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GLOBAL ORIENTAL
Global
Oriental offers a unique focus on Japan, the main subject areas being
Memoir and Biography, Religion, Travel, Popular Culture, History,
Literature and Business. The imprint was launched in 1996 with The
Silver Drum
- the acclaimed memoir by Princess Chichibu, sister-in-law to
Emperor Hirohito and the first member of the Japanese Imperial Family to
lift the veil on court etiquette as well as her own life and times. More
recently (1999),
Rediscovering Basho marked the 300th
anniversary of the great poet’s death, and brought together some of
the world’s top haiku specialists exploring many aspects of the work
of the ‘master’. In spring 2000 key titles include The Mysterious
Power of Ki (the history and practice of ki in Japanese culture) and
Rediscovering Natsume Soseki, one of Japan’s great
early-twentieth century authors,which includes a first-ever translation
in English of his ‘Travels in Manchuria and Korea’.
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Rediscovering
Basho
A
300th Anniversary Celebration
Edited
by Stephen Henry Gill
and Andrew Gerstle
ISBN
1-901903-15-X
176pp, illus. hbk,
£14.95
/ $24.95
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Rediscovering
Natsume Soseki
With
the first English translation of 'Travels in Manchuria and
Korea'
Introduction
and translation by Inger Sigrun Brodey
&
Sammy Tsunematsu
ISBN
1-901903-30-3
172pp, illus.,
hbk,
£14.95
/ $24.95
MARCH
2000
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The
Mysterious Power of Ki
The
History and Practice of Ki in Japanese Culture
Kouzo
Kaku
ISBN
1-901903-25-7
180pp, illus., hbk,
£14.95
/ $24.95
APRIL
2000
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Rediscovering
the Old Tokaido
In
the Footsteps of Hiroshige
Patrick
Carey
ISBN
1-901903-10-9
180pp. 50pp 4-col.plates, hbk,
£16.50
/ $29.95
MAY
2000
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Japan
and Back
And
Places Elsewhere
Hugh
Cortazzi
ISBN
1-901903-20-6
272pp, hbk,
£16.50
/ $29.95
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now
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Irish
Writing on Lafcadio Hearn & Japan
Writer,
Journalist and Teacher
Edited
by Sean G.Ronan
ISBN
1-901903-05-2
368pp,
hbk,
£16.50/$29.95
A
Walk in Kumamoto
The
Life & Times of Setsu Koizumi
Lafcadio
Hearn’s Japanese Wife
Yoji
Hasegawa
ISBN
1-86034-029-6
342pp, illus. hbk,
£16.50/$29.95
Rediscovering
Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese
Legends, Life & Culture
Edited
by Sukehiro Hirakawa
ISBN
1-86034-014-8
284pp,
hbk,
£16.50/$29.95
The
Silver Drum
A
Japanese Imperial Memoir
Princess
Chichibu
ISBN
1-86034-004-0
210pp, illus., hbk,
£14.95/$24.95
Whispering
Leaves in Grosvenor Square
1936-37
Yuki
Yoshida
ISBN
1-901903-00-1, 120pp
illus. hbk,
£14.95/$24.95
Dear
Ken-chan
A
Letter to Japan
Kazuko
Winter
ISBN
1-86034-009-1
156pp,
hbk,
£14.95/$24.95
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