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.
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.
Description: Very Good. Sm 8vo. Vinyl Softbound, 1977. Brown flexible vinyl with gilt lettering. A very nice copy.627 pages. Color indexed. Ribbon marker. Exterior is sturdy and attractive, with no noticed wear. Interior is clean and well bound. Bright as new. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectible section at Better World Books. Join the more than 4 million customers who have supported global literacy with their book purchases. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Buckram
Publisher: Obunsha
Date Published: 1956
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. xiv + 535 pp, 8 pp photos, of which 2 are in color. "The encyclopaedic compliation produced by these Japanese authorities in their respective fields was turned into English by two of the most competent young American translators now at work on Japanese literature, Edward Seidensticker and Donald Keene, who divided the task between them. " Contents: Music and Drama in the Meiji Era (komiya Toyotaka), Gagaku and The No (both by Furukawa Hisashi), The Puppet Theatre (Miyake ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780394483283ISBN:0394483286
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Two hardcover volumes in slipcase, nice bright copies with some spine sun & light corner edge wear in a lightly edge worn pictorial slipcase, pages clean & binding tight. 1090 pp. "The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature attributed to the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu in the early eleventh century, around the peak of the Heian Period. It is sometimes called the world's first novel, the first modern novel, the first psychological novel or the ... read more
Description: Fine. GORGEOUS NEW hardcover with jacket in slipcase (Japanese version) accompanied with softcover English abridged translation-perfect gift! read more
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