Search Results: Titles starting with K from Asia Bookroom

Tokyo.: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai.. 1972.. x + 309pp, index, stamp and numeration front free endpaper, binding trifle shelfworn. Text in English with titles and authors' names also in Japanese. The purpose of this series was to prepare an annotated bibliography of standard reference works in Japanese for use of foreign students who wanted to get access to original sources. .

Tokyo.: Uni. of Tokyo.. 1968.. Vol IX-B of this bibliographic series. Law Part I. 165pp, index, wrappers, lower corners bumped, good copy. A bibliography of sources on Japanese law through the Ancient, Feudal and Modern Periods. .

Kuala Lumpur.: Australian High Commission.. 1988.. Black and white and colour illustrations, 24pp, covers little shelf worn and marked, a good paperback copy. 29.8 x 21cm. Text in English and Chinese. .

Townsville.: Committee of South East Asian Studies. James Cook University.. 86pp, two staples upper cover, a good copy in little worn wrappers, quarto. Journal. English language. This issue focuses on religion in the Philippines and Indonesia. .

Committee of South East Asian Studies. James Cook University. Townsville.. 1978.. Black and white illustrations, 155pp, quarto, wrappers, good. Journal. English language. Includes essays on history, culture and religion in Indonesia. .

Tokyo.: Kodansha International.. Revised Edition.. 1985.. Photographs by Chiaki Yoshida, Introduction by Donald Keene. Profuse colour photographic illustrations, 223pp, appendices, bibliography, indices, a very good hardback copy in dustjacket. 30.5 x 23cm. Masakatsu Gunji, one of Japan's scholars of kabuki, tells of its 16th-century origins and its modern stagings in this book. Photographs of famous stage scenes, special effects and classical performances are included. .

Tokyo.: Japan Travel Bureau.. 1964.. Colour frontispiece, 157pp, bibliography, index, neat inscription front free endpaper, a good copy in dustjacket and original glassine wrapper. .

Tokyo.: The Japan Foundation.. 1976.. Colour and black and white photographic plates, unpaginated, chronology, original wrappers trifle worn and marked, otherwise a good copy. Catalogue from an exhibition of the classic Japanese art form Kabuki, held at the Sydney Opera House in 1976. .

Sydney.: The Japan Foundation.. 1976. Colour and black and white photographic plates, unpaginated, chronology, original wrappers trifle marked, otherwise a good copy. Catalogue from an exhibition of the classic Japanese art form Kabuki, held at the Sydney Opera House in 1976. .

The Japan Foundation.. (Circa1976).. Coloured and black and white illustrations, unpaginated, bookplate front paste down, small quarto, wrappers little marked, otherwise a good copy. Catalogue of The Waseda University Theatre Museum Collection. .

Westport.: Greenwood.. 1979,. Black and white illustrations, xxxix + 572pp, appendices, index, bibliography, lower edge little marked, ex-library with a bookplate on the front paste down but no other library markings. A sound clean copy of a useful reference. .

Tokyo.: The Japan Times.. 1991.. Black and white illustrations, 27pp, a very good in original wrappers copy. 25.7 x 18cm. .

London.: Allen & Unwin.. First edition.. 1955.. Colour frontis, black and white photographic and line illustrations, 317pp, glossary, index, minor wear and discolouration dustjacket. A very good copy. A very useful classic handbook which includes summaries of 6 plays. .

東京. [Tokyo].: 株式会社文祥堂. [Kabushiki Kaisha Bunshōdō].. Showa 11 [1936]. Attractive colour illustrated paper wrappers, black and white photographic illustrations and line illustrations, 4 + 51pp, 24 x 17 cm. Staples a little rusted but still holding, some light age toning to edges but a very good copy of a scarce piece of ephemera. Kabuki was and is a very popular form of entertainment in Japan where all male casts play both male and female roles. This beautifully produced Kabuki performance program was printed for the March 1936 at Kabuki-za in Tokyo when one of the most well-known pieces, "Kanadehon Chushingura", was performed over 8 acts. Chushingura, also known as "47 Ronins" in the West, is one of the most popular Kabuki stories, which deals with samurai loyalty, revenge and redemption. This particular performance at the Kabuki Theatre covers the whole story from beginning to end and traditionally would go from afternoon to… Read More

Austria.: Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt.. 1985.. Profuse maps, xx + 859pp + unpaginated maps, index, appendix, glossary, dustjacket spine slightly sunned and worn at head and tail, edges lightly foxed and soiled, otherwise a very good hardback copy. 28 x 19cm. "Volume 6, Kabul and Southeast Afghanistan, gives a detailed description of the area which, in the 1970's, is divided into the provinces of Kabul, Parwan, Maidan (Wardak), Logar, Ghazni, Paktia, Nangarhar, Bamian, Kunar, and Kapisa. It describes the towns, provincial, and district capitals in considerable detail and includes the history of Jalabad, incidents from Anglo-Afghan wars, such as the British defeats at Ghazni and the retreat through the Khurd Khaibar. Afghan tribes and ethnic communities, such as the Pawindas, Ghilzais, Nuristanis, Kharotis and others are discussed...." - Dustjacket blurb. .

Calcutta.: A. Rome at the Catholic Orphan Press. First Edition.. 1922.. ii + 304pp, Head & tail pieces to chapter headings, original wrappers with yap edges chipped & worn, text block age-toned, still a very good copy of the first edition. The foreword states: "In the North and North-East of Burma are found the savage tribes, which the Burmese and after them the English call "Kachins" The Kachins, comprise five principal tribes: the Marips, The Lathongs, the Laphais, the Nkhums and the Msrans." First published in 1922 this first edition is a record of the myths and tales of the Kachin peoples of Burma amongst whom the author lived. Chapters cover folklore, mythology and religion, culture, birth and childhood, marriage, death and obsequies, and diseases and their remedies. .

Calcutta.: A. Rome at the Catholic Orphan Press. First Edition.. 1922.. ii + 304pp, Head & tail pieces to chapter headings, original wrappers with yap edges chipped & worn with loss, text block age-toned, still a good copy of the first edition. 20 x 13cm The foreword states: "In the North and North-East of Burma are found the savage tribes, which the Burmese and after them the English call "Kachins" The Kachins, comprise five principal tribes: the Marips, The Lathongs, the Laphais, the Nkhums and the Msrans." First published in 1922 this first edition is a record of the myths and tales of the Kachin peoples of Burma amongst whom the author lived. Chapters cover folklore, mythology and religion, culture, birth and childhood, marriage, death and obsequies, and diseases and their remedies. .

大阪. [Osaka].: 河内屋太助. [Kawachiya Tasuke].. Kaei 7 [1854].. Coloured wood block map, 40.4 x 65.0 cm, folding to 18 x 12cm with the original covers, worn and rubbed but the map is bright and clean, a very good copy. This wood block map of Osaka from 1854 shows the layout of the city at the end of Edo Period. Main sites and buildings, including temples, shrines and feudal lords' residents, are marked in red and names of streets and bridges are added. Legends include the length of the city's main streets and when newly reclaimed lands were established. Osaka is renowned for its water ways and it is clear in this mid-19th century map, that at that time the rivers and canals were still criss-crossing the city. .

[Kanazawa].: 日本美術刀剣保存協会石川県支部. [Nihon Bijutu Token Hozon Kyokai Ishikawa-ken Shibu].. Show 58 [1983]. 100 page colour photographic plates, black and white photographic and line illustrations, 81 pages of text, 37.5 x 26.5cm, titled in gilt upper cover and spines of book and its accompanying slipcase. Spine very slightly, slipcase neatly mended along upper edge. A handsome copy in very good condition. Text in Japanese. Kanagawa, the capital of Kaga Clan during Edo period, became an affluent castle town under the protection of Maeda family lords who promoted cultural appreciations over many generations. Various artisan crafts were imported from Kyoto and craft industries flourished over two hundred years. Metal inlay was one of those that flourished and beautiful examples of this very high quality work, many of which had been made for the Maeda family are shown. Metal inlay techniques were mainly… Read More

[杭州].[Hangzhou].: 浙江人民出版社.[Zhejiang ren min chu ban she].. 1st Edition, 1st Printing.. 1975.. 86pp, in wrappers, chop, a prior owner's signature upper cover, Mao and Lu Xun's quotations on "Water Margin", trifle wormed with some light browning upper edge. Text in Chinese. Ten editorials and essays on Commentating the Chinese literary classic 水浒 "Water Margin" as a result of Chairman Mao's directive. Mao compares the action of surrender from "Water Margin" with Revisionism. .