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Samurai have fired our imagination with their fighting spirit and heroic deeds ever since Europeans set foot on Japanese shores during the middle of the 16th century. But what was the fuel on which these men ran? What was in their stomachs as they rode into battle? More widely, what kind of ingredients and dishes did the medieval Japanese eat and cherish? What were their tastes and culinary traditions? These questions point to the wellsprings ...

Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lange returns to what he does best: highly anecdotal stories from one of the most exciting episodes in Japanese history: the Warring States period. De Lange takes the reader right back to the 16th century's closing decades. In the course of the ensuing journey, we witness the major sieges fought by the country's three great unifiers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyo...

The history of Japanese Journalism, though relatively short, is marked by periods of great upheaval and radical change. It began during the two centuries of seclusion, when Dutch traders confined to the port of Nagasaki, through a small army of Japanese hereditary interpreters, conveyed information to the bakufu authorities about the outside world. All that changed during the bakufu's final years, when foreign entrepreneurs in Japan's treaty ...

The Yagy¿ clan stands out among Japan's countless medieval warrior clans as a clan renowned for its mastery of the art of swordsmanship. This first full Yagy¿ history in the English language recounts how, through a string of misfortunes beyond their control, the Yagy¿ clan first lost its independence, then its castle and domains, until finally its members were thrown upon the mercy of a local temple. Yet it was in the very depth of those bleak...

The Yagyu clan stands out among Japan's countless medieval warrior clans as a clan renowned for its mastery of the art of swordsmanship. This first, fuly illustratedl Yagyu history in the English language recounts how, through a string of misfortunes beyond their control, the Yagyu clan first lost its independence, then its castle and domains, until finally its members were thrown upon the mercy of a local temple. Yet it was in the very depth ...

Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and drama, yet whose hands produced works of breathtaking refinement. This groundbreaking encyclopedia is the first work in the English language to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, architecture, and all the attending aspects of Japanese castles. It references a total of 370 castles, givin...

Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and drama, yet whose hands produced works of breathtaking refinement.This groundbreaking encyclopedia is the first work in the English language to offer a comprehensive overview of the history, architecture, and all the attending aspects of Japanese castles. It references a total of 370 castles, giving...

Dies ist der gelungene Versuch uns der historischen Person Miyamoto Musashi, Japans berühmtesten Schwertkämpfer, zu nähern. W. de Lange forschte in Japan in den unterschiedlichsten Archiven akribisch nach Quellen über M. Musashi, übersetzte diese und fügte sie zu einer realistischen Biografie zusammen, die sowohl den Lebensweg des legendären Schwertkämpfers, als auch die kriegerische Zeit der japanischen Reichseinigung lebhaft vor den Augen de...

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Sugawara no Takasue no Musume (1008-59), a lady-in-waiting to Princess Sukeko, is a typical exponent of Heian court culture-her sharp awareness of beauty only checked by her keen sense of its transitory nature.Inspired by Murasaki Shikibu's then already famous Genji monogatari, the author seeks to achieve the same romantic fulfillment of that work's hero and commits her thoughts, emotions, and experiences to a memoir she named the Sarashina ni...

On 14 September 1862, four Brits encountered the procession of the nobleman Shimazu Hisamitsu at a village called Namamugi along Japan's ancient Tokaido highroad. One of them, the Shanghai trader Charles Lenox Richardson, would not survive to tell the tale. Richardson's death eventually led to the Anglo-Satsuma War.The Namamugi Incident, as it has come to be known in Japan and the West, seems to sum up perfectly the clash of cultures that atte...

Robert Fortune (1812-80), a Scottish botanist from Kelloe, was an avid traveler and plant hunter, who is still known for introducing the West a large number of plant species he collected on his travels through China, Taiwan, and Japan on behalf of the Horticultural Society.The intrepid Scotsman not only collected plants. Throughout his various travels, he also proved a keen observer, recording everything he encountered in vivid accounts: of th...

Vasilii Golovnin (1776-1818) was already a celebrity when, in the spring of 1811, twenty years into his career in the Russian Imperial navy, he was commissioned to captain an expedition to map the Kuril Islands from the Strait of Hope to the island of Kunashir, just off the north-east coat of Hokkaido. Only two years earlier, having been seized at the Cape of Good Hope, he had outwitted the British and managed to escape with his ship the Diana...

When I walked into the office on Monday morning I knew my reputation was in shatters."Walking Japan's coastal route in search of beauty, William de Lange encounters a string of local characters. Recording their stories, he braids a travelogue deftly interwoven with his own experiences since he ¿rst set foot in Japan some thirty years ago.A sequel to A Fool's Journey, A Fool's Return is an exploration of one of Japan's perhaps less scenic but c...

Known from his collaboration on the Netflix documentary Age of Samurai, historian William de Lange returns to what he does best: highly anecdotal stories from one of the most exciting episodes in Japanese history: the Warring States period.De Lange takes the reader right back to the 16th century's closing decades. In the course of the ensuing journey we witness the major battles fought by the country's three great unifiers: Oda Nobunaga, Toyot...

Aimé Humbert (1819-1900), Swiss politician, traveler, and educator, arrived in Japan in 1863 as envoy plenipotentiary of the Swiss federal government to conclude a treaty of trade and amity with the shogunate.Though he was to spend less than a year in Japan, Humber's informed impressions are, in hindsight, of great historical value. Unlike his few predecessors (who were required to stick to the same route to visit Edo and pay homage to the shô...

Izumi Shikibu (978-??), author, femme fatale, and prominent member of the Heian court, was first and foremost a poet-the greatest of her time, perhaps the greatest her country has ever known. Incorporated in numerous imperial anthologies, Izumi Shikibu's work has been admired through the ages.In this richly poetic diary Izumi Shikibu shares with us each and every turn in her tempestuous relationship with Prince Atsumichi, a relationship that b...

This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagyu clan-a story that began during the early heady days of the Genko Rebellion (1331-33), when emperor Go-Daigo sought to restore power to the throne with the support of the Yagyu and other loyal clans. It follows their campaigns on behalf of Go-Daigo's southern court during the Northern and Southern Courts period (1334-1392), and their long and hard struggle to retain their indepe...

Finally the treatment these true classics deserve: thoroughly re-edited and modernized texts, with notes, glossary, index…and a beautiful layout to boot."Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), the son of an Irish Surgeon-Major and a Greek woman of noble lineage, who settled in Japan after a checkered career in journalism in Cincinnati and New Orleans, is still considered by many the most astute interpreter of the country and its people.In the third part ...

This is the true story of the eventful history of the famous Yagyu clan-a story that began during the early heady days of the Genko Rebellion (1331-33), when emperor Go-Daigo sought to restore power to the throne with the support of the Yagyu and other loyal clans. It follows their campaigns on behalf of Go-Daigo's southern court during the Northern and Southern Courts period (1334-1392), and their long and hard struggle to retain their indepe...