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A History of Tokyo by Edward Seidensticker
34.99 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Tuttle Classics Ser.
"This is a freaking great book and I highly recommend it...if you are passionate about the history of 'the world's greatest city,' this book is something you must have in your collection."--JapanThis.com Edward Seidensticker'sA History of Tokyo 1867-1989 tells the fascinating story of Tokyo's transform ...Show more
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki; Thomas J. Harper (Translator); Edward Seidensticker (Translator)
16.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A fully illustrated, beautifully produced edition of Junichiro Tanizaki's wise and evocative essay on Japanese culture.'We find beauty not in the thing itself but in the patterns of shadows, the light and the darkness, that one thing against another creates... Were it not for shadows, there would be no ...Show more
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki; Thomas J. Harper (Translator); Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator); Charles Moore (Foreword by)
32.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
An essay on aesthetics by the Japanese novelist, this book explores architecture, jade, food, and even toilets, combining an acute sense of the use of space in buildings. The book also includes descriptions of laquerware under candlelight and women in the darkness of the house of pleasure.
Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata; Edward G. Seidensticker (Translator)
22.99 AUD
Category: Classics
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, ...Show more
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