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A History of Japanese Political Thought, 1600-1901By Watanabe Hiroshi Students of Japanese history, philosophy and politics will find this book of outstanding value. It is clear, well-constructed and informative. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Tales of TonoBy Daido Moriyama Published to coincide with a joint Daido Moriyama + William Klein photo retrospective at the Tate Modern art gallery in London, this is the first time Tales of Tono has [...] Review by Timothy Holm
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Aesthetic Strategies of the Floating WorldBy Alfred Haft Alfred Haft works at the British Museum as a project curator. This book is based on his Ph.D thesis and inevitably is more likely to be of interest to the specialist art historian than [...] Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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World Film Locations: TokyoEdited by Chris MaGee For any fan of Japanese cinema, and with time to spare in Tokyo, this book is a must as it charts a journey of eighty years of movies being filmed in [...] Review by Michael Sullivan
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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Volume VIIICompiled & Edited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi As in the previous editions, the individuals profiled cover a broad spectrum of professions, in this particular volume ranging from the art world to [...] Review by Sean Curtin
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Holme, Ringer & Company, The Rise and Fall of a British Enterprise in Japan 1868-1940By Brian Burke-Gaffney The dominant British firm in Nagasaki in the Meiji period was Holme, Ringer & Company which was controlled by Frederick Ringer (1838-1907). Burke-Gaffney in this book tells the story of [...] Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Hard Times in the Hometown, A History of Community Survival in Modern JapanBy Martin Dusinberre Martin Dusinberre first went to Kaminoseki as an English language teacher. He found the town of great interest and returned there to undertake sociological research. In this well researched book he traces the [...] Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Memoires of Japan, 1946 (A People Bowed But Not Broken)By Bernard T. Smith Bernard Smith describes in this memoir his life as an RAF officer on the staff of the British Commonwealth Air Force (BCAIR) Headquarters at Iwakuni in 1946. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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Japoniæ insulæ, The mapping of Japan: Historical Introduction and Cartobibliograhy of European MapsBy Jason C. Hubbard Jason Hubbard has identified 125 main maps of Japan and includes illustrations of every one. He also lists their subsequent issues and notes any alterations made. Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi
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All the Emperor’s MenBy Hiroshi Tasogawa During the two years of Kurosawa’s involvement in Tora Tora Tora Tasogawa worked as an interpreter for Kurosawa. In this book he details the events of those years and attempts to [...] Review by Michael Sullivan