Japanese Charms Old and New
Discover timeless Japanese charms in this curated book list—from Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy and Katsuhiro Ōtomo’s Akira to Musashi and The Pillow Book—blending manga, fiction, and classic biography.
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The Pillow Book of Sei Sh?nagon
by Sei Shōnagon
One of the great classics of Japanese literature, "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is by far our most detailed source of factual material on life in eleventh-century Japan at the height of Heian culture.
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Musashi
by 吉川英治
Musashi Miyamoto fights in 1600 for the losing side of the battle at Sekigahara when the Tokugawa Shogunate begins its reign.
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Akira
by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Science fiction tale of 2019 Tokyo after it's destruction in World War III, following the lives of two teenagers, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who must deal with the monstrous consuming power -- Akira.
