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  • The Kojiki

    An Account of Ancient Matters

    Translated by Gustav Heldt ...
    by no Yasumaro Ō ...
    Series series Translations from the Asian Classics
    Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that have helped to shape the modern nation's views of its ancient past. Gustav Heldt's engaging new translation of this revered classic aims to make the Kojiki accessible to contemporary readers while ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

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  • The Gateless Gate

    The Classic Book of Zen Koans

    by Koun Yamada ...
    In The Gateless Gate, one of modern Zen Buddhism's uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan, one of Zen's greatest collections of teaching stories. This translation was compiled with the Western reader in mind, and includes Koan Yamada's clear and penetrating comments on each case. Yamada played a seminal role in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West from Japan, going ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • The Art of Haiku

    Its History through Poems and Paintings by Japanese Masters

    by Stephen Addiss ...
    In the past hundred years, haiku has gone far beyond its Japanese origins to become a worldwide phenomenon—with the classic poetic form growing and evolving as it has adapted to the needs of the whole range of languages and cultures that have embraced it. This proliferation of the joy of haiku is cause for celebration—but it can also compel us to go back to the beginning: to look at haiku’s ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The white shadow

    Portrait of the artist as a young rascal

    by Saneh Sangsuk ...
    The scandalous 1994 Thai novel hailed as a world-class masterpiece ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Drinking the Mountain Stream

    Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa

    by Jetsun Milarepa ...
    Translated by Lama Kunga Rinpoche, Brian Cutillo ...
    Jetsun Milarepa, Tibet's renowned and beloved saint, is known for his penetrating insights, wry sense of humor, and ability to render any lesson into spontaneous song. His songs and poems exhibit the bold, inspirational leader as he guided followers along the Buddhist path.More than any other collection of his stories and songs, Drinking the Mountain Stream reveals Milarepa's humor and wisdom. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • River of Fire and Other Stories

    Translated by Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton ...
    by Chŏnghŭi O ...
    Series series Weatherhead Books on Asia
    O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf.These nine stories range from O Chonghui's first ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • AlliterAsian

    Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine

    by Allan Cho, Julia Lin ...
    Allan Cho: Allan Cho works as an academic librarian at the University of British Columbia. His writing has appeared in Ricepaper, The Georgia Straight, and Diverse.Julia Lin: Julia Lin is the author of Miah, the first book-length work of Taiwanese-Canadian literary fiction ever published.Jim Wong-Chu: Jim Wong-Chu is a writer, historian, and editor. He is a founding member of the Asian Canadian ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Literary Creations on the Road

    Women's Travel Diaries in Early Modern Japan

    by Motoko Ezaki, Keiko Shiba ...
    Keiko Shiba, a noted researcher in early modern Japanese history, has spent years collecting hundreds of travel diaries written by women during the reign of the Tokugawa shogunate (17th through mid-19th centuries). The fruit of her research, originally published in Japanese, is now available in an English translation by Motoko Ezaki, with notes provided for general English readers. Shiba ... Read more

    $36.49 USD

  • Salad Anniversary

    by Machi Tawara ...
    Translated by Julie Winters Carpenter ...
    Series series Pushkin Collection
    Machi Tawara's first book of poems, The Anniversary of the Salad combines the classical 'tanka' form with the subject of a modern love affair. It became a sensation, selling over 2 million copies - and the 'salad phenomenon' in Japanese culture was comparable to the 'bananamania' that followed publication of the first novel by Tawara's contemporary Banana Yoshimoto. Contains 15 poems:'August ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Only Companion

    Japanese Poems of Love and Longing

    Series series Shambhala Centaur Editions
    Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the 150 poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan’s poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures a sense of the poignant beauty and longing known only in the fleeting experience of the moment. The translator has selected these five-line tanka ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Translation in Modern Japan

    Edited by Indra Levy ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Japan Series
    The role of translation in the formation of modern Japanese identities has become one of the most exciting new fields of inquiry in Japanese studies. This book marks the first attempt to establish the contours of this new field, bringing together seminal works of Japanese scholarship and criticism with cutting-edge English-language scholarship.Collectively, the contributors to this book address ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Reading The Tale of Genji

    Sources from the First Millennium

    Edited by Thomas Harper, Haruo Shirane ...
    The Tale of Genji, written one thousand years ago, is a masterpiece of Japanese literature, is often regarded as the best prose fiction in the language. Read, commented on, and reimagined by poets, scholars, dramatists, artists, and novelists, the tale has left a legacy as rich and reflective as the work itself.This sourcebook is the most comprehensive record of the reception of The Tale of Genji ... Read more

    $67.49 USD