The Story of the Last Chrysanthemums (1939)
Movie
In late 19th century Japan, the adopted son of a renowned Kabuki actor takes on female stage roles...
Zangiku monogatari Meiji period Kikunosuke Onoue Kiku Fukusuke Nakamura Fuku
Earth (Tsuchi) (1939)
Movie
The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed....
Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914: Engineering Triumphs That Transformed Meiji-Era Japan
Book
Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan...
The Silver Spoon: Memoir of a Boyhood in Japan
Book
Perhaps the most admired childhood memoir ever written in Japan, The Silver Spoon is a sharp...
The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo
Book
Yijiang Zhong analyses the formation of Shinto as a complex and diverse religious tradition in early...
Kendo: Culture of the Sword
Book
Kendo is the first in-depth historical, cultural, and political account in English of the Japanese...