Japanese culture

A Bibliography of Japanese Popular Culture (Part 4)

Japanese culture (An Introduction)

Understanding anime and manga require a certain level of knowledge about Japanese culture in general. That’s why I think it is also important to conclude this bibliographical series with information about Japanese culture in a broader sense. However, such a subject, beyond the anime and manga pop culture phenomenon, is quite vast; therefore any bibliography would probably be far from being exhaustive. Those are simply the references that I own or I came across during my research. 

INDEX

General

— Illustrated A Look Into Japan [日本絵とき事典1。文化・風俗偏 / “Japanese Illustrated Encyclopedia 1. Culture and Customs”].Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau, May 1992. 192 pages. ￥950 / $15 Can. ISBN 4-533-01381-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japan: A Pocket Guide. Tokyo: Foreign Press Center, 2000. 220 pages. ￥1,300. ISBN 4-939030-08-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japan Almanac 1994 [ジャパン・アルマナック : 英和対訳, デ ータ年鑑]. Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, 1993. 328 pages. ￥1,800. ISBN 4-02-219594-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japan at a Glance [イラスト日本まるごと事典 / “Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japan”]. Tokyo: Kodansha (Bilingual Books), 1997. 242 pages. ￥1,300. ISBN 4-7700-2080-5. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japon en Transition (Le): Cent Ans de Modernisation. Tokyo: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères, 1968. 110 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japon en un coup d’Oeil (Le): Comprendre le Japon, Dictionnaire Illustré. [改訂第3版 イラスト日本まるごと事典 インターナショナル・インターンシップ・プログラムス.イラスト・高橋満 / “Revised 3rd edition. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japan. International Internship Programs. Illustration by Mitsuru Takahashi”]. Bruxelles: Kana (Dargaud-Lombard), 2013. 246 pages. 9.90€. ISBN 978-2-5050-1956-5. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— New Century Encyclopedic Lexicon [新世紀百科辞典]. Tokyo: Gakushū Kenkyūsha (Gakken), March 1983. 2240 pages. ￥7,500. ISBN 4-05-100325-6. [Équivalent japonais du Petit Larousse Illustrée] [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BISIGNANI, Joe D. Japan Handbook. Chico: Moon Press, 1983. 514 pages. $19.95. ISBN 0-9603322-2-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

FRÉDÉRIC, Louis. Japon (Le): Dictionnaire et Civilisation. Paris: Robert Laffont (Coll. Bouquins), 1996. 1470 pages. 199 F. ISBN 2-221-06764-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HARVEY, Valérie. Passion Japon: Voyage au coeur du Japon moderne. Québec: Éditions du Septentrion (Coll. Hamac – Carnets), 2010. 184 pages. $19.95 Can. ISBN 978-2-89448-618-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

LAMOUREUX, Georgette. Visages du Japon. Sherbrooke: Éditions Paulines, 1969. 298 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

TASKER, Peter. The Japanese: Portrait of a Nation. Markham: Meridian (New American Library / Penguin), May 1989. 312 pages. $9.95 US / $12.95 Can. ISBN 0-452-00983-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

VARLEY, H. Paul. Japanese Culture: A Short History. Rutland: Tuttle, 1986. 228 pages. ISBN 0-8048-1493-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SAKAIYA, Taichi. What is Japan ?: Contradictions and Transformations. NY: Kodansha, 1993. 312 pages. $25.00 US. ISBN 1-56836-001-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SCHODT, Frederik L. America and the Four Japans. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 1994. 200 pages. $10.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-10-8. [ Amazon • Goodreads • JAI2 •  WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Culture japonaise, Culture of Japan,  Index of Japan-related articles, Japan, Japan portal, Japanese popular culture, Japon, Outline of Japan, Portail du Japon

YÉFIME. Japon. Paris: Éditions du Seuil (Coll. Microcosme “Petite Planète”), 1959. 192 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Japanese arts & crafts

— Art d’aimer en Chine et au Japon (L’): Chefs-D’oeuvre Érotiques. Trois-Continents / Morena, 1998. 128 pages. ISBN 2-8264-0145-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Chant de l’Oreiller (Le): L’Art d’Aimer au Japon. Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1973. 276 pages. 590 F. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Private World (A): Japanese and Chinese Art from the Kelvin Smith Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988. 58 pages. ISBN 0-91386-95-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

ALTMANN, Julia. One Day in Japan with Hokusai. Munich: Prestel Verlag (Coll. Adventure in Art), 2001. 28 pages. ISBN 3-7913-2486-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

CAWTHORNE, Nigel. Art of Japanese Prints (The). London: Bounty Books (Octopus Publ.), 2006. 96 pages. ISBN 0-7537-1235-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

FAHR-BECKER, Gabriele (Ed.). Estampe japonaise (L’). Köln: Taschen, 1994. 200 pages. $29.95 Can. ISBN 3-8228-8970-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HARBIN, Robert. Art du Pliage du Papier (L’). Montréal: Éditions de L’Homme, 1980. 320 pages. ISBN 2-7619-0115-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HILLIER, Jack. Japanese Colour Prints. Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1991. 128 pages. ISBN 0-7148-2721-5. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HILLIER, Jack. Utamaro: Colour Prints and Paintings. Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1979. 160 pages. £6.95. ISBN 0 7148 1975 1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KIKUCHI, Sadao. Ukiyoe. Osaka: Hoikusha (Color Book), 1964. 124 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

LE COMTE, Daniel. Hokusaï (1760-1849): Le Veillard Fou de Dessin. Paris: Éditions du Sénevé, 1969. 32 pages. [ WorldCat ]

NISHI, Kazuo & HOZUMI, Kazuo. What is Japanese Architecture? A Survey of traditional Japanese architecture. NY: Kodansha, 1996. 146 pages. $28.00 US. ISBN 4-7700-1992-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

OUSPENSKI, Mikhaïl. Hiroshige: Cent Vues d’Edo. London: Sirocco, 2003. 256 pages. ISBN 1 904310 15 X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SWANN, Peter C. Art of Japan (The): From the Jômon to the Tokugawa Period. NY: Greystone Press, 1966. 242 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

TAKAHASHI, Seiichiro. Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan. NY: Weatherhill / Heibonsha (The Heibonsha Survey of Japanese Art, vol. 22), 1978. 176 pages. ISBN 0-8348-1002-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WICHMANN, Siegfried. Japonisme: The Japanese Influence on Western Art since 1858. NY: Thames & Hudson, 1999. 432 pages. $45.00 US / $67.50 Can. ISBN 0-500-28163-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Art japonais, Japanese art 

Japanese cinema & TV

— Fantasia: Programme Officiel (1996-98, 2001, 2003-2009).

— Festival des Films du Monde: Programme Officiel (1983, 1987, 1991, 1998-2015).

— Japanese Movie Posters: Yakuza, Monster, Pink and Horror. Tokyo: DH Publ. (Cocoro Books), November 2002. 96 pages. $30 US. ISBN 0-9723124-0-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

ANDERSON, Joseph L. & RICHIE, Donald. Japanese Film (The): Art and Industry. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. 526 pages. $32.50 US. ISBN 0-691-00792-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BLOUIN, Claude R. La ville où fleurissent les images: Carnets d’un cinéphile à Tôkyô. Laval: Les 400 Coups (Cinéma), 1997. 134 pages. ISBN 2-921620-88-X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BLOUIN, Claude R. Cinéma Japonais et la Condition Humaine (Le). Québec: Presse de l’Université Laval, 2015. 152 pages. $24.95. ISBN 978-2-7637-2694-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

CLEMENTS, Jonathan & TAMAMURO, Motoko. Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama since 1953 (The). Berkeley: Stone Bridge. Press, 2008. 444 pages. $24.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-81-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GALBRAITH, Stuart IV. Japanese Filmography (The): 1900 through 1994. Jefferson: McFarland, 1996. 510 pages. $89.95 US. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GALBRAITH, Stuart IV. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Jefferson: McFarland, 1994. 424 pages. $85.00. ISBN 0-89950-853-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GALBRAITH, Stuart IV. Monsters Are Attacking Tokyo!: The Incredible World of Japanese Fantasy Films. Venice (CA): Feral House, 1998. 190 pages. $16.95 US. ISBN 0-922915-47-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GALLOWAY, Patrick. Asia Shock: Horror and Dark Cinema from Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. Berkeley: Stone Bridge. Press, 2006. 212 pages. $19.95 US. ISBN 978-1-933330-12-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GALLOWAY, Patrick. Stray Dogs & Lone Wolves: The Samurai Film Handbook. Berkeley: Stone Bridge. Press, 2005. 236 pages. $19.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-93-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KALAT, David. J-Horror: The Definitive Guide to The Ring, The Grudge and Beyond. NY: Vertical, 2007. 308 pages. $14.95 US / $19.95 Can. ISBN 978-1-932234-08-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

MACIAS, Patrick. Tokyo Scope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion. San Francisco: Cadence Books (Viz), November 2001. 240 pages. $19.95 US / $32.50 Can. ISBN 1-56931-681-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

MES, Tom & SHARP, Jasper. Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film (The). Berkeley: Stone Bridge. Press, 2005. 366 pages. $22.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-89-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

OZU, Yasujiro & NODA, Kogo. Tokyo Story: The Ozu/Noda Screenplay. Berkeley: Stone Bridge. Press, 2003. 144 pages. $12.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-80-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

RICHIE, Donald. Hundred Years of Japanese Film (A): A Concise History with a Selective Guide to Videos and DVDs. Tokyo: Kodansha, 2001. 312 pages. ISBN 4-7700-2682-X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

RYFLE, Steve. Japan’s Favorite Mon-Star: The Unauthorized Biography of “The Big G.” Toronto: ECW Press, 1998. 374 pages. $29.95 Can. ISBN 1-55022-348-8. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SATO, Tadao. Cinéma Japonais (Le): Tome 1. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, juillet 1997. 264 pages. 180 FF. ISBN 2-85850-919-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SATO, Tadao. Cinéma Japonais (Le): Tome 2. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, décembre 1997. 324 pages. 180 FF. ISBN 2-85850-930-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SCHILLING, Mark. Contemporary Japanese Film. NY: Weatherhill, 1999. 400 pages. $24.95 US. ISBN 978-0834-80415-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SCHILLING, Mark. No Borders, No Limits: Nikkatsu Action Cinema. Godalming: FAB Press, October 2007. 160 pages. £7.99 / $15.95 US. ISBN 978-1-903254-43-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SHARP, Jasper. Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema. Godalming: FAB Press, September 2008. 416 pages. £19.99 / $34.95 US. ISBN 978-1-903254-54-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

TESSIER, Max. Cinéma Japonais (Le): Une Introduction. Paris: Nathan (Université / Cinéma 128), 1997. 128 pages. 49 FF. ISBN 2-09-190380-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WEISSER, Thomas. Asian Cult Cinema. NY: Boulevard Books, 1997. 318 pages. $14.00 US / $20.00. ISBN 1-57297-228-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WEISSER, Thomas & MIHARA, Yuko. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Essential Handbook. Miami: Vital Books, May 1996. 348 pages. $19.95 US. ISBN 1-889288-50-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WEISSER, Thomas & MIHARA, Yuko. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction. Miami: Vital Books, September 1997. 326 pages. $29.95 Can. ISBN 1-889288-41-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WEISSER, Thomas & MIHARA, Yuko. Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Miami: Vital Books, 1998. 638 pages. $28.00 US. ISBN 1-889-28852-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WEISSER, Thomas & MIHARA, Yuko. Japanese Cinema Essential Handbook (4th Revised Edition). Miami: Vital Books, February 1998. 400 pages. $32.00 US. ISBN 1-889-28850-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Cinéma japonais, Cinema of Japan, Drama (Japon), Japanese television drama, Télévision au Japon, Television in Japan 

Japanese economy, geography & history

— Book of Kansai (The): A Guide to Kyoto, Nara, Osaka & Kobe. Osaka: PIA Mooks, 1994. 144 pages. ￥800. [ Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Chronology of Japanese History [バイリンガル日本史年表 / “Bilingual Japanese History Timeline”]. Tokyo: Kodansha (Bilingual Books), 1999. 160 pages. ￥1,300. ISBN 4-7700-2453-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Grand Guide du Japon (Le). Paris: Gallimard (Bibliothèque du Voyageur), Mars 1997. 430 pages, ISBN 2-07-056801-X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Japan. Montreal: Pointe-à-Callière: Montreal Museum of Archaeology and History / Tokyo National Museum, 2006. 128 pages. $14.95 Can. ISBN 2-921718-43-X. [ WorldCat ]

— Japan: Eyewitness Travel Guides. NY: Dorling Kindersley (DK), 2003. 408 pages. $25 US / $35 CAN. ISBN 0-7894-9719-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

COLLCUTT, Martin; JANSEN, Marius & KUMAKURA, Isao. Atlas du Japon. Paris: Éditions du Fanal, 1989. 240 pages. ISBN 2-7344-0473-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

DELAY, Nelly. Japon Éternel (Le). Paris: Gallimard (Coll. Découvertes Histoire, #362), Novembre 1998. 160 pages. ISBN 2-07-053411-1.  [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

INOSE, Naoki. Century of the Black Ships (The): Chronicles of War Between Japan and America. San Francisco: Viz Media, 2009. 418 pages. $27.99 US / $32.00 Can. ISBN 978-1-4215-2917-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

LEONARD, Jonathan Norton. Japon Médiéval (Le). Paris: Time-LIfe (Coll. Leș Grandes Époques de L’Homme), 1970. 192 pages.  [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

MARAINI, Fosco. Tokyo. Amsterdam: Time-Life (Coll. Les Grandes Cités), 1978. 200 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

MILTON, Giles. Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan. London: Scepter, 2003. 400 pages. ISBN 0-340-79468-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

OMOTO, Keiko & MACOUIN, Francis. Quand le Japon s’ouvrit au monde. Paris: Gallimard (Coll. Découvertes Histoire, #99), Octobre 1997. 176 pages. ISBN 2-07-053118-X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • Wikipedia • WorldCat ]

REISCHAUER, Edwin O. Histoire du Japon et des Japonais, 1: Des origines à 1945. Paris: Éditions du Seuil (Coll. Points Histoire, H9), 1973. 256 pages. ISBN 2-02-000675-8. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

REISCHAUER, Edwin O. Histoire du Japon et des Japonais, 2: De 1945 à 1970. Paris: Éditions du Seuil (Coll. Points Histoire, H10), 1973. 256 pages. ISBN 2-02-000655-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SABOURET, Jean-François (Ed.). État du Japon et de ses habitants (L’). Paris: Éditions La Découverte, 1988. 408 pages. 150 FF / $44.95 Can.  ISBN 2-7071-1733-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Chronologie du Japon, Économie du Japon, Economy of Japan, Geography of Japan, Géographie du Japon, Histoire du Japon, History of Japan, Timeline of Japanese history 

Japanese language

— 250 Essential Kanji for Everyday Use [生活の中の漢字]. Rutland: Tuttle, 1993. 240 pages. $22.95. ISBN 0-8048-1911-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Basic Japanese-English Dictionary. An easy-to-use dictionary for beginners. [基礎日本語学習辞典]Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. 958 pages. ISBN 0 19 864162 1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Kodansha English-Japanese Dictionary (The) [講談社英和辞典]. Tokyo: Kodansha, January 1981. 1558 pages. ￥1,900. ISBN 978-0870114205. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Mangajin’s Basic Japanese through comics 1. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 1993. 158 pages. $14.95 US / ￥1,800. ISBN 0-9634335-1-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Mangajin’s Basic Japanese through comics 2. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 1996. 168 pages. $14.95 US / ￥2,300. ISBN 0-9634335-4-7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

— Oxford-Duden Pictorial Japanese & English Dictionary (The). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. 864 pages. $25.50 Can. ISBN 0-19-864327-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

AKIYAMA, Nobuo & Carol. Japanese Grammar. NY: Barron’s Educational Series, 2002. 242 pages. $6.95 US / $9.95 Can. ISBN 0-7641-2061-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

CORWIN, Charles. Dictionary of Japanese and English Idiomatic Equivalents (A) [和英熟語慣用句辞典]. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1990. 302 pages. ￥4,000. ISBN 4-7700-0789-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

CROCKET, Mami & MITFORD, Tom; LEXUS (Ed.] Harrap’s Guide de Conversation Français-Japonais. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publ./Bordas, 1998. 128 pages. $4.95 Can. ISBN 0245 50358 7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GILLOT, Stéphane & NAGASE, Reiko. 1001 expressions pour tout dire en japonais. Paris: Ellipses, 2005. 176 pages. 12,50€ /$14.95 Can. ISBN 978-2-7298-2579-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HARUNA, Makiko. Getting by in Japanese. A quick Beginner’s course for tourists and businesspeople. NY: Barrons’s, 1983. 96 pages. $3.95 US / $5.95 Can. ISBN 0-8120-2664-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HENSHALL, Kenneth G. & TAKAGAKI, Tetsuo. Guide to Learning Hiragana & Katakana: First Steps to Reading and Writing Japanese (A). Rutland: Tuttle, 1995. 120 pages. $12.95. ISBN 0-8048-1663-8. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

[Hyojun Romaji Kai] All-Romanized English-Japanese Dictionary. Rutland: Tuttle, 1992. 732 pages.$12.95 US. ISBN 9780804811187. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

INOUE, Jukichi. Inoue’s Japanese-English Dictionary. Rutland: Tuttle, 1993. 956 pages. $31.95 Can. ISBN 0-8048-1440-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KASUYA, Daiki. Kanji Starter 1. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2001. 198 pages. $9.95 US. ISBN 978-1-933330-14-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KASUYA, Daiki. Kanji Starter 2. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2006. 198 pages. $9.95 US. ISBN 978-1-933330-15-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

LAMMERS, Wayne P. Japanese the Manga Way: An Illustrated Guide to Grammar & Structure. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2005. 284 pages. $24.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-90-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • Wikipedia • WorldCat ]

MAEDA-NYE, Mitsuko & OKADA, Shizuyo. 15 Minutes Japonais. Montreal: Libre Expression, 2008. 160 pages. ISBN 978-2-7648-0393-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

MAKINO, Seiichi & TSUTSUI, Michio. Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (A) [日本語基本文法辞典]. Tokyo: The Japan Times, August 1994. 634 pages. ￥2,890 / $65.40 Can. ISBN  4-7890-0454-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

NELSON Andrew N. Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary (The) [ネルソン最新漢英辞典]. Rutland: Tuttle, 1992. 1110 pages. ￥7,720. ISBN 0-8048-0408-7 / 4-8053-0529-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • Wikipedia • WorldCat ]

NELSON Andrew N. (Abridged by HAIG, John H.)Compact Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary (The) [新版ネルソン 漢英中辞典]. Rutland: Tuttle, 2003. 782 pages. $27.95 US / $39.95 Can. ISBN 0-8048-2037-6. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

OKETANI, Shogo & LOWITZ, Leza. Designing with Kanji: Japanese Character Motifs for Surface, Skin & Spirit. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2008. 144 pages. $14.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-79-5. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

PARNWELL, E.C. & MIYAMOTO, Akito. The New Oxford Picture Dictionary: English/Japanese [オックスフォード 米語イラスト辞典]. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1990. 148 pages. ISBN 0-19-434356-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

ROWLEY, Michael. Kanji Pict-O-Graphix. Over 1,000 Japanese Kanji and Kana Mnemonics. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 1992. 216 pages. $19.95 US. ISBN 0-9628137-0-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

SATO, Eriko & GRÉPINET, Vincent. Le Japonais pour les Nuls. Paris: Éditions First, 2007. 410 pages. 22,90 €. ISBN 978-2-7540-0495-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Japanese language, Japonais, Languages of Japan, Langues au Japon

Japanese literature

COSTA, Philippe. Petit Manuel pour Écrire des Haïkus. Arles: Éditions Philippe Picquier, septembre 2010. 320 pages. 7,60 €. ISBN 978-2-8097-0208-8. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GOTTLIEB, Georges. Siècle de Romans Japonais (Un). Arles: Picquier, 1995. 334 pages. ISBN 2-87730-236-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KATO, Shuichi. History of Japanese Literature (A), vol. 1: The First Thousand Years. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. 324 pages. ￥1,400 / $13.00 US. ISBN 8-87011-491-3 / 4-7700-0973-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KATO, Shuichi. History of Japanese Literature (A), vol. 2: The Years of Isolation. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1990. 230 pages. ￥1,400 / $8.95 US. ISBN 4-7700-1546-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

KATO, Shuichi. History of Japanese Literature (A), vol. 3: The Modern Years. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1983. 308 pages. ￥7,500 / $35 US. ISBN 0-87011-569-3 / 4-7700-1067-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

OZAKI, Mariko. Écrire au Japon: Le roman japonais depuis les années 1980. Arles: Éditions Philippe Picquier, janvier 2012. 190 pages. 19.80€. ISBN 978-2—8097-0312-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

NAKAMURA, Ryôji & CECCATTY, René. Mille de littérature japonaise, Tome 1: Anthologie du VIIIe au XIIIe siècle. Arles: Picquier, 1998. 214 pages. ISBN 2-87730-315-2. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

NAKAMURA, Ryôji & CECCATTY, René. Mille de littérature japonaise, Tome 2: Anthologie du XIIIe au XVIIIe siècle. Arles: Picquier, 1998. 288 pages. ISBN 2-87730-316-0. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

NISHIKAWA, Nagao. Roman Japonais depuis 1945 (Le). Paris: Presse Universitaire de France (PUF), mai 1988. 328 pages. ISBN 2-13-041536-9. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

PIGEOT, Jacqueline & TSCHUDIN, Jean-Jacques. Littérature Japonaise (La). Paris: Presse Universitaire de France (PUF: Que Sais-Je? #710), 1995. 128 pages. ISBN 2-13-037992-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

TSCHUDIN, Jean-Jacques & STRUVE, Daniel. Littérature Japonaise (La). Paris: Presse Universitaire de France (PUF: Que Sais-Je? #710), 2016. 128 pages. 9 €. ISBN 978-2-13-073339-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

WALEY, Arthur. Nô Plays of Japan (The). NY: Grove Press (Evergreen E-62), 1957. 320 pages. $1.95 US. ISBN . [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

Wikipedia: Japanese literature, Littérature Japonaise

Various others (Food, living, music & religion)

ASAKAWA, Gil. Being Japanese American: A JA Sourcebook for Nikkei, Hapa.. & their friends. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2004. 146 pages. $14.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-85-X. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BACARR, Jina. Japanese Art of Sex (The): How to tease, seduce & pleasure the samurai in your bedroom. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2004. 242 pages. $16.95 US. ISBN 1-880656-84-1. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BATCHELOR, Stephen. Awakening of the West (The): The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1994. 416 pages. $25 Can. ISBN 0-938077-69-4. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

BLOUIN, Claude R. Du Japon et d’Ici. Montréal: Éditions Pleins Bords, 1975. 206 pages. [ WorldCat ]

BOISSELIER, Jean. Sagesse du Bouddha (La). Paris: Gallimard (Coll. Découvertes Religions, #194), Décembre 1993. 192 pages. $24.95 Can. ISBN 2-07-053262-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

DOI, Masaru. Japanese One-Pot Cookery: Friendly and Festive (Picture Card Series). Palo Alto, Kodansha, 1969. 112 pages. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GAUNTNER, John. Sake Confidential: A beyond-the-basics guide to understanding, tasting, selection & enjoyment. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2018. 184 pages. $11.95 US. ISBN 978-1-61172-014-3. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

GEOFFROY-SCHNEITER, Bérénice. Geishas. Paris: Éditions Assouline, Février 2000. 80 pages. ISBN 2 84323 195 7. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

HAMIRU-AQUI. 70 Japanese Gestures: No Language Communication. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press, 2004. 160 pages. $9.95 US. ISBN 1-933330-01-5. [ Amazon • Goodreads • WorldCat ]

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