Izumi Shikibu (978-??), author, femme fatale, and prominent member of the Heian court, was first ...

Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584-1645) is the most revered and celebrated swordsman in Japanese history;...

On 14 September 1862, four Brits encountered the procession of the nobleman Shimazu Hisamitsu at ...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

The Two Courts Period (1333-92) was a turning point in Japan's medieval era-a time when an unbrid...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

Vasilii Golovnin (1776-1818) was already a celebrity when, in the spring of 1811, twenty years in...

This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagy¿ clan-a story that began during...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

Aimé Humbert (1819-1900), Swiss politician, traveler, and educator, arrived in Japan in 1863 as e...

THE FIRST FULLY ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY OF JAPAN'S GREATEST SWORDSMANMiyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) i...

The Warring States period (1467-1568) was the most destructive in Japan's long history of civil s...

Robert Fortune (1812-80), a Scottish botanist from Kelloe, was an avid traveler and plant hunter,...

Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lang...

Annie Brassey (1839-87), was perhaps the first Western woman to arrive in Japan on her own family...

Eiko Ozaki's unforgettable portraits of Japan's greatest medieval warriors, presented here for th...

'I had been here before: I was going from being a mere 'interpreter' to being a 'cultural interpr...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

'When I walked into the office on Monday morning I knew my reputation was in shatters.'Walking Ja...

The Two Courts Period (1333-92) was a turning point in Japan's medieval era-a time when an unbrid...

'Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, wi...

Lucian Swift Kirtland (1881-1965), walking Japan's ancient T¿kaid¿ and Nakasend¿ highroads on the...

Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (1008-59), a lady-in-waiting to Princess Sukeko, is a typical expon...

Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a ...

The Yagy¿ clan stands out among Japan's countless medieval warrior clans as a clan renowned for i...

The Yagy¿ clan stands out among Japan's countless medieval warrior clans as a clan renowned for i...

Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lang...

The history of Japanese Journalism, though relatively short, is marked by periods of great upheav...

Samurai have fired our imagination with their fighting spirit and heroic deeds ever since Europea...

Japan over the last two and a half centuries has changed almost beyond recognition. Almost, that ...

For more than two and a half centuries Dutch merchants in Japan were confined to the fan-shaped i...

What student of Japanese has not grappled with the amazing diversity and tantalizingly elusive nu...

This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagy¿ clan-a story that began during...

To any student of the Japanese language, the staggering number of onomatopoeia seems so daunting ...

Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a ...

Miyamoto Musashi, the Japanese swordsman of unparalleled skill, is known around the world today. ...

This work describes the Winter and Summer campaigns of the Siege of Osaka Castle. Presented in a ...

Dutch author William de Lange treads in the footsteps of Dutch merchantmen who, during the Edo pe...