Cologne: Konemann, 2001. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with green lettering on spine. Glossy color-photographic dust jacket with red and cream lettering. 335 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "Staying at a ryokan is much more than just stopping off at a Japanese hotel. Rather it is a journery in time where the...
Boston, MA: Bruce Humphries, 1934. Softcover. Grey wraps. 66 pp. Numerous bw photos. Volume I of the Tourist Library series. First edition.
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2013. Hardcover. Color pictorial paper over boards, brown spine with white lettering. Matching dust jacket. 148 pp. Numerous color, few BW illustrations. Volume 64, No. 3, published March 2013. Photographs by Avinash Pasricha.
Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1939. Softcover. Cream paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover and additional tissue cover; 70 pp., duotone illus. and one color plate as frontispiece. Certainly an interesting pre-WWII war publication. Provides a general survey of Japanese dance; the specifics for the...
Tokyo: Board of Tourist Industry, 1938. Third Edition. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering; hand-painted color illus. laid on. 67 pp. with color frontis, 2 color plates, and 32 bw illustrations. Text in English. Volume 2 in the Tourist Library publications. Includes a note on old/new spellings, a foreward by...
Mumbai: Marg, 2001. Hardcover. Orange cloth boards with forest green stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with red, terracotta, and black lettering. 156 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Extensive study of the confluence between these two cultures.
Kyoto, Tokyo: Tankosha, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. White wraps with BW illustration; black dust jacket with BW illustration; white spine with black lettering. x; 117 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Chapters include Basics of Movement and Manner; Entering and Leaving the Tearoom; Sweets and Refreshments; Thin-Tea Service; Thick-Tea Service; and Glossary...
Tokyo: Maruzen Company Ltd, 1936. Softcover. Gray paper wraps with color illus. laid on front cover and additional tissue cover; 84 pp., BW illus. Certainly an interesting pre-WWII war publication. The nine illustrated chapters address: The essentials of Japanese food; Common everyday food; Japanese table etiquette; Annual celebrations and ceremonial...
Mumbai: Marg Publications, 2002. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with white lettering. Color-photographic dust jacket with white and blue lettering. 124 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "This book documents the vanishing heritage of the relatively unknown Indian Jewish communities: the Bene Israel of Maharashtra, the Cochin Jews of the Malabar coast...
New Delhi: Council for Religious and Cultural Affairs, n.d. Softcover. Black and color-illustrated wraps, white lettering on spine. 120 pp. Over 128 illustrations, approx 24 in color and rest in BW. Contents include Namgyal Monastery; Thanka Painting; Dependent Arising; Ma-chig Lab-dron; Mandalas for World Peace; The Stages of the Rite...
