The Japan Society Review

(The Image of England in the Edo Period: London Bridge and London Clocks) By Timon Screech, translated by Kazuhiro Murayama Kodansha, Tokyo, 2006, 254 pages, ISBN 4-06-258352-6 Review by Sean Curtin

By Ruth Martin Global Oriental, 2007, 162 pages including index bibliography and endnotes, ISBN 978-1-905246-43-4, £45. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Justin Kerr-Smiley Reportage Press, 2007, 243 Pages, ISBN13: 9780955572937 (Hardback), £16.99p Preview by J. Sean Curtin

By Ikuhiko Hata, edited by Marius B.Jansen ISBN 978-1-905246-35-9, pages 272 including notes and index, Global Oriental, 2007. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Takashi Uesugi Soshisha, November 2006, 286 pages, 1500 yen Review by Fumiko Halloran

By Miki Fujita BookSurge Publishing, 2006, 268 pages, ISBN: 1419614274 Review by J. Sean Curtin

This book “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman” is a collection of twenty-six short stories from the surreal to the mundane, some of which he wrote while staying at a U.S. university after the publication of “Norwegian Wood”.

By Yumi Yamaguchi and Arthur Tanaka Kodansha International, 2007, 176 pages, over 200 colour plates from 40 artists, ISBN 10: 4770030312, ISBN 13: 9784770030313, price £20. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Michael Cooper An absorbing account of the first Japanese visitors to Europe. Three Christian daimyo (of Bungo, Arima and Omura) sent young men as representatives, who toured Portugal, Spain and Italy.

Reviews by Sir Hugh Cortazzi - Stephen Turnbull has made quite a corner for himself in writing about the samurai, their life and weapons. Altogether this is a collection of booklets which will be valuable to the student of Japanese military history.