This is a collection of 200 Japanese proverbs with illustrations and explanations for each saying.

This diary of a Japanese noblewoman portrays difficult elements of the Japanese social hierarchy, revealing her discontent as a subsidiary wife.

Offers glimpses of Japan’s intellectual and political elite as it moved from the ashes of World War II.

Shimamura is tired of the bustling city. He takes the train through the snow to the mountains of the west coast of Japan, to meet with a geisha he believes…

Japanese Proverbs is filled with universal truths (‘Fall down seven times, get up eight’) as well as uniquely Japanese sayings and folk wisdom (‘Even a one-inch insect has a half-inch…