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The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan

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By Donald Richie and Arturo Silva

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Hardcover:

9781880656587 | Stone Bridge Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $29.95

Paperback:

9781880656617 | Stone Bridge Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $19.95

Words, Ideas and Ambiguities: 4 Perspectives on Translating

By Donald Richie (editor)

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9781879176362 | Imprint Pubns, October 1, 2000, cover price $24.95

Tokyo: A View of the City

By Donald Richie

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9781861890344 | Reaktion Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $25.00

The Films of Akira Kurosawa

Photographs, script excerpts, and camera notes enhance this critical study of the Japanese filmmaker's directing achievements

By Donald Richie

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9780520220379 | 3 exp upd edition (Univ of California Pr, January 1, 1999), cover price $38.95

9780520200265 | 3rd edition (Univ of California Pr, October 1, 1996), cover price $24.95

9780520051911 | Revised edition (Univ of California Pr, July 1, 1984), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Photographs, script excerpts, and camera notes enhance this critical study of the Japanese filmmaker's directing achievements

Lafcadio Hearn's Japan: An Anthology of His Writings on the Country and Its People

The first part of this work chronicles Hearn's early years in Japan when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his new home. The second part records the author's later years when he came to terms with the Japanese themselves and includes some striking descriptions of 19th-century Japan.

By Lafcadio Hearn and Donald Richie (editor)

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9784805308738 | Tuttle Pub, October 15, 2007, cover price $16.95

9780804820967 | Tuttle Pub, November 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: The first part of this work chronicles Hearn's early years in Japan when he wrote primarily about the appearance of his new home.

Public People, Private People: Portraits of Some Japanese

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By Donald Richie

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9784770021045 | Revised edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, February 1, 1997), cover price $12.00

Zen Inklings: Some Stories, Fables, Parables, and Sermons

Stories and essays illustrate the process of Zen Buddhism and ways to reach satori

By Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780834801707 | Weatherhill, September 1, 1982, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Stories and essays illustrate the process of Zen Buddhism and ways to reach satori

Paperback:

9780834802308 | Weatherhill, March 1, 1992, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Stories and essays illustrate the process of Zen Buddhism and ways to reach satori

9780756751623 | Diane Pub Co, August 1, 1991, cover price $10.00

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780834803596, titled "Zen Inklings: Some Stories, Fables, Parables and Sermons" | Weatherhill, July 1, 1996, cover price $12.95

The Temples of Kyoto

Product Description: Presents 21 of the oldest and most beautiful of these temples found in the ancient capital of Kyoto by the Dean of art critics in Japan with brilliant photographs by the award winning photographer Alexandre Georges, highlight these world renowned structures that are both places of worship and examples of the finest art Japan has ever produced...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Alexandre Georges and Donald Richie

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9780804820325 | Tuttle Pub, October 15, 1995, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Presents 21 of the oldest and most beautiful of these temples found in the ancient capital of Kyoto by the Dean of art critics in Japan with brilliant photographs by the award winning photographer Alexandre Georges, highlight these world renowned structures that are both places of worship and examples of the finest art Japan has ever produced.

The Japanese Tattoo

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By Donald Richie

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9780834802285 | Reprint edition (Shambhala Pubns, April 1, 1995), cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Book by Buruma, Ian

9780834801493, titled "Japanese Tattoo" | Weatherhill, May 1, 1980, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Tattoos.

Introducing Tokyo

Photographs offer a glimpse of life in modern Japan, including the juxtaposition of ancient tradition with modern technology

By Donald Richie

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9780870118067 | Kodansha Amer Inc, June 1, 1987, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Photographs offer a glimpse of life in modern Japan, including the juxtaposition of ancient tradition with modern technology

Paperback:

9784770017987 | Reprint edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, June 15, 1994), cover price $18.00

Introducing Japan

Product Description: From the metropolitan bustle of busy, modern Tokyo to the serenity of classical Kyoto, from the northern frontier land of snowy Hokkaido to distinctly colorful Kyushu and Okinawa in the southwest, Japan is a country of striking contrasts and frequent contradictions-geisha and baseball, the Kabuki theater and oil refineries, skyscrapers of steel and glass, landscape gardens of sand and rock...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780870118333 | Kodansha Amer Inc, January 1, 1994, cover price $28.00

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9784770017918 | Reprint edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, June 15, 1994), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: From the metropolitan bustle of busy, modern Tokyo to the serenity of classical Kyoto, from the northern frontier land of snowy Hokkaido to distinctly colorful Kyushu and Okinawa in the southwest, Japan is a country of striking contrasts and frequent contradictions-geisha and baseball, the Kabuki theater and oil refineries, skyscrapers of steel and glass, landscape gardens of sand and rock.

Tokyo Nights: A Novel

Offers a satire of the individuals who run and frequent Tokyo's bars and cabarets

By Donald Richie

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9780804819237 | Subsequent edition (Tuttle Pub, January 1, 1994), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Offers a satire of the individuals who run and frequent Tokyo's bars and cabarets

A Taste of Japan: Food Fact and Fable, What the People Eat, Customs and Etiquette

Describes the histories, cooking techniques, and serving methods of Japanese foods including sushi, tofu, sukiyaki, sake, and fugu

By Donald Richie

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9780870116759 | 1st ed. edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, June 1, 1985), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Describes the histories, cooking techniques, and serving methods of Japanese foods including sushi, tofu, sukiyaki, sake, and fugu

Paperback:

9784770017079, titled "A Taste of Japan: Food Fact and Fable What the People Eat Customs and Etiquette" | Reprint edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, April 1, 1993), cover price $22.00

A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan

Essays discuss the Japanese approach to life, Tokyo, symbolic systems, theater, film, television, and other amusements, and what they reveal about Japanese society

By Donald Richie

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9780962813740 | Reprint edition (Stone Bridge Pr, March 1, 1992), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Essays discuss the Japanese approach to life, Tokyo, symbolic systems, theater, film, television, and other amusements, and what they reveal about Japanese society

Geisha, Gangster, Neighbor, Nun: Scenes from Japanese Lives

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By Donald Richie

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9784770015266 | Reissue edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, June 1, 1991), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Book by Richie, Donald

Japanese Cinema: An Introduction

Product Description: Donald Richie, whose earlier works have done so much to introduce Japanese cinema to the West, has here written the first introduction to Japanese film. Written in a highly accessible style, this up-to-date history offers a study of those qualities which make a film distinctly Japanese...read more

By Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780195849509 | Oxford Univ Pr, April 1, 1990, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Donald Richie, whose earlier works have done so much to introduce Japanese cinema to the West, has here written the first introduction to Japanese film.

The Prints of Marian Korn: A Catalogue Raisonne

Product Description: Marian Korn (1914-1987) was born in Czechoslovakia and first went to Japan in 1949 but it was not until 1970 at the age of 56 that she began her distinguished career as a printmaker, originally studying at the Atelier Petit. She shortly began exploring the various techniques of etching and creating her own personal style...read more

By Marian Korn, Donald Richie (editor) and Tsuguo Yanai

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9780834802230 | 1 edition (Weatherhill, May 1, 1988), cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Marian Korn (1914-1987) was born in Czechoslovakia and first went to Japan in 1949 but it was not until 1970 at the age of 56 that she began her distinguished career as a printmaker, originally studying at the Atelier Petit.

Senate

Surveys the history of the Senate, with descriptions of its structure, current function, and influence on American society

By Fred Israel (editor) and Donald Richie

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9781555461218 | Chelsea House Pub, January 1, 1988, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the Senate, with descriptions of its structure, current function, and influence on American society

Different People: Pictures of Some Japanese

Offers brief sketches of famous and ordinary Japanese citizens, including Yukio Mishima, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, and Nagisa Oshima

By Donald Richie

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9780870118203 | Kodansha Amer Inc, January 1, 1988, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Offers brief sketches of famous and ordinary Japanese citizens, including Yukio Mishima, Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune, and Nagisa Oshima

The Essentials of Bonsai

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By Donald Richie (contributor)

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9784079730853 | Reissue edition (Tuttle Pub, January 1, 1985), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Book by

George Stevens: An American Romantic

By Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780824057732 | Taylor & Francis, June 1, 1984, cover price $11.00

The Japanese Film: Art and Industry

Product Description: Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film...read more

By Joseph L. Anderson and Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780691053516 | Rev sub edition (Princeton Univ Pr, February 1, 1983), cover price $50.50 | About this edition: Tracing the development of the Japanese cinema from 1896 (when the first Kinetoscope was imported) through the golden ages of film in Japan up to today, this work reveals the once flourishing film industry and the continuing unique art of the Japanese film.

Paperback:

9780691007922 | Princeton Univ Pr, February 1, 1983, cover price $64.00

Japanese Movie

A critical history surveys the development of Japanese films from the beginnings of silent movies to the present

By Donald Richie

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9780870114892 | Subsequent edition (Kodansha Amer Inc, February 1, 1982), cover price $27.95 | About this edition: A critical history surveys the development of Japanese films from the beginnings of silent movies to the present

Companions of the Holiday

Product Description: Originally published by Weatherhill in 1968. Second edition 1977 by Charles Tuttle Inc. The title is taken from an anonymous senryu: Laughing together, They set out. But they return Silent, separate. Timothy Harris, in his introduction to this new and revised edition, writes that Companions is: ...read more

By Donald Richie

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9780804812184 | Tuttle Pub, June 1, 1977, cover price $3.75 | About this edition: Originally published by Weatherhill in 1968.

Ozu: His Life and Films

By Donald Richie

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Hardcover:

9780520024458 | Univ of California Pr, June 1, 1974, cover price $24.50

Paperback:

9780520032774 | Univ of California Pr on Demand, July 1, 1977, cover price $33.95

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