Provides an invaluable and very accessible addition to existing biographic sources and references, not least because of the supporting biographies of major writ

Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.

For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at the weaponry of Samurai men and women over the centuries with

This compact travel guide and pictorial is the #1 selling travel book in Japan! Packed with cultural and historical information along with charming photographs,