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SBP 2023-2024 Catalog A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors From the Silent Era to the Present Day Author Alexander Jacoby A comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Japanese film. This important work fills the need for a reasonably priced yet comprehensive volume on major directors in the history of Japanese film. With clear insight and without academic jargon, Jacoby examines the works of over 150 filmmakers to uncover what makes their films worth watching. Included are artistic profiles of everyone from Yutaka Abe to Isao Yukisada, including masters like Kinji Fukasaku, Juzo Itami, Akira Kurosawa, Takashi Miike, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, and Yoji Yamada. Each entry includes a critical summary and filmography, making this book an essential reference and guide. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 10/1/08 PISBN PRICE 9781933330532 $39.95 GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE 9781611725315 $14.99 DIMENSIONS 6.1 x 9.1" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 432 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) Alexander Jacoby A lecturer in Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University, UK where he teaches contemporary Japanese cinema, has had a number of articles published on world cinema, with a particular emphasis on Japanese film. Learn More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Christian Tschumi Christian Tschumi grew up in Zürich, Switzerland, and became a licensed landscape gardener in 1988. He received his first degree in landscape architecture from the Hochschule Rapperswil in 1993. After starting his own landscape architecture practice in 1995, he was also invited as a visiting lecturer to the Fachhochschule Anhalt in Bernburg, Germany. In 1997 he pursued a master's degree in landscape architecture at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, and later worked at Peter Walker and Partners in Berkeley. In April 2000 he moved to Kyoto, Japan, and started research on the modernization of the Japanese garden. Christian Tschumi was a fellow at Dumbarton Oaks in 2004/05, and now practices and teaches in Zürich. Titles by Author Mirei Shigemori Christian Tshumi Mirei Shigemori, a historian trained in painting and ikebana, is increasingly admired for his contemporary Japanese garden designs. Read More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog A Thousand Cranes Origami Projects for Peace and Happiness Author Florence Temko THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT Making a strand of one thousand origami cranes has become an international movement for peace, happiness, and health. This book is an update of the Heian classic, with new photographs and projects, plus forty-eight tear-out sheets of colorful chiyogami to get you started. Included is the story of Sadako in Hiroshima and suggestions for how cranes can be used at schools and hospitals, as wedding gifts, and by people everywhere to demonstrate their commitment to world peace. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 8/16/11 PISBN PRICE 9780893469993 $12.00 GENRE Craft Books EISBN PRICE NA NA DIMENSIONS 6.8 x 7.4" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 120 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) Florence Temko Was the most prolific author on origami in the English language and a pioneer in spreading the art in the United States. She was the creator of more than 250 original origami designs and traveled in 31 countries where she met with many local artists and artisans. Learn 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

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Off the Beaten Tracks in Japan A Journey by Train from Hokkaido to Kyushu Author John Dougill 2023 Foreword Indies Awards Finalist Observations on the people, culture, and history of Japan from a long-time resident riding the rails along the less-traveled western coastline. This journey the length of Japan takes the reader off the beaten tracks to explore some of the country's remoter regions along the Japan Sea—from Wakkanai in northern Hokkaido to Ibusuki in southern Kyushu—in a fascinating mix of travelogue, anecdote, and personal memoir. At each of the thirty stops along the journey the author, who has lived in Japan for thirty years, goes in quest of the spirit of place, determined to highlight what makes it special. Mixing comments on landscape and culture, the author was inspired by Alan Booth and Donald Richie and brings a contemporary perspective to his writing. The text provides some practical information on travel by rail and railway lines, but goes into far more depth and personal observation than a conventional guidebook for tourists. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 11/07/2023 PISBN PRICE 9781611720822 $19.95 GENRE Travel EISBN PRICE 9781611729634 $9.95 DIMENSIONS 9 x 6" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 264 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "John Dougill's honest observations and deeply personal style leave a lasting impression." —Nikkei Asia "Dougill takes delight in every aspect of Japan, from the fish and pickles he has for dinner, to a weird conversation with a stranger that takes a surprise turn. I know of no Japan journey that is so full of joy as this one." —Alex Kerr, author of Lost Japan and Another Kyoto "Skillfully combining history, culture, food, society, literature, and old-fashioned observation, Dougill educates as well as entertains, soothing the restless spirit of the traveler who is determined to visit every place they read or hear about." —Rebecca Otowa, author of At Home in Japan "Erudite and deftly constructed, Dougill offers an original point of view and a sense of literary composition yoked with a deep knowledge of the country and culture." —Stephen Mansfield, author of Tokyo: A Biography Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) John Dougill John Dougill has lived in Japan since 1994 and is the author of several books about the country. Learn More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Tomoko Aoyama Associate Professor Tomoko Aoyama's research interests include modern and contemporary Japanese literature (anti-naturalist movement circa 1910, parody, Russo-Japanese War literature, literary daughters, food in literature) and Japanese girls' manga. Her current research project concerns older women's humour in contemporary Japanese literature, film and theatre. She has published an award winning monograph on food and eating in modern/contemporary Japanese literature (including cannibalism, gastronomic novel, food diaries, and food and gender) and a number of journal articles and book chapters on modern and contemporary Japanese literature and girls' manga. She has also co-edited two books, and guest edited special issues of Asian Studies Review, Japanese Studies, and US-Japan Women's Journal. She has been active in literary and scholarly translations in conjunction with various research projects. She is on the Japanese Studies (Japanese Studies Association of Australia) editorial advisory board. Titles by Author Oh, Tama! Mieko Kanai A deeply eccentric novel about lives and connections—and a cat of course—in 1980s Tokyo: witty, offbeat, and strangely profound. Read More

Stone Bridge Press Authors Ernest F. Fenollosa From his wikipedia page: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (February 18, 1853 – September 21, 1908) was an American art historian of Japanese art, professor of philosophy and political economy at Tokyo Imperial University. An educator who helped introduce Westerners to traditional Japanese art forms. An important educator during the modernization of Japan during the Meiji Era, Fenollosa was an enthusiastic Orientalist who did much to preserve traditional Japanese art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Fenollosa Titles by Author Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art Ernest F. Fenollosa Two volumes of the essential and definitive survey of Chinese and Japanese art in one book. Read More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog A Bridge of Words Views across America and Japan Author/Translator Hiroaki Sato Prolific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry Hiroaki Sato recorded his thoughts on American society in mainly two columns across 30-plus years, collected here for the first time. This anthology of over 60 of Sato’s commentaries reflect the writer’s wide-ranging erudition and his unsentimental views of both his native Japan and his adopted American homeland. Broadly he looks at the Pacific War and its aftermath and at war (and our love of it) in general, at the quirks and curiosities of the natural world exhibited by birds and other creatures, at friends and mentors who surprised and inspired, and finally at other writers and their works, many of them familiar—the Beats and John Ashbery, for example, and Mishima—but many others whose introduction is welcome. Sato is neither cheerleader nor angry expatriate. Remarkably clear-eyed and engaged with American culture, he is in the business of critical appraisal and translation, of taking words seriously, and of observing how well others write and speak to convey their own truths and ambitions. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 10/25/22 PISBN PRICE 9781611720785 $24.95 GENRE Essays EISBN PRICE 9781611729580 $10.95 DIMENSIONS 5.5 x 8" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 324 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "Japan Times and Mainichi Daily News columnist, Hiroaki Sato, has left us with a thought provoking, educational and entertaining anthology of his columns, ranging from 1984 to 2017." —Paul de Vries, Japan Forward "These pieces, most of which appeared originally as columns in the Mainichi Daily News and the Japan Times, have a conversational informality that allows for unexpected digressions and interjections. “I am prejudiced against golfing courses and golf courses,” he announces, and explains why. He quotes a scientist’s argument for limiting wild geese populations— “When you see geese, they’re eating or they’re defecating”— and immediately responds: “Isn’t that what we human beings do as well, too well?” The back and forth is continual, and continually energizing." —Geoffrey O’Brien Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Hiroaki Sato A prolific, award-winning translator of classical and modern Japanese poetry into English. American poet Gary Snyder has called Sato "perhaps the finest translator of contemporary Japanese poetry into American English." Learn More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog The Astro Boy Essays Osamu Tezuka, Mighty Atom, and the Manga/Anime Revolution Author/Translator Frederik L. Schodt A tribute to Japan's God of Manga by his long-time American friend and translator. Includes rare, full-color, original Astro Boy Astro Boy art! The pioneering genius of Japan's "God of Comics," Osamu Tezuka (1928-89) is examined through his life's masterwork: Tetsuwan Atomu, also known as Mighty Atom, or Astro Boy , a comic series featuring a cute little android who yearns to be more human. The history of Tetsuwan Atomu and Tezuka's role in it is a road map to understanding the development of new media in Japan and the United States. Topics include Tezuka's life, the art of animation, the connection between fantasy robots and technology, spin-offs, and Astro Boy 's cultural impact. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 7/1/07 PISBN PRICE 9781933330549 $16.95 GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE 9781611725162 $9.99 DIMENSIONS 5.4 x 7.9" 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) Frederik L. Schodt Fluent in spoken and written Japanese, is an author and translator of impressive breadth. He has written extensively on Japanese manga, as well as on pop culture, technology, and history. Learn More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things Author Lafcadio Hearn Twenty unusual tales from Japan collected by one of the greatest writers on the country. A miscellany of ghost stories, odd tales, and curious observations by a master storyteller who penetrated Japan more deeply than any other Westerner. Lafcadio Hearn captures the folk spirit and quaint “exoticism” of a land thought at the time to be both mysterious and sinister. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 4/1/07 PISBN PRICE NA NA GENRE Fiction EISBN PRICE 9780893469641 $2.95 DIMENSIONS 5.3 x 7.5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 142 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) Lafcadio Hearn A writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Learn More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog A Practical Guide to Living in Japan Everything You Need to Know to Successfully Settle In Author Jarrell D. Sieff THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT Here’s just what you need to know and do to happily establish yourself in Japan. You’ll get the facts on banking, immigration, and insurance, plus daily-life tips on renting an apartment, hooking up utilities, figuring out transportation, and shopping for furniture. You’ll also get insider advice on how to find a job, learn Japanese, and make new friends, as well as basic information on etiquette and customs, so important in Japan. Packed with strategies, charts, and simple how-to instructions, this is the single best book to buy before you make your move to the Land of the Rising Sun. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 1/1/03 PISBN PRICE 9781880656501 NA GENRE Nonfiction EISBN PRICE NA NA DIMENSIONS 6 x 9" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 256 AUDIOBOOK ISBN PRICE NA NA Praise "A Practical Guide to Living in Japan by travel expert Jarrell D. Sieff is a definitive, ‘user friendly’ guide...a highly recommended resource that will save the traveler, business man or student an immeasurably valuable amount of time, expense, anxiety, confusion, and hassle." —Midwest Book Review Video Book Photos Retail Outlets Books sold at E-Books sold at Audiobooks sold at About the Author(s) Jarrell D. Sieff Has lived in every kind of Japanese residence and community and travels regularly to Japan for his San Francisco-based import/export business. Learn More

SBP 2023-2024 Catalog Little Adventures in Tokyo 39 Thrills for the Urban Explorer Author Rick Kennedy THIS TITLE IS OUT OF PRINT From the old traditions to the trendy and bizarre, here is a discovery guide to the singular delights of Tokyo and a whole new way of having fun in Japan. Wander the streets of the Old City, learn the secrets of pachinko, discover hidden cafes and jazz bars, meditate in a Zen temple. Cross indexed by location and duration. Preview Goodreads Details PUBLISH DATE 6/10/98 PISBN PRICE 9781880656341 NA GENRE Travel EISBN PRICE 9781611725230 NA DIMENSIONS 5.5 x 8.5" HARDCOVER ISBN PRICE NA NA # OF PAGES 176 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) Rick Kennedy Erudite and energetic, who hosts the web site Tokyo Q, has lived in Tokyo for over 20 years and is a popular commentator on Tokyo city life and food. Learn More