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1	The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan more books like this by Edward G Seidensticker (Translator) add to wishlist This diary of a Japanese noblewoman portrays difficult elements of the Japanese social hierarchy, revealing her discontent as a subsidiary wife. see all copies from $5.02! new only from $10.23! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist This sequel to "Low City, High City: Tokyo From Edo to the Earthquake", carries the story of Tokyo forward to the present, showing it rising not only from the disaster of the earthquake, but a second, time from the catastrophe of 1945, to become the biggest and richest city in Asia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $30.49! \| first editions
3	Low City, High City more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $102.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Izu Dancer and Other Stories more books like this by Yasunari Kawabata, Yasushi Inoue, Edward Seidensticker (Translator) add to wishlist Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, in 1958, The Izu Dancer, a story about a young man's travels through the Izu Peninsula, introduced Kawabata's prodigious talent to the West. Since its first printing, Kawabata, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize, has been recognized as one of Japan's most distinguished writers. Also included in this ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.49! \| first editions
5	Some Prefer Nettle more books like this by Junichiro Tanizaki, Edward G Seidensticker (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.71! \| first editions
6	Kafu the Scribbler; the life and writings of Nagai Kafu, 1879-1959 more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $4.89! new only from $88.00! \| first editions
7	Snow Country more books like this by Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator), Yasunari Kawabata add to wishlist The story of the doomed love affair of a wealthy sophisticate, Shimamura, and the geisha Komako, at a mountain hotspring resort in western Japan, one of the snowiest regions on earth. see all copies from $9.95! first editions
8	Tokyo Central: A Memoir more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist Edward Seidensticker's translations have introduced two generations of English-language audiences to the masterpieces of classical and modern Japanese literature. His patient rendering of novels ranging from the eleventh-century Tale of Genji to works of such modern masters as Junichiro Tanizaki, Yukio Mishima, and Nobel Prize winner Yasunari ... see all copies from $15.00! first editions
9	Sound of Mountain more books like this by Yasunari Kawabata, Edward G Seidensticker (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $72.92! \| first editions
10	Lou-LAN and Other Stories more books like this by Yasushi Inoue, Edward Seidensticker (Translator), James T Araki (Translator) add to wishlist Six stories in quest of the hidden treasures of Asia's past from Japanese historical fiction writer, Yasushi Inoue. see all copies from $3.44! signed copies \| first editions
11	Kafu the Scribber more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $27.00! \| first editions
12	Very Few People Come This Way: Lyrical Episodes from the Year of the Rabbit more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $5.49! new only from $15.50!
13	Beauty of Japan: Pictorial Journey to Cultural and Scenic Japan more books like this by Anzai E Tatsuo, Gakken, Edward Seidensticker (Foreword by) add to wishlist In their long history, the Japanese have produced many cultural treasures. The unique sense of beauty that is solely Japanese, based on a sense of harmony with nature, has resulted in magnificent objects that are sometimes restrained, sometimes exuberant, and always harmoniously meshed with supreme beauty. 150 color photographs; 30 black-and-white ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
14	Genji Days more books like this by Edward G Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $4.79! first editions
15	This Country, Japan more books like this by Edward G Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! first editions
16	Guides to Japanese Culture more books like this by Hyoe Murakami (Editor), Nihon Bunka Kenky Ujo, E. G. Seidensticker (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
17	This Country, Japan more books like this by Edward Seidsticker, Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! SVS
18	Low City, High City: Tokyo from EDO to the Earthquake: How the Shogun's Ancient Capital Became a Great Modern City, 1867-1923 more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist This book looks at the metamorphosis of Japan from a country with little contact with the outside world to one brimming with Western ideas and technologies. Seidensticker focuses on Tokyo in the years between the Meiji Restoration and the earthquake of 1923 to illustrate this change. He shows how Tokyo, which was called Edo until 1867, emerged ... see all copies from $4.76! first editions
19	New Leaves: Studies and Translations of Japanese Literature in Honor of Edward Seidensticker more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $99.99!
20	The Snake That Bowed by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $51.24! new only from $57.12!
21	Japan more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Low City, High City: Tokyo from EDO to the Earthquake more books like this by Edward Seidensticker add to wishlist see all copies from $6.50! first editions
23	Shining Moments: Tanka Poems in English more books like this by Edward G. Seidensticker, Keiko Kaneda (Illustrator), Neal H. Lawrence add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	Snow country ; and, Thousand cranes more books like this by Yasunari Kawabata add to wishlist see all copies from $5.00! first editions
25	The tale of Genji. The Uji chapters more books like this by Murasaki Shikibu, Edward Seidensticker, Shunsho Yamamoto add to wishlist see all copies from $107.96!

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