Boxer, C. R. Jan Compagnie in Japan, 1600 - 1850 -- Second Revised Edition. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1950. Second Revised Edition. 198 pp. Hardcover book (cloth covers). Light soil to exterior, with some very faint staining to the back. Owner name/date on front endpaper. Few marks to margins, one corner torn away (does not affect text). Firmly bound. Even with the faults noted, a reasonably attractive copy of this scarce title, subtitled "An Essay on the cultural, artistic, and scientific influence exercised by the Hollanders in Japan from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Includes seventeen plates, of which four are in color (with three of these being tipped in). $150.00
Iwao, Sumiko. The Japanese Woman: Traditional Image & Changing Reality. The Free Press, 1993. 2nd printing. 304 pp. Hardcover. Remainder stripe bottom edge; otherwise near fine in near fine dustjacket. Breaks the stereotypes of the passive, obedient wife to present Japanese women as they really are at home, at work, in politics, and in social life. $10.00
Mainichi Daily News Staff Writers. Fifty Years of Light and Dark: The Hirohito Era. Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers, 1975. First Edition. 464 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Cover a bit faded; light wear to jacket. Very good condition overall. Includes section of black & white photo illustrations. $13.50
Notehelfer, F. G. American Samurai: Captain L. L. Janes and Japan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1985. 386 pp. Hardcover in dustjacket. Publisher's label inside front cover; minor smudging to edges of text block. Jacket spine is faded & a bit smudged; wear & creasing to extremities of jacket. Very good copy overall. Janes, a West Point graduate and Civil War veteran, was hired by a Japanese feudal lord "to prepare young samurai for a new era." Janes added Christian proselytizing to his mission, which was not only against his employer's wishes but also set him at odds with the mainstream missionary community. One of the few Westerners allowed to live in the interior, Janes became known as the "father" of the Kumamoto Band (which became the dominant wing of Japanese Protestantism). A fascinating portrait of this complicated man. The film "The Last Samurai" appears to have been (very) loosely based on Janes' adventures. $60.00