The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan By Yasushi Inoue

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Title	:	The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan
Author	:	Yasushi Inoue
ISBN	:	0804837015
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	210

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The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan presents an accurate portrait of this era in Japanese history Originally published in Japanese in 1959, this classic novel by Yasushi Inoue takes place during the Japanese Warring Era 1467 1573 a time when a fractured Japan was ruled by three young powerful warlords Takeda Shingen, Iwagawa Yoshimoto and Hojo Ujiyasu The story focuses The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan presents an accurate portrait of this era in Japanese history Originally published in Japan...

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Naomi By Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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Title	:	Naomi
Author	:	Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
ISBN	:	0375724745
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	237

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Junichiro Tanizaki s Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation s cultural confusion When twenty eight year old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance Determined to transform her into the perfect wife and to whisk her away from the seamy unde Junichiro Tanizaki s Naomi is both a hilarious story of one man s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation s cultura...

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Kinshu By Teru Miyamoto

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Title	:	Kinshu
Author	:	Teru Miyamoto
ISBN	:	0811216756
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	208

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Life, death, karma these interwoven themes form the heart of this lyrical novel in letters, Kinshu Autumn Brocade, the first work to be published in the U.S by Teru Miyamoto, one of Japan s most popular literary writers.The word kinshu has many connotations in Japanese brocade, poetic writing, the brilliance of autumn leaves and resonates here as a vibrant metaphor for t Life, death, karma these interwoven themes form the heart of this lyrical novel in letters, Kinshu Autumn Brocade, the first w...

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Wonderful Fool By Shūsaku Endō

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Title	:	Wonderful Fool
Author	:	Shūsaku Endō
ISBN	:	072061080X
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	237

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Here we meet the gentle, self sacrificing French youth, Gaston Bonaparte, a descendent of Napoleon His trusting love of both people and animals makes all who meet him change their lives for the better Gaston s adventures in modern Japan are presented as a kind of fable, yet, with complete realism and keen social satire A Peter Owen Modern Classics....

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Japanese Gothic Tales By Kyōka Izumi

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Title	:	Japanese Gothic Tales
Author	:	Kyōka Izumi
ISBN	:	0824817893
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	214

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The four stories presented here are among Kyoka s best known works....

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Twinkle Twinkle By Kaori Ekuni

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Title	:	Twinkle Twinkle
Author	:	Kaori Ekuni
ISBN	:	1932234012
Format	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	170

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They got married ten days ago They haven t had sex yet and they don t intend to As it turned out, the only way to make their parents get off their backs about trying to find someone was actually finding someone with whom to put marriage for show Mutsuki is strictly gay and has a boyfriend, while Shoko is a clinical case of emotional instability who s in no shape for They got married ten days ago They haven t had sex yet and they don t intend to As it turned out, the only way to make their parents get off ...

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Rashomon and Seventeen other Stories By Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Title	:	Rashomon and Seventeen other Stories
Author	:	Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
ISBN	:	0143039849
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	268

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This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master s stories, from the source for the movie Rashomon to his later, autobiographical writings.Ry nosuke Akutagawa 1892 1927 is one of Japan s foremost stylists a modernist master whose short stories are marked by highly original imagery, cynicism, beauty and wild humour Rash mon and In a B This collection features a brilliant new translation of the Japanese master s stories, from the source for the movie Rashomon<...

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Forbidden Colors By Yukio Mishima

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Title	:	Forbidden Colors
Author	:	Yukio Mishima
ISBN	:	0375705163
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	403

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From one of Japan s greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that distills beauty, longing, and loathing into an intoxicating poisoned cocktail An aging, embittered novelist sets out to avenge himself on the women who have betrayed him He finds the perfect instrument in Yuichi, a young man whose beauty m From one of Japan s greatest modern writers comes an exquisitely disturbing novel of sexual combat and concealed passion, a work that di...

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The Sea and Poison By Shūsaku Endō

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Title	:	The Sea and Poison
Author	:	Shūsaku Endō
ISBN	:	0811211983
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	167

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At the outset of this powerful story we find a Doctor Suguro in a backwater of modern day Tokyo practicing expert medicine in a dingy office He is haunted by his past experience and it is that past which the novel unfolds....

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Diary of a Mad Old Man By Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

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Title	:	Diary of a Mad Old Man
Author	:	Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
ISBN	:	0679730249
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	192

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Diary of a Mad Old Man is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy seven year old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke He discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter in law Satsuko, a chic, flashy dancer with a shady past Pitiful and ridiculous as he is, Utsugi is wi Diary of a Mad Old Man is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy seven year old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke ...

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The Life of an Amorous Man By Saikaku Ihara

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Title	:	The Life of an Amorous Man
Author	:	Saikaku Ihara
ISBN	:	0804810699
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	233

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First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy commoners could rise above the warrior caste and indulge in the free and easy life of Japan s pleasure houses The hero, Yonosuke, whose name means Man of the World , is followed from his precocious childhood to the close of his amatory care First published in 1682, The Life of an Amorous Man depicts the pursuits and follies of the most glorious age of Japan, when wealthy com...

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Beyond the Curve By Kōbō Abe

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Title	:	Beyond the Curve
Author	:	Kōbō Abe
ISBN	:	4770016905
Format	:	Paperback
Number of Pages	:	248

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Abe s best short works to date are presented here in this well crafted collection of fiction which explores many of modern man s dilemmas in an insightful, yet highly surrealistic style Called by The New York Times, The best Japanese novelist since Mishima and Kawabata , Abe is one of the most highly regarded writers in Japan today....

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