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  2. Facing Japan - Wikipedia

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    Facing Japan: Chinese Politics and Japanese Imperialism, 1931-1937 is a non-fiction book by Parks M. Coble, published by Harvard University Press in 1991.. The work discusses how the conflicts between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, in the run-up to, or the beginning of, the Second Sino-Japanese War, affected the way the ROC was run.

  3. List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Classical ...

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    Chinese books had reached Japan since circa 400 AD and had been imported in large quantities through a number of missions during the Sui and Tang dynasties. Official missions ended after 894, but books continued to reach Japan in the mid to late Heian period through commercial exchange or via priests travelling to China. [49]

  4. Zhuangzi (book) - Wikipedia

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    A Zhuangzi manuscript dating to the Muromachi period (1338–1573) is preserved in the Kōzan-ji temple in Kyoto; it is considered one of Japan's national treasures. The manuscript has seven complete selections from the outer and miscellaneous chapters, and is believed to be a close copy of a 7th-century annotated edition written by the Chinese ...

  5. List of National Treasures of Japan (writings: Japanese books)

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    Collected Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times (古今和歌集, Kokin Wakashū), Gen'ei edition [73] [74] possibly Fujiwara no Sadazane, grandson of Fujiwara no Yukinari: Oldest complete manuscript of the Kokin Wakashū Heian period, July 24, 1120 Two bound books, ink on decorative paper, 21.1 cm × 15.5 cm (8.3 in × 6.1 in)

  6. Bullet Train (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Bullet Train received "Rave" reviews according to the book review aggregator Book Marks based on seven independent reviews. [6] It received a starred review from Publishers Weekly [7] as well as Booklist, where Christine Tran described it as "a twisty, darkly hilarious game of musical chairs that draws out the train's hidden army of assassins and a strong dose of Machiavellian justice."

  7. Yukio Mishima - Wikipedia

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    The name "Yukio" came from yuki , the Japanese word for "snow", because of the snow they saw on Mount Fuji as the train passed. [51] The story was later published as a limited book edition (4,000 copies) in 1944 due to a wartime paper shortage. Mishima had it published as a keepsake to remember him by, as he assumed that he would die in the war.

  8. Category:Japanese books - Wikipedia

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    Japanese poetry books (2 C) S. Japanese short story collections (3 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Japanese books" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 ...

  9. Kojiki - Wikipedia

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    The Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi [1] or Furukotobumi, [2] [a] is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 [3] concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami (神), and the Japanese imperial line.