1 February 2012
by Giles Milton, Hodder and Stoughton, 2003, 399 pages, £7.99, ISBN 0340794682 Review by Michael Sullivan Using extensive research of letters and other documents of the seventeenth century, this book tells the fascinating story of the first Englishman and the first English factory in Japan. In 1620 William Adams, otherwise known as Miura Anjin [三浦按針], [...]
1 July 2009
By Kiyonori Kanasaka and others
Teikoku Shoin Co. Ltd, Tokyo 2009, 152 pages including index, copiously illustrated with colour photographs and maps. ISBN 978-4-8071-5844-7, (available in the UK from JP-Books (JPT Europe Ltd.) 14-20 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4PH or bookstores in Japan) ￡29.80/￥1,995
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
1 July 2009
By Hidehiko Mizuno, Kayu Mizuno and Yasutaka Ogawa, Kodansha International, 2009, 104 pages, ISBN: 9784770030931
Review by Helen McCarthy
1 January 2009
By Andrew Cobbing
Global Oriental, 2009, 240 pages. Hardback, £55.00. ISBN-13: 978-1905246182. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
1 December 2008
By Asa Nonami
Bungei Shunju, June 2008, 206 pages. ISBN 13: 978-4163701400. Paperback ¥1400
Review by Mikihiro Maeda
1 October 2008
By Paul Kabrna
Craven and Pendle Geological Society, 2007, 120 pages, paperback £6.50, (Special offer price to Japan Society members, just £5.00 including p & p. E-mail paul_kabrna@msn.com), ISBN 978-0-9555289-0-3
Review by Paul Wignall
1 April 2008
By John Roderick
Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2008, 255 pages, many black and white illustrations.Hardback £14.99. ISBN – 13: 978-1-56898-731-6
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
1 December 2007
By Eric Talmadge
Kodansha Europe Ltd (Japan), 2006, 272 pages (Hardback), ISBN: 9784770030207
Review by William Farr
1 June 2007
By Herbert Plutschow
Global Oriental, 2006, pp 347 including bibliography, glossary and index,ISBN 1-901903-23-0 and 978-1-901903-23-2.
Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
1 January 2005
By Louis Frederic (Translated by Kathe Roth)
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002, (one volume), ISBN 0-674-00770-0, 1,102 pages, (£41.50)
Review by Susan House Wade
