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Geisha: A Life
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Rigorously trained in all the traditional arts, Mineko Iwasaki grew up knowing she would become a geisha. One of the great geisha stars, she writes here not only about her own life but about the geisha system itself and the finer points of being a geisha.
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The tears of the dragon.
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Hirosuke Hamada, Chihiro Iwasaki, Alvin R. Tresselt
One little Japanese boy does not fear the dragon as all the other villagers do, and when he goes out looking for the dragon to invite him to his birthday party, he returns with a surprise.
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Libro del Mal Amor
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Fernando Iwasaki, Ricardo Gonzalez Vigil (Notes by)
Author Fernando Iwasaki introduces his main characters in a pretty unique way ?through the eyes of the women who have loved him. Ten chapters that carry the names of the many women who have trashed him throughout the many years of his unfortunate love life. But, has it really been totally unfortunate? These experiences tell us that stories don?t ...
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Geisha of Gion: the Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki
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Mineko; Brown Iwasaki, Rande
'I want you to know what it is really like to live the life of a geisha, a life filled with extraordinary professional demands and richly glorious rewards. It is a life in which I was a pre-eminent success; many say the best of my generation. And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had to leave. ...
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Geisha of Gion: the Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki
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Mineko Iwasaki
'I want you to know what it is really like to live the life of a geisha, a life filled with extraordinary professional demands and richly glorious rewards. It is a life in which I was a pre-eminent success; many say the best of my generation. And yet, it was a life that I found too constricting to continue. And one that I ultimately had to leave. ...
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Japanese American Resettlement Through the Lens: Hikaru Carl Iwasaki and the Wra's Photographic Section, 1943-1945
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Lane Hirabayashi, Hikaru Carl Iwasaki (Photographer), Kenichiro Shimada
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi gathers a unique collection of photographs by War Relocation Authority photographer Hikaru Iwasaki, the only WRA photographer from the period still living. With substantive focus on resettlement - and in particular Iwasaki's photos of Japanese Americans following their release from WRA camps from 1943 to 1945 - Hirabayashi ...
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The crane maiden.
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Miyoko Matsutani, Chihiro Iwasaki
To reward the Japanese man who saved its life, a crane brings the old man and his wife a daughter, happiness, and wealth until their curiosity spoils their good fortune.
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A Reference Grammar of Thai
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Shoichi Iwasaki, Preeya Ingkaphirom
A Reference Grammar of Thai provides a clear, detailed and comprehensive guide to Thai grammar, designed for intermediate to advanced learners. Written by two leading experts on Thai, it places a special emphasis on functional accounts of its grammatical phenomena: the use of demonstratives, personal reference terms, the modality system, the ...
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The fisherman under the sea.
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Miyoko Matsutani, Chihiro Iwasaki
As a reward for saving the life of a little turtle, a Japanese fisherman is given a chance to live in eternal youth beneath the sea.
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Tools of the Trade: The Art and Craft of Carpentry
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Jeff Taylor, Chronicle Books, Rich Iwasaki (Photographer)
In the best-selling tradition of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," these refreshing and insightful essays from master carpenter Jeff Taylor illuminate the spiritual aspects of working with hand tools. Bound with the look of real wood, this hardcover volume explores the beauty and function of these tried and true instruments and captures ...
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Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 5
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Noriko Akatsuka (Editor), Shoichi Iwasaki (Editor), Susan Strauss (Editor)
Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar, so a linguistic phenomenon in one language often has a counterpart in the other. The papers in this volume are intended to further compare and/or contrast research in both languages. This volume reflects the fifth Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference's unique division into four distinct panels ...
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Vida de Una Geisha
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Mineko Iwasaki
Mineko Iwasaki, la geisha mas famosa del mundo, revelo a Arthur Golden todos los secretos de su vida y la de estas elegantes damas dedicadas al arte de la musica, la danza y la conversacion. Golden lo conto en Memorias de una geisha, una novela publicada en una treintena de paises. Ahora, tras demandar al escritor por difamacion, ruptura de ...
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Swan Lake: A Traditional Folktale
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Anthea Bell, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Chihiro Iwasaki (Illustrator)
A prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the classic ballet.
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PoPo Can Volume 1
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Masakazu Iwasaki
When Yasuharu bought a limited edition version of a debating simulation game, the last thing he was expecting was a beautiful video game girl named Popomi to burst out of his TV and invade his life! To make matters worse, the only thing Popomi seems to do is sit around Yasuharu's house all day, drink beer, read manga, and cause mass havoc! ...
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The Japanese Tea Ceremony: Cha-No-Yu
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A L Sadler, Shaun McCabe (Foreword by), Iwasaki Satoko (Foreword by)
First published in 1933 as Cha-No-Yu, or The Japanese Tea Ceremony, this classic remains the gold standard for books on the five-centuries-old tea ceremony, which is itself "an epitome of Japanese civilization." Abundantly illustrated with drawings of tea ceremony furniture and utensils, tearoom architecture and garden design, floor and ground ...
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Japanese/Korean Linguistics, Volume 7
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Noriko Akatsuka (Editor), Shoichi Iwasaki (Editor), Susan Strauss (Editor)
Japanese and Korean are typologically quite similar, thus a linguistic phenomenon found in one of these languages often has a counterpart in the other. The papers in this volume are intended to further compare and/or contrast research in both languages. This selection of papers reflects the Seventh Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference's division ...
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Ajuar Funerario
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Fernando Iwasaki
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Geisha of Gion
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Mineko Iwasaki
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Neguijon (Teeth Decay)
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Fernando Iwasaki
In the same manner as alchemists obsessed over the philosopher's stone, a tooth puller from Seville reaches the Peruvian viceroyalty in search of the worm that makes its home in people's mouth to hasten human corruption. The Spanish Empire during the 16th and 17th centuries is the backdrop for this novel that recounts the culture and knowledge of ...
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Corporate Restructuring and Governance in Transition Economies
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Bruno Dallago, Ichiro Iwasaki
The book analyzes and assesses corporate restructuring and governance in transition countries focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia and the core issues for these countries in transformation into competitive market economies. Unlike other contributions to the literature on this subject, this book consists of comprehensive studies ...
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Geisha a Life
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Odell Brown Myers, Mineko Iwasaki
Rigorously trained in all the traditional arts, Mineko Iwasaki grew up knowing she would become a geisha. One of the great geisha stars, she writes here not only about her own life but about the geisha system itself and the finer points of being a geisha.
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A Unified Algebraic Approach to Control Design
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Robert E Skelton, Skelton E Skelton, T Iwasaki
This text deals with the most fundamental deficiency of modern theory control: the lack of an easily applicable method for the design of low order controllers. It shows that solutions to many different problems in control all reduce to the same linear algebra problem. It employs matrix equalities and matrix inequalities in the solutions of fixed ...
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Guppies Fancy Strains & How
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Noboru Iwasaki, Anne L Emig (Translator)
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Helarte de Amar y Otras Historias de Ciencia-Friccion
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Fernando Iwasaki Cauti
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Nikkei Donburi: A Japanese American Cultural Survival Guide
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Chris Aihara, Glen Iwasaki (Illustrator)
Presents cultural information, stories, activities, and resources related to the Japanese American experience.
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