9 Fascinating Books on Japanese History & Culture

i really recommend this book it is a very concise history it is funny it is very enlightening you are constantly being told interesting facts and bits of information about emperors and samurai and laws and rules in class etc constantly really fascinating stuff

this is an enlightening book like nothing else this is a rare kind of a book and this book is called bending adversity japan and the art of survival bending adversity is by david pilling it is a masterwork of a book

it's a pretty focused book i read it really quickly it carries itself very well so if you're interested in the samurai as they actually existed and the influence and control that they had over japan it's a must read

he covers all of it so it's basically a pretty concise history lesson of japan for the last 150-ish years good stuff

really fascinating a really wonderful way of doing history and this is a pretty new book if you haven't picked it up and you're interested in japanese history and culture this is a no-brainer

it's the only real issue i have with it apart from that really fascinating book and a great history lesson

natsu kirino one of my favorite japanese authors author of this out which is one of my favorite japanese novels

pure invention is one of the best books on japanese culture that you could ever possibly read maybe the best at least was for a millennial like me where the modern culture and the modern art of japan means so much to us

it's a time capsule it's a view into a person's history and a place's history at a very specific time and you don't get things like this very often and it's incredible

this is a very important memoir and it really puts you on the ground level ordinary people no drama no romanticism just people living together in this place while she is learning more about the place in a very wide-eyed and open-minded kind of a way it's a beautiful book