2012, ISBN: 9781590300459

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Tokyo [1928], Hokuseido. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth, paper clean paper label, bright clean covers, 305p., 13 x 19 cm., in worn dust jacket in mylar protector, lower spine & front corn… Mehr…

Tokyo [1928], Hokuseido. FIRST EDITION. Green cloth, paper clean paper label, bright clean covers, 305p., 13 x 19 cm., in worn dust jacket in mylar protector, lower spine & front corner gone, else nice copy. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . WITH TEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES . . . COMPILED WITH NOTES BY HEARN'S JAPANESE STAR PUPIL . . . T. OCHIAI, PROFESSOR AT THE PEERS' COLLEGE . * Containing essays: . Hearn's Genius of Japanese Civilization; . Jiujutsu . The Future of the Far East . A Conservative . Difficulties . Strangeness and Charm . The Religion of Loyalty . Of The Eternal Feminine . Some Thoughts About Ancestor-Worship . The Idea of Preexistence . Ochiai's comprehensive foot notes and commentaries on the text. . *** Hearn at his best, a very useful, deep, penetrating essays. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** CONDITION: Generic: The book is bound in the publisher's green cloth with front cover paper title slip, spine printed in black ink. With Japanese colophon at the back. . When present this was issued in a dust jacket. . *** SPECIFIC COPY NOTES: . Copy 3 is signed by eminent and celebrated Major General Bonner Fellers of World War 2 occupied Japan fame. His inscription reads: "FELLER, SEOUL, KOREA JUNE 1930." . Condition: spine head & tail a bit, corners a bit of the usual rubbing, covers a bit dusty, contents profuse marginalia from a previous Japanese student of English, else solid & firm with front cover paper title label. . Fellers was U.S. Army Brigadier General Bonner F. Fellers [1896-1973], an officer who served during World War II as military attaché and psychological warfare director, who had joined General MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Command in Australia in late 1943. After having worked for a year in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), predecessor of the CIA. . Maj. General Fellers was a military attaché in Tokyo prior to World War II, and had tracked down the Koizumi [Hearn] family, including Hearn's wife Setsuko and first son, Kazuo. Bonner Fellers struck up a close friendship with the family. Fellers had been a student of Lafcadio Hearn's writings, and in 1934-35, after being very impressed with Hearn's insights about the Japanese character, wrote a monograph:" THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE JAPANESE SOLDIER, based in large on Hearn's writings. Eventually this essay was read by MacArthur who was greatly impressed with Feller's expertise on Japan. . At the end of World War II with the defeat of Japan Maj. Gen Fellers arrived in Japan with MacArthur's staff. Fellers was immediately appointed guardian to Emperor Hirohito. and went to work to protect Hirohito from the role he had played during and at the end of the war. Fellers's overriding goals were to confirm the effectiveness of his own wartime propaganda program, and, at the same time, to shield Hirohito from standing at the war crimes tribunal. . Fellers was considered the most reliable Japan expert and the single-most influential person on MacArthur's staff concerning the Emperor. Fellers was MacArthur's military advisor. . For his remarkable contribution to the early end of the war and influencing Emperor Hirohito into subduing the Japanese population for American occupation, he received the Army's Distinguished Service Medal [DSO]. . Immediately after the war, Fellers brought food and vital supplies to the deprived and starving Koizumi family. On page 22 is an historic photograph taken just after the war in 1945 of the Koizumi family at Hearn's grave site. It shows Hearn's wife Setsuko, son Toki, Maj. Gen Fellers & Kazuo. . A movie starring Tommy Lee Jones: "EMPEROR" was issued in 2012, where Jones played General Douglas MacArthur, Matthew Fox played Feller's part. See link below for the full story plot. ... *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: . P.D. & Ione Perkins: LAFCADIO HEARN A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS: p.166 * BAL 8004 . * ., 0, Shambhala, 2004-08-10. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 2004 Shambhala (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches thick hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, black paper-covered boards over black cloth gilt-lettered spine, red endpapers, illustrated with color reproductions of period artwork, xxxix, 488 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~M~ [3.0P] Undefeated swordsman, master of battlefield strategy, martial arts icon Miyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the 1600s, is the most famous samurai of all time. His masterwork, the Book of Five Rings (Gorin no sho), is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Over the centuries, Musashi's reputation has grown to mythic proportions, but, in fact, much about Musashi and his life remains a mystery. Here, Kenji Tokitsu, a modern martial arts master and scholar, turns a critical eye on Musashi's life and writings, separating fact from fiction, and providing a view of the man and his ideas that is accessible and relevant to today's readers and martial arts students. Tokitsu provides a vivid and meticulously researched biography and a fresh translation of the Book of Five Rings, along with four other texts on strategy, all with extensive commentary. He is a thoughtful and informed guide, putting the historical and philosophical aspects of the text into context. He also covers: * The main periods in the history of Japanese swordsmanship; * Musahi's childhood and his first duel; * The founding of Musashi's School of Two Swords; * Musashi's influence on contemporary practice; * The evolution of budo, or martial arts practice for self-cultivation. Musashi was also a respected artist, and this book contains color reproductions of his own calligraphies and paintings, with commentary by the well-known art historian Stephen Addiss., Shambhala, 2004-08-10, 3<

2004, ISBN: 9781590300459

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Tuttle Publishing, 1997-11-15. First Edition. paperback. Used:Good., Tuttle Publishing, 1997-11-15, 0, Shambhala, 2004-08-10. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 2004 Shambhala (Bos… Mehr…

Tuttle Publishing, 1997-11-15. First Edition. paperback. Used:Good., Tuttle Publishing, 1997-11-15, 0, Shambhala, 2004-08-10. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. 2004 Shambhala (Boston, Massachusetts), 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches tall x 1 3/4 inches thick hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, black paper-covered boards over black cloth gilt-lettered spine, red endpapers, illustrated with color reproductions of period artwork, xxxix, 488 pp. A near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~M~ [3.0P] Undefeated swordsman, master of battlefield strategy, martial arts icon Miyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the 1600s, is the most famous samurai of all time. His masterwork, the Book of Five Rings (Gorin no sho), is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Over the centuries, Musashi's reputation has grown to mythic proportions, but, in fact, much about Musashi and his life remains a mystery. Here, Kenji Tokitsu, a modern martial arts master and scholar, turns a critical eye on Musashi's life and writings, separating fact from fiction, and providing a view of the man and his ideas that is accessible and relevant to today's readers and martial arts students. Tokitsu provides a vivid and meticulously researched biography and a fresh translation of the Book of Five Rings, along with four other texts on strategy, all with extensive commentary. He is a thoughtful and informed guide, putting the historical and philosophical aspects of the text into context. He also covers: * The main periods in the history of Japanese swordsmanship; * Musahi's childhood and his first duel; * The founding of Musashi's School of Two Swords; * Musashi's influence on contemporary practice; * The evolution of budo, or martial arts practice for self-cultivation. Musashi was also a respected artist, and this book contains color reproductions of his own calligraphies and paintings, with commentary by the well-known art historian Stephen Addiss., Shambhala, 2004-08-10, 3<

2004, ISBN: 1590300459

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[EAN: 9781590300459], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 13.28], [PU: Shambhala], Jacket, Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781590300459], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 13.28], [PU: Shambhala], Jacket, Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Front end paper torn out. Pages are clean. Binding secure. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Secure packaging for safe delivery., Books<

2004, ISBN: 9781590300459

Shambhala, 2004. Hard cover. Good/Good. Jacket is slightly shelf worn and has price sticker residue on front cover, not affecting legibility of text. Cover is in great condition. Spine … Mehr…

Shambhala, 2004. Hard cover. Good/Good. Jacket is slightly shelf worn and has price sticker residue on front cover, not affecting legibility of text. Cover is in great condition. Spine is shaken, but binding is secure. Bottom edge of text block is liquid stained and slightly foxed, visible on some pages but not affecting legibility of text. Pages are otherwise bright and unmarked., Shambhala, 2004, 2.5<