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Product Description: Travelling in order to recover from a nervous breakdown, Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) arrived in Yokohama, Japan, in May 1873. He was immediately fascinated by traditional Japanese culture. At the same time, the national drive for modernisation in the wake of the Meiji Restoration had created a demand for teachers of English...read more

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9781108080477 | Blg rei edition (Cambridge Univ Pr, March 5, 2015), cover price $45.00 | About this edition: Travelling in order to recover from a nervous breakdown, Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) arrived in Yokohama, Japan, in May 1873.
9781432649791 | Bilingual edition (Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2007), cover price $43.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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Product Description: Description Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to publications@publicdomain...read more

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9781505484274, titled "Aino Folk-tales" | Createspace Independent Pub, March 24, 2015, cover price $9.99
9781493778768 | Createspace Independent Pub, November 16, 2013, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: The Ainu are an ethnic minority in Japan, living primarily on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido, although there were also small populations of Ainu living on the island of Sakhalin and in the Kuriles until the end of World War II, when the Soviet Union took control of Sakhalin and the Ainu there fled.
9781475256390 | Createspace Independent Pub, April 26, 2012, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing.
9781434696885, titled "Aino Folk-Tales" | Large print edition (Bibliobazaar, January 31, 2008), cover price $17.75 | About this edition: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD B.
9781434696878, titled "Aino Folk-Tales" | Bibliobazaar, January 31, 2008, cover price $16.75 | About this edition: WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD B.
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Product Description: Long, long ago there lived on the coast of the sea of Japan a young fisherman named Urashima, a kindly lad and clever with his rod and line.

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9781507893326 | Createspace Independent Pub, February 13, 2015, cover price $6.99 | About this edition: Long, long ago there lived on the coast of the sea of Japan a young fisherman named Urashima, a kindly lad and clever with his rod and line.

Second Sight Moment of Truth

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9781501041433 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 8, 2014, cover price $19.90
9781501041365 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 8, 2014, cover price $19.90 | About this edition: Second Sight Moment of Truth

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Product Description: Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) first encountered Japan on a journey intended to promote the recovery of his health: he had suffered a nervous breakdown while working for Barings Bank. In May 1873, he arrived in Yokohama, and was immediately fascinated by traditional Japanese culture...read more

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9781108073851 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 20, 2014, cover price $44.99 | About this edition: Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935) first encountered Japan on a journey intended to promote the recovery of his health: he had suffered a nervous breakdown while working for Barings Bank.
9781933330273 | Stone Bridge Pr, April 1, 2007, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An engaging collection about everything from the abacus to zoology in Japan, designed to preserve knowledge about a society that was modernizing beyond recognition.

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Product Description: First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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9780415245326 | Routledge, July 26, 2001, cover price $280.00 | About this edition: Published in 2000, The Classical Poetry of the Japanese is a valuable contribution to the field of Asian Studies.

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9780415865845 | Routledge, June 21, 2013, cover price $48.95 | About this edition: First published in 2000.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

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9781110598830, titled "A Simplified Grammar of the Japanese Language (Modern Written Style)" | Bilingual edition (Bibliolife, June 15, 2009), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.

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9781110598809 | Bibliolife, June 15, 2009, cover price $19.75

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Product Description: A detailed alphabetical list

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9781848301818 | Lightning Source Inc, February 28, 2009, cover price $35.90 | About this edition: A detailed alphabetical list

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Product Description: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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9781443723848 | Read Books, November 30, 2008, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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9781406724981 | Hesperides Pr, May 30, 2006, cover price $31.99 | About this edition: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

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Product Description: Basil Chamberlain was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University. He wrote some of the earliest translations of haikus. His best known work is the encyclopedia Things Japanese. This was a popular one volume informal discussion of Japanese written in 1890...read more

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9781605979991 | Book Jungle, July 30, 2008, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Basil Chamberlain was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University.
9781604249644 | Standard Pubns Inc, January 30, 2008, cover price $9.45 | About this edition: Basil Chamberlain was a professor at the Tokyo Imperial University.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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9780548118276 | Kessinger Pub Co, July 30, 2007, cover price $45.95

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9781428627406 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2006, cover price $30.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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Product Description: One of the first westerners to write about Japan, Chamberlain lived there for over thirty five years, and was proficient in ancient and modern Japanese. Chamberlain's resided in Japan during a time of transition when, as he put it, old things passed away between a night and a morning...read more

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9780710310071 | Kegan Paul Intl, April 30, 2007, cover price $255.00 | About this edition: One of the first westerners to write about Japan, Chamberlain lived there for over thirty five years, and was proficient in ancient and modern Japanese.

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Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

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9781432625368 | Kessinger Pub Co, May 31, 2006, cover price $58.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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9781425498207 | Kessinger Pub Co, May 30, 2006, cover price $43.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.

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This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare s finesse to Oscar Wilde s wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim s Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.

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9780804836753 | Reissue edition (Tuttle Pub, September 15, 2005), cover price $29.95
9780804814393, titled "Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters" | Tuttle Pub, February 1, 1982, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks.

Product Description: Basil Hall Chamberlain lived through the transitional stage of modern Japan. Taught by sword-carrying samurai on his arrival, he soon saw that "the old things pass away between a night and a day." Determined to share his unique understanding of Japan, he compiled this remarkable dictionary of things — a guide to objects old and modern that captures the essence of the Japan he knew, and answers any question that anyone with a popular interest in Japan could ask...read more

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9780710307484 | Kegan Paul Intl, November 1, 2001, cover price $190.00 | About this edition: Basil Hall Chamberlain lived through the transitional stage of modern Japan.

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Product Description: B.H. Chamberlain (1850-1935) remains one of the most important western scholars and interpreters of Japan. This eight-volume collection includes extensive works on Japanese language and literature, general and scholarly studies of Japanese culture and history, and Chamberlain's seminal translation of Ko-ji-ki...read more

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9781862100138 | Ganesha Pub Ltd, December 1, 2000, cover price $1100.00 | About this edition: B.

Product Description: The Asiatic Socity of Japan celebrates its 125th anniversary with the publication of the papers of the great pioneers of early japanology―W.G. Aston, E.M. Satow, and B.H. Chamberlain. Their groundbreaking work, brought to light here for the first time since their original publication in Transactions, will continue to enlighten scholars and students of Japanology today...read more

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9780313308000 | Greenwood Pub Group, April 1, 1998, cover price $121.00 | About this edition: The Asiatic Socity of Japan celebrates its 125th anniversary with the publication of the papers of the great pioneers of early japanology―W.

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Product Description: One of the first westerners to write about Japan, Chamberlain lived there for over thirty five years, and was proficient in ancient and modern Japanese. Chamberlain's resided in Japan during a time of transition when, as he put it, old things passed away between a night and a morning...read more

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9780804807135 | Tuttle Pub, June 1, 1978, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: One of the first westerners to write about Japan, Chamberlain lived there for over thirty five years, and was proficient in ancient and modern Japanese.

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