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The Crimson Labyrinth – $225
From a rising new star of horror comes a killer read that will make you lose track of time and reality. The Crimson Labyrinth is a wicked satire on extremist reality TV in the tradition of The...
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Hyperart: Thomasson – $275
In the 1970s, estranged from the institutions and practices of high art, avant-garde artist and award-winning novelist Genpei Akasegawa launched an open-ended, participatory project to search the...
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Rinko Kawauchi: Illuminance – $2,195
In 2001, Rinko Kawauchi launched her career with the simultaneous publication of three astonishing photobooks–Utatane, Hanabi and Hanako–firmly establishing herself as one of the most innovative...
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Journey to a War – $445
Record of a journey from Hong Kong to Shanghai, made by Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden between February and June, 1938. The writers had been commissioned by their publisher to write a travel...
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Ways of Forgetting, Ways of Remembering: Japan in the Modern World – $325
Remembering and reconstructing the past inevitably involves forgetting—and nowhere more so than in the complex relationship between the United States and Japan since the end of World War II. In this...
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The Tale of the Heike – $595
A masterpiece of world literature; the samurai saga of pride, romance, and warfare of medieval Japan With a reflection on the fleeting nature of power and glory begins The Tale of the Heike, an epic...
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The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming – $265
Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems...
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Ayako – $350
Long considered as one of Osamu Tezuka’s most political narratives, Ayako is also considered to be one of his most challenging as it defies the conventions of his manga by utilizing a completely...
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The Sound of Waves – $225
Set in a remote fishing village in Japan, The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love. A young fisherman is entranced at the sight of the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the...
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Tattoo in Japan: Traditional and Modern Styles – $2,035
An immense, opulently illustrated volume about the high art of tattooing in Japan. The art of creating long-lasting body decorations has an age-old tradition in Japan. Many parallels can be drawn...
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The Bento Bestiary – $285
In the eighteenth century, Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien depicted each spirit of the Yokai tradition, an ancient race of demons whose descendants, Godzilla and Mothra, would later terrorize the...
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Japanese Popular Music: Culture, Authenticity and Power – $645
Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music, exploring its historical development,...
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Kuroneko (Criterion Collection) – $460
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to...
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Crow With No Mouth : Ikkyu : Fifteenth Century Zen Master – $230
When Zen master Ikkyu Sojun (1394-1481) was appointed headmaster of the great temple at Kyoto, he lasted nine days before denouncing the rampant hypocrisy he saw among the monks there. He in turn...
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Black Jack, Vol. 1 - $285
Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license...
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The Book of Five Rings - $275
This graphic novel version of The Book of Five Rings, the iconic book of confrontation and victory by the famed seventeenth-century duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi, illuminates this...
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NonNonBa – $395
NonNonBa The first English translation of Mizuki’s best-loved work NonNonBa is the definitive work by acclaimed Gekiga-ka Shigeru Mizuki, a poetic memoir detailing his interest in yokai (spirit...
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New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters (Japan Society Series) – $395
While woven bamboo containers have been common in Asia for thousands of years, it is only in the past 150 years that basketry has become widely regarded as an art form. This stunning book celebrates...
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Season of Infidelity: BDSM Tales from the Classic Master – $275
This collection of four stories by Japan’s number one writer of erotic fiction, Oniroku Dan, will bring a smile to the face of even the most seasoned veteran of shock with its magisterial description...
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The Spirit of Aikido – $295
Discusses the philosophy of this martial art, describes aikido’s basic movements, and demonstrates specific strike techniques. KISSHOMARU UESHIBA: the second Aikido Doshu (the person who embodies the...
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