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World Within Walls
World Within Walls

By Donald Keene

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"The Tokugawa family held the shogunate from 1603 to 1867, ruling Japan and keeping the island nation isolated from the rest of the world for more than 250 years. Donald Keene looks within the "wal...

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Emperor of Japan
Emperor of Japan

By Donald Keene

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Five Modern Japanese Novelists
Five Modern Japanese Novelists

By Donald Keene

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"Five Modern Japanese Novelists profiles five prominent writers whom Donald Keene knew personally: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro, Kawabata Yasunari, Mishima Yukio, Abe Kobo, and Shiba Ryotaro. Keene masterfu...

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Five Modern Japanese Novelists
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan
Frog in the Well: Portraits of Japan by Watanabe Kazan, 1793-1841
So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers
The first modern Japanese
The first modern Japanese

By Donald Keene

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So lovely a country will never perish

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