Books from Kodansha

  • Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos
    Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos
    By Anthony F. Aveni

    Conversing with the Planets is the first popular work of astronomical anthropology, a field pioneered by Anthony Aveni, who has taught anthropology and astronomy at Colgate University for over twenty-five years.

  • Kodokan Judo
    Kodokan Judo
    By Jigoro Kano

    Written by the founder of Kodokan judo, Jigoro Kano, this text explains the original concepts and techniques of judo in detail.

  • Japanese Religion: A Survey
    Japanese Religion: A Survey
    By 堀一郎

    Japanese Religion: A Survey

  • Small Spaces: Stylish Ideas for Making More of Less in the Home
    Small Spaces: Stylish Ideas for Making More of Less in the Home
    By Azby Brown

    Aims to provide imaginative and practical solutions to the problems of limited interior space. Illustrated with photographs and plans of actual living areas in contemporary homes, this book offers help...

  • The Magic of Origami
    The Magic of Origami
    By Alice Gray, Kunihiko Kasahara, Lillian Oppenheimer

    Reviews the classical traditions and modern innovations of the Japanese artf paper folding and provides instructions for scores of attractive creations.

  • Lucy M. Lewis, American Indian Potter
    Lucy M. Lewis, American Indian Potter
    By Susan Peterson

    Lucy is one of the small number of craftspeople of genius in this century.

  • Natural Healing Through Macrobiotics
    Natural Healing Through Macrobiotics
    By Michio Kushi

    Proposes illnesses and maladies are the result of improper diet and presents a macrobiotic diet, heavily dependent on whole grains and whole foods, that will speed healing by maintaining a balance of the universal forces, yin and yang.

  • The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
    The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary
    By Jack Halpern

    The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary answers the urgent need for an easy-to-use kanji dictionary compact enough to be easily carried around, yet detailed enough to satisfy the practical needs of the beginning and intermediate learner.

  • The Book of Saké
    The Book of Saké
    By Hiroshi Kondō

    Guide to the history and appreciation of Japan's national drink

  • The Insider's Guide to Sake
    The Insider's Guide to Sake
    By Philip Harper

    This introductory handbook to sake presents over 100 brands for all tastes and budgets, tips for beginners and connoisseurs, and an explanation of the brew-master's skills.

  • ありときりぎりす

    ありときりぎりす

  • Pop-Up Geometric Origami
    Pop-Up Geometric Origami
    By Keiko Nakazawa, Masahiro Chatani

    In this beautifully illustrated and easy step-by-step directions you will learn how to make these marvelous pop-up geometric origamis.

  • Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers
    Read Real Japanese Fiction: Short Stories by Contemporary Writers
    By Michael Emmerich

    Includes Japanese-English dictionary, explanatory notes, and profiles of the individual writers placing the stories in context.

  • Dynamic Aikido
    Dynamic Aikido
    By Gozo Shioda

    Aikido-a martial art deriving its effectiveness, like judo and karate, from the flow of ki -- techniques that, when thoroughly mastered, enable the gentle to overcome the strong -- exercise and sport for men and women of all ages, based on ...

  • Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan
    Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan

    Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan

  • A Book of Colors: Matching Colors, Combining Colors, Color Designing, Color Decorating
    A Book of Colors: Matching Colors, Combining Colors, Color Designing, Color Decorating
    By Shigenobu Kobayashi

    A concise reference that explains the meaning and force of colour with charts and words. A Book of Colors is your guide to discovering, understanding, and using color. Until now, books of color have catered to the specialist.

  • No One's Perfect
    No One's Perfect
    By Hirotada Ototake, 乙武洋匡

    A Japanese boy born without arms or legs tells his own astonishingly upbeat story. Reading about how determined he was to join in everything may change your own life in more ways than one. Book jacket.

  • The First Book of Origami
    The First Book of Origami
    By Kodansha International

    This guide offers easy-to-follow instructions on making classic origami designs for absolute beginners.

  • Zeolite, Clay, and Heteropoly Acid in Organic Reactions
    By Yūsuke Izumi, Kazuo Urabe, Makoto Onaka

    Zeolite, Clay, and Heteropoly Acid in Organic Reactions

  • Hiroshige: Japan's Great Landscape Artist
    Hiroshige: Japan's Great Landscape Artist
    By Isaburō Oka

    This work presents colour reproductions, details and full explanations of theasterpieces that crown the work of one of the greatest ukiyo-e artists, Andoiroshige.