author of Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on The Police Beat in Japan "A glorious love letter to the world's greatest city. Alternately bawdy, funny, elegiac – and even violent – Tokyo Junkie will take its place next to classics by Lafcadio Hearn, Edward Seidensticker, Donald Richie, and Ian Buruma that succeed in articulating the hold that Japan has on the hearts of so many of us gaijin." —R. Taggart Murphy, author of Japan and the Shackles of the Past and The Weight of the Yen “Robert Whiting is a marvel. His rich experience, his nose for great stories, his wit and good sense make Tokyo, past and present, sparkle with life.” —Ian Buruma, author of A Tokyo Romance , The Invention of Japan , and many others "This is a delightful book, a wry, vivid, and illuminating account of a country, a culture, and a keenly observant character through five dramatic decades." —James Fallows, The Atlantic “Whiting's ability to craft history lessons as narrative epics that captivate an audience and paint a stunning portrait of what Tokyo’s culture and history mean to the world at large is unparalleled.” —Sherry Marsh, Executive Producer of History Channel's Vikings and the upcoming adaptation of Robert Whiting's Tokyo Underworld “Robert Whiting is a global treasure whose bestselling books explicated Japan through ballplayers, gangsters and entertainers. In Tokyo Junkie , he tells the riveting story of his personal fascination with the city and its inhabitants. Every visitor to Japan, every student of Japanese culture, and every diplomat posted there should have a copy. It's an essential guide to understanding the country and its people.” —Derek Shearer, former US ambassador and professor of diplomacy "Few writers could deliver firsthand insights into six decades of wild, wonderful, bizarre and sinister aspects of Japanese culture—let alone with Robert Whiting’s level of style and knowledge. From professional baseball to politics and the underworld, Whiting takes the reader on his life journey through a remarkable world." —Gwen Robinson, Former Japan correspondent, Financial Times "Whiting is the consummate raconteur, regaling readers with tales of bawdy exploits, how to befriend yakuza and the art of hard living in a book brimming with wry humor and empathy. In taking us back to the scruffy and wild Tokyo of yesteryear he offers astute asides on the evolving gamut of pathologies that have shaped Japan. Through sports and organized crime Whiting shares his genius for peeling back the layers of the city that made him." —Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies, Temple University Japan and author of Japan (Polity 2019) "Seduced by its bustle and underworld hustle, Bob Whiting has spent decades exploring the hidden corners of Tokyo and the Japanese psyche. From yakuza to baseball and dirty politics to gleaming skyscrapers—he takes you on the intercultural journey of a lifetime." —Joseph Shaules, Director, Japan Intercultural Institute "Tokyo Junkie reads like a Japanese comic. A vivid, fast-paced paean to a great city, and Robert Whiting’s emotional journey to reconciling his insider/outsider status. Wonderful!" —Dan Slater, Director, The Delphi Network "What a joy!" —Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino and screenwriter of Goodfellas and Casino "A guided tour along the sidestreets and into the backrooms of Tokyo, led by a master of the sly anecdote with the oddball character only he can find. In this memoir that spans six decades, Whiting mixes dashes of history with the personal episodes that tell the story of his love for a great city and a great people." —Lawrence Repeta, Plaintiff in the suit that opened Japan's courts to spectator reporting Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Robert Whiting Robert Whiting is a journalist and author who has lived in Tokyo on and off for more than half a century. Topics he has written on include sports, Tokyo nightlife, and crime. Learn More

Haiku tell the story of the poet Basho and the diaries he wrote while walking throughout Japan in the 1600s. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Basho's Haiku Journeys Author Freeman Ng Illustrator Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem Haiku tell the story of the poet Basho and the diaries he wrote while walking throughout Japan in the 1600s. The seventeenth-century Japanese poet Matsuo Basho practically invented the haiku. He's most famous for his travel journals. But how did he come to be such a traveler in the first place? This delightful volume—composed entirely in haiku based on the poet's written travelogues and illustrated with vibrant hand-painted scenes—tells the true story of Basho's decision to abandon his comfortable city life and of the five great journeys he then took across the length and breadth of Japan. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 10/19/21 PISBN PRICE 9781611720693 $16.95 GENRE Poetry EISBN PRICE 9781611729511 $16.95 DIMENSIONS 8 x 10" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 40 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise Recipient of the 2021 Northern Lights Book Awards Poetry Category “A glimpse into the life of a legendary poet… Whimsical haiku are paired with landscapes, rendered in bold colors that deftly blend together to invoke the feeling of misty mountains and grassy fields.” ⁠ —Kirkus Reviews "Using the style of poetry Basho is credited with popularizing, Ng recounts Basho’s travels from leaving city life behind to becoming a wanderer who embarked on five epic journeys across Japan. The book is recommended for readers aged 7–10, who will likely be inspired to write their own haiku; fortunately, there is a short explanation at the end of the book on how to compose one." —Tricycle: The Buddhist Review "Colorful and whimsical... If you’re looking for a book to get a child interested in nature, haiku, or travel, you should give this one a look." — the !n(tro)verted yogi "Nothing short of breathtaking... Basho's Haiku Journeys is a must-purchase for children’s librarians, language arts teachers, and parents and guardians who want their children to be curious and creative citizens of the world." — The Voracious Bibliophile "The centuries vanish as readers turn the pages on a luminous journey through 17th century Japan. There they meet the most famous haiku poet of all and discover the vibrant beauty of the natural world. Children will be writing haiku of their own--and parents, too--as they follow the famous sage." —Clark Strand, Author of Seeds From a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey and haiku columnist for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review "Haiku is an exquisite poetic art form from Japan, rich in nature’s imagery and layered in life’s discoveries. Poet and author Freeman Ng has turned his love for writing haiku into a beautiful picture book biography about Matsuo Basho, Japan’s most famous poet of haiku. Written in Ng’s inviting haiku style and colorfully illustrated by Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem, Basho’s Haiku Journeys will entrance young readers. No doubt, these young readers will want to start writing haiku themselves!" —Caren Stelson, author of Sachiko: A Nagasaki Bomb Survivor’s Story and A Bowl Full of Peace "Through Freeman Ng's inspired haiku and Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem's dreamlike, poetic paintings, we learn about Basho's solitary pilgrimage and his quest to be one with nature. Young readers will gain a sense of 17th century Japan and its geography, and come to know one of Japan's finest poets. What a wonderful companion Basho's Haiku Journeys will be to a collection of his poetry!" —Tracy Gallup, illustrator of My First Book of Haiku Poems "From encouraging reflection — “The oddest feeling/swirled around him like the wind/Was it happiness?” to eliciting chuckles — “A rose of Sharon/that blooms for only one day/of its short, sweet Spring./” is followed by “In all its glory/at one moment. In the next,/devoured by his horse!”—Ng’s haiku will inspire young poets." —Sally M. Walker, author of Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh and Earth Verse: Haiku From the Ground Up Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Freeman Ng Freeman Ng is a former Google software engineer turned haiku poet and writer. Learn More Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem Cassandra Rockwood Ghanem is a San Francisco Bay Area-based poet and illustrator. Learn More

The complete version of the travel writing classic with photography by Yoichi Midorikawa. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog The Inland Sea Author Donald Richie A timeless travel-writing classic that inspired the film, with photography by Yoichi Midorikawa. In this acclaimed travel memoir, Donald Richie paints a memorable portrait of the island-studded Inland Sea. His existential ruminations on food, culture, and love and his brilliant descriptions of life and landscape are a window into an Old Japan that has now nearly vanished. The book that cemented Donald Richie's reputation as a master of observation. With lucid prose, Richie searches for the heart of Japan among the waters sheltered between Japan's major islands. Included are the twenty black and white photographs by Yoichi Midorikawa that accompanied the original 1971 edition. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 10/20/15 PISBN PRICE 9781611720242 $22.95 GENRE Travel EISBN PRICE 9781611729160 $9.95 DIMENSIONS 6 x 9" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 320 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "The Inland Sea still gleams with the freshness of discovery. Years ago it was often called one of the great travel books, and so it seems today." —The National Post "A welcome reissue of the book Richie published in 1971, which has been celebrated as a classic in travel literature." —Thomas BeVier, Foreword Reviews Winter 2016 Issue "It is a wonderful reminder of the joys of taking oneself out of one’s usual element, of the comfort of strangers, of drifting without fixed destination, and of those fleetingly satori moments of mindful self-awareness that snatch the solitary traveller." —Jasper Sharp, All The Anime "Richie’s book, on its surface a travel account, is a beautiful reflection on all things Japanese by one of the country’s most acute observers. Anyone with an interest in Japan would enjoy this book, and those lucky enough to be on a voyage through the Inland Sea even more so." —Longitude "A legendary book in the Japan field. The newest edition by Stone Bridge Press deserves a place of honor In your bookshelf—and in your mind." —Alexis Agliano Sanborn, JQ Magazine Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Donald Richie Well known for his instrumental role in introducing Japanese film to the West and for his travel memoir The Inland Sea , which was adapted into a popular PBS documentary. Learn More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Michael Brase A longtime editor at Kodansha International and now freelance translator, Michael Brase counts among his translations The Manga Biography of Kenji Miyazawa, The Culture of Japan as a New Global Value , and The Building of Horyu-ji. His miscellaneous writings and translations can be seen on Facebook at Japan & Stuff Press. Titles by Author Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun Homare Endo An unforgettable memoir of the horrors suffered by a Japanese family trapped in Changchun, China, at the end of WW2. Read More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Robert Whiting Robert Whiting is a journalist and author who has lived in Tokyo on and off for more than half a century. One of only a few Western writers to have a regular newspaper column in Japanese, he is the author of several highly successful books on Japan including the best-selling You Gotta Have Wa (on baseball in Japan) and Tokyo Underworld (currently under option to Legendary Global). Topics he has written on include sports, Tokyo nightlife, and crime. http://www.robertwhiting.com Titles by Author Tokyo Junkie Robert Whiting 60 years of observation: an American journalist’s memoir about Tokyo’s modern urban transformation, its criminal underworld and, oh yes, baseball. Read More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Brian Szepkouski Brian Szepkouski is president of Szepko International Inc., a consulting firm whose mission is developing individual and organizational effectiveness. He provides expertise in cross-cultural communications, international executive development, and strategic planning for global business expansion. In addition to training and consulting, he is a certified executive and life coach focusing on long-term excellence in global leadership. He has a M.A. in Human Resource Development and has worked as a PR executive for both Japanese and American corporations, including Tiffany & Company. Brian lived in Japan six years, studying at both Waseda University and Tokyo University Graduate School as a Rotary Ambassadorial scholar, and teaching English at a private high school in northern Japan. http://szepko-intl.com/about_us.html Titles by Author Business Passport to Japan Sue Shinomiya & Brian Szepkouski A fresh, interactive approach to working in 21st-century Japan, filled with insight and examples. Read More

An affordable version of the classic 1906 essay on tea drinking and aesthetics. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog The Book of Tea Author Kakuzo Okakura A classic essay at the intersection of art, philosophy, and tea. Kakuzo Okakuzo was a fascinating intellectual of Japan's Meiji period. He was bilingual in English and Japanese from an early age and spent his career bridging the gap between the two cultures. Originally written in English and addressed to the Western world, The Book of Tea introduced readers to "Teaism"—the practice of drinking tea and its relationship to religion, aesthetics, and ethics. But Okakuzo goes further, issuing a corrective to the West's orientalist caricature of Japan and the "East." A fascinating document of history and philosophy rumored to have inspired Heidegger's Being and Time. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 4/1/07 PISBN PRICE 9781933330174 $9.95 GENRE Essays EISBN PRICE 9780893469672 $2.95 DIMENSIONS 5.3 x 7.5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 128 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Kakuzo Okakura Was a Japanese scholar who contributed to the development of arts in Japan. Outside Japan, he is chiefly remembered today as the author of The Book of Tea. Learn More

In its day the most popular book on the culture and history of then-mysterious Japan. SBP 2023-2024 Catalog The Mikado's Empire A History of Japan from the Age of Gods to the Meiji Era (660 BC - AD 1872) (Out of Print) Author William Elliot Griffis One of the earliest and most significant accounts of Japanese history for Western audiences. In its day the most popular book on the—at that time—poorly understood nation of Japan. William Elliot Griffis experienced Japan first hand as an educator and advisor, arriving as early as 1871. He published this volume less than 10 years after the turbulent end of feudalism, covering an impressive span of history from 660 BC to the Meiji Restoration of 1868. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 2/2/07 PISBN PRICE 9781933330181 NA GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE 9780893469665 $14.95 DIMENSIONS 5.2 x 7.5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 512 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) William Elliot Griffis An American orientalist, Congregational minister, lecturer, and prolific author. He was an English and Latin language tutor for Tarō Kusakabe, a young samurai from the province of Echizen (part of modern Fukui). Learn More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Ko Shinjo Ko Shinjo was born in Tokyo in 1983. He made his debut in 2012 with Narrow House , which won the 36th Subaru Literature Award. In 2020, Shinjo’s book Jimenshitachi --which has been adapted into Netflix’s live-action Tokyo Swindlers --was nominated for the 23rd Haruhiko Oyabu Prize. Titles by Author Tokyo Swindlers Ko Shinjo, translated by Charles De Wolf A contemporary Japanese crime thriller unravels an intricate web of deception and greed, inspired by recent land-fraud scandals. Read More