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Voices of the Fourth Generation

China's Poets Today

edited by Keming Liu

An anthology of the outstanding work of China's so-called Fourth Generation of poets emerging from a vibrant and rapidly developing cultural scene, offered for the first time in bilingual format.

144 pp, 6 x 9, Hard
38 monochrome photos, biographical sketches, bibliography
Chinese literature & art / Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-891640-58-2
$19.95

Chrysanthemum Stones

The Story of Stone Flowers

by Thomas S. Elias and Hiromi Nakaoji

The first comprehensive work in English on the rare and highly prized chrysanthemum stones, including the geology of their formation, the history of their appreciation, and their various types, forms, and places of origin.

152 pp, 7 x 10, Soft
140 Color photos, maps, glossary, bibliography
East Asian art & culture / Stone appreciation / Mineralogy
ISBN: 978-1-891640-59-9
$29.95

The Real Musashi: Origins of a Legend

The Bushû Denraiki

translated and annotated by William de Lange

This earliest and most reliable record of the life and exploits of Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645) , the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history, is, after three centuries, for the first time finally available to the English reader.

144 pp, 6 x 9, Soft
11 Maps and charts
Lists of historical periods, castles, temples, shrines, battles, and rebellions Glossary, bibliography, index
Japanese history / Swordsmanship / Martial arts
ISBN: 978-1-891640-56-8
$40.00

The Real Musashi: Origins of a Legend II

The Bukôden

translated and annotated by William de Lange

Toyoda Masanaga's informative record completed in 1755 of the later life and exploits of Japan's greatest swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584–1645), available for the first time in English.

144 pp, 6 x 9, Soft
11 Maps and charts
Lists of historical periods, castles, temples, shrines, battles, and rebellions
Glossary, bibliography, index
Japanese history / Swordsmanship / Martial arts
ISBN: 978-1-891640-60-5
$40.00

The Romance of Scholars’ Stones

Adventures in Appreciation

by Kemin Hu

One of the foremost experts on Chinese scholars’ stones discusses lessons learned over a lifetime of collecting and researching, revealing a depth and complexity of stone appreciation not touched upon in other publications. These perspectives are ultimately employed in the investigation of a stone possibly first collected in 120 BCE, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han dynasty.

144 pp, 8.5 x 11, Hard
120 color photos
East Asian art & culture / Stone appreciation
ISBN: 978-1-891640-61-5
$50.00

Modern Chinese Scholars' Rocks

A Guide for Collectors

by Kemin Hu

Introduces over 50 stone types, including mineral compositions, colors, hardness, where they are quarried, and the qualities for which they are valued, written for the novice or experienced stone connoisseur.

144 pp, 7 x 10, Soft
150 full-color illustrations, bibliography, notes
Chinese art & culture
ISBN: 978-1-891640-34-6
$29.95

China’s Intrepid Muse

The Cartoons and Art of Ding Cong

by Marcia R. Ristaino

Presents the life and work of China's most famous cartoonist and caricaturist, whose great popularity stemmed from an intellectual and artistic integrity that made the inept and corrupt of both right and left fair game for his barbed art, and who ranks as one of China’s great artists of the twentieth century.

176 pp, 7 x 10, Soft
94 color and b&w illustrations, bibliography
Modern Chinese history / Chinese art
ISBN: 978-1-891640-57-5
$40.00

A Dictionary of Japanese Proverbs

by William de Lange

Companion volume to the author’s comprehensive Dictionary of Japanese Idioms, providing English equivalents or translations of over 1000 Japanese proverbs, with extensive cross-referencing leading to related expressions.

240 pp, 6 x 9, Hard
1000 entries, with thumb index
Japanese language & culture
ISBN: 978-1-891640-51-3
$50.00

Acquisition

Art and Ownership in Edo-Period Japan

edited by Elizabeth Lillehoj

Considers how and why people bought, sold, donated, and received works of art in the Edo period (1600–1868), contributing to a fuller comprehension of the vital connections between Japanese art and its audiences.

208 pp, 7 x 10, Soft
64 b&w illustrations, glossary, bibliography, index
ISBN: 978-1-891640-50-6
$50.00

Famous Japanese Swordsmen

of the Two Courts Period

by William de Lange

From the author of the bestselling Famous Japanese Swordsmen of the Warring States comes more solid sword history in the guise of thrilling narrative set amidst a turning point in Japan's medieval era, when an unbridgeable rift appeared in the fragile fabric of Japanese feudal society.

256 pp, 5.25 x 8.25, Soft
64 b&w photos, maps, diagrams, chronology glossary, index
Japanese swords and swordsmanship / Japanese history / Martial arts
ISBN: 978-1-891640-47-6
$24.95

Heaven Has a Face; So Does Hell

The Art of the Noh Mask

by Stephen E. Marvin

An extended treatise on the history of Noh and the evolution of its masks, showcasing in full color over 140 of the finest examples with detailed information on their creation, character, and significance, as well as photos of their backs showing inscriptions and artists’ signatures.

416 & 352 pp, 8.5 x 11, Hard, two volumes, boxed, limited to 1200 copies
150 full color, 220 monochrome illustrations, bibliography, glossary, index
Japanese art & collectibles / Theater arts
ISBN: 978-1-891640-32-2
$300.00

Famous Japanese Swordsmen

of the Warring States Period

by William de Lange

True stories of the two greatest sword heroes of the most destructive period in Japan’s history, when thousands of warriors either perished or persevered on the strength of their martial skills.

256 pp, 5.25 x 8.25, Soft
62 monochrome illustrations, 23 maps, 3 diagrams, glossary, index
History / Martial arts / Japanese swords and swordsmanship
ISBN: 978-1-891640-43-8
$24.95

Visiting Historic Beijing

A Guide to Sites and Resources

by Robert L. Thorp

A guided tour for the curious traveler, and a readable and reliable introduction to how Chinese culture is integrated into the architecture and urban planning of one of the world’s most magnificent capitals.

336 pp, 6 x 9, Soft
Over 150 black-and-white illustrations, bibliography, index
Chinese architecture & culture / Travel
ISBN: 978-1-891640-53-7
$24.95

Famous Japanese Swordsmen

The Period of Unification

by William de Lange

This third and final volume of the Swordsmen trilogy chronicles one of the great turning points in Japan's medieval era, when after more than two centuries of civil strife Japan finally found its way back to peace and order under three successive rulers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

256 pp, 5.25 x 8.25, Soft
200 B&W photos, maps, diagrams, chronology glossary, index
Japanese swords and swordsmanship / Japanese history / Martial arts
ISBN: 978-1891640-54-4
$24.95

Visiting China’s Past

A Guide to Sites and Resources

by Robert L. Thorp

In 24 short essays, takes the reader on a tour of the most important archaeological discoveries in China of the last century, a readable and reliable introduction to Chinese archaeology.

240 pp, 6 x 9, Soft
Over 150 black-and-white illustrations, bibliography, index
Chinese archaeology & art / Travel
ISBN: 978-1-891640-33-9
$24.95

Tibetan Furniture

by Chris Buckley

Readers will learn to: identify the main types of Tibetan furniture; appreciate their origin and their uses; identify and understand the most common designs; judge the quality of pieces; and derive increased pleasure from Tibetan furniture they have bought.

240 pp, 8.5 x 11, Hard
Over 200 color illustrations, Bibliography, Index
Tibetan art / Collectibles
ISBN: 978-1-891640-20-9
$60.00

Painting and Performance

Picture Recitation and Its Indian Genesis

by Victor H. Mair

Traces the global development over a thousand years of a genre of popular Buddhist folk literature, pointing out its origins in India as a form of oral storytelling using painting as a visual aid, and showing how that form has influenced performance and literary traditions in India, Indonesia, Japan, Central Asia, the Near East, Italy, France, and Germany.

304 pp, 6.25 x 9.5, Soft
8 pp color illus, 100 b&w illustrations
Maps, notes, bibliography, index
Literature / Chinese literature
ISBN: 978-1891640-55-1
$50.00

Images of the Gods

Khmer Mythology in Cambodia, Laos & Thailand

by Vittorio Roveda

Illustrated with over 1800 color images in text and on a supplementary CD, this monumental volume incorporates the author’s meticulous and comprehensive researches on the great Khmer monuments flung across Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos.

640 pp, 8.5 x 11, Hard
800 color illustrations, plus CD with an additional 1000 images
Khmer art / Southeast Asian art & culture
ISBN: 978-1-891640-29-2
$90.00

Pars Japonica

The First Dutch Expedition to Reach the Shores of Japan

by William de Lange

The harrowing account of a voyage beset with treachery, betrayal, mutiny, and mayhem, but one that finally reached Japan the under command of William Adams, the real-life hero of James Clavell’s best-selling novel Shogun, and changed the course of history.

6 x 9, 304 pp, Hard
17 monochrome illustrations, 21 maps and charts, notes, index
ISBN: 978-1-891640-23-0
$35.00

The Tatar Whirlwind

A Novel of Seventeenth-Century East Asia

by Shiba Ryotaro, translated by Joshua Fogel

A sweeping epic of battles and international intrigue at the time of the Manchu invasion of China, by Japan’s most popular writer of historical fiction.

656 pp, 6 x 9, Hard
6 maps, list of characters
ISBN: 978-1-891640-46-9
$39.95

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