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1	Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston more books like this by Anne Nishimura Morse, Professor J Thomas Rimer, Kendall H Brown, Ph.D. Highlights the design, development, and cultural function of some 300 postcards, all ingenious examples of graphic art. "UK rights sold to Ashgate/Land Humphries. see all copies from $22.95! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
2	Old Taoist: The Life, Art, and Poetry of Kodojin (1865-1944) more books like this by Stephen Addiss, Ph.D., Jonathan Chaves (Translator), Professor J Thomas Rimer In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. Under the support of various patrons, he composed a number of Taoist-influenced Chinese and Japanese poems and did lively and delightful ink ... see all copies from $3.45! new only from $7.09!
3	On the Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Translator), Yamazaki Masakazu (Translator), Wallace Chappell (Foreword by) This annotated translation is the first systematic rendering into any Western language of the nine major treatises on the art of the Japanese No theater by Zeami Motokivo (1363-1443). Zeami, who transformed the No from a country entertainment into a vehicle for profound theatrical and philosophical experience, was a brilliant actor himself, and ... see all copies from $18.46! new only from $42.08! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Way of Acting: The Theatre Writings of Tadashi Suzuki more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Translator), Tadashi Suzuki see all copies from $8.40! new only from $8.40!
5	Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing: The Wakan Roei Shu more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer Among the diversions enjoyed by the courtesans of Heian Japan (794-1185) was singing poetry to musical accompaniment. The most popular source of poetic passages was the bilingual poetic anthology, known as the Wakan roei shu (or Collection of Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing). Compiled by the early eleventh-century poet Fujiwara no Kinto, it ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $16.50!
6	Legacies and Ambiguities: Postwar Fiction and Culture in West Germany and Japan more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor), Professor Ernestine Schlant (Editor) The literary legacies of World War II have been mixed and varied, especially in West Germany and Japan, where the burden of defeat has been expressed by novelists and intellectuals in strikingly different ways. Reflecting the cultural differences between the two nations, and the experiences of occupation and democratization that occurred after the ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $8.64! \| first editions
7	Saiki Koi and Other Stories more books like this by Ogai Mori, Mori Ogai, Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor) see all copies from $3.96! new only from $17.50! \| first editions
8	The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945 more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor), Professor Van C Gessel (Editor) This comprehensive anthology collects works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay-writing from a pivotal time in Japanese history. In addition to their literary achievements, the texts reflect the political, social, and intellectual changes that occurred in Japanese society during this period, including exposure to Western ideas and literature, the ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $27.65! \| SVS
9	Old Taoist: The Life, Art, and Poetry of Kodajin (1865-1944) more books like this by Stephen Addiss, Ph.D., Professor J Thomas Rimer, Jonathan Chaves (Translator) In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. Under the support of various patrons, he composed a number of Taoist-influenced Chinese and Japanese poems and did lively and delightful ink ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.90! \| first editions
10	Japan more books like this by Jeffrey Angles (Editor), Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor), Donald Richie (Foreword by) This collection guides the reader through the complexity that is Japan. Although frequently misunderstood as a homogenous nation, Japan is a land of tremendous linguistic, geographical and cultural diversity. Hino Keizo leads the reader through Tokyo's mazes in "Jacob's Tokyo Ladder". Nakagami Kenji explores the ghostly, mythology-laden backwoods ... see all copies from $3.33! new only from $9.25! \| SVS
11	The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: Volume 2: From 1945 to the Present more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor), Professor Van C Gessel (Editor), Professor Amy Vladeck Heinrich In Volume 2 of Columbia's comprehensive anthology of modern Japanese literature, thoughtfully selected and carefully translated readings portray the vast changes that have transformed Japanese culture since the end of the Pacific War. Beginning with the Allied Occupation in 1945 and concluding with the early twenty-first century, these stories, ... see all copies from $39.95! new only from $59.50!
12 view cover	The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature: From Restoration to Occupation, 1868-1945 more books like this by Professor Van C Gessel, Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor) This comprehensive anthology collects works of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay-writing from a pivotal time in Japanese history. In addition to their literary achievements, the texts reflect the political, social, and intellectual changes that occurred in Japanese society during this period, including exposure to Western ideas and literature, the ... see all copies from $18.85! new only from $68.88! \| SVS
13 view cover	War, Occupation, and Creativity: Japan and East Asia, 1920-1960 more books like this by Marlene J Mayo (Editor), Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor), H Eleanor Kerkham (Editor) This collection of essays, based on international collaboration by scholars in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United States, is a systematic, interdisciplinary attempt to address the social, political, and spiritual significance of the modern arts both in Japan and its empire between 1920 and 1960. These 40 years, punctuated by war, ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $35.00!
14	Modern Japanese Fiction and Its Traditions: An Introduction more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer see all copies from $11.01!
15	A Hidden Fire: Russian and Japanese Cultural Encounters, 1868-1926 more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer This work is the first in English to chart cultural relations between Japan and Russia from 1868 to 1926. Japan's ties to Europe and the United States after the Meiji Restoration of 1868 are well known, but those between Japan and Russia are not. In this book, scholars from East and West present a record of significant contacts between Japan and ... see all copies from $16.50! new only from $27.00!
16 view cover	Japanese Literature Reviewed more books like this by Donald Richie, Professor J Thomas Rimer (Introduction by) Donald Richie reviews works by over 100 authors in this collection of essays covering both ancient and modern classics. It provides an ideal introduction to Japanese literature. see all copies from $12.50! new only from $23.50! \| first editions
17 view cover	Traditional Japanese Arts and Culture: An Illustrated Sourcebook more books like this by Stephen Addiss, Ph.D. (Editor), Gerald Groemer (Editor), Professor J Thomas Rimer (Editor) Japanese artists, musicians, actors, and authors have written much over the centuries about the creation, meaning, and appreciation of various arts. Most of these works, however, are scattered among countless hard-to-find sources or make only a fleeting appearance in books devoted to other subjects. Compiled in this volume is a wealth of original ... see all copies from $28.13! new only from $28.13!
18	Mori Ogai more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer see all copies from $11.89!
19 view cover	On the Art of the No Drama: The Major Treatises of Zeami; Translated by J. Thomas Rimer, Masakazu Yamazaki more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer (Translator), Masakazu Yamazaki (Translator), Yamazaki Masakazu (Translator) see all copies from $114.53!
20	Toward a Modern Japanese Theatre: Kishida Kunio more books like this by Professor J Thomas Rimer see all copies from $19.95! first editions

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