Michael Brase

10 books

The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi

The Beauty of Everyday Things

Soetsu Yanagi

346 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art design informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
In a Grove by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

In a Grove

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

14 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China's Wartime Atrocity by Homare Endo

Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China's Wartime Atrocity

Homare Endo

304 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional slow-paced
The Book of Urushi: Japanese Lacquerware from a Master by Matsuda Gonroku
The Book of Urushi: Japanese Lacquerware from a Master
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Matsuda Gonroku

The Book of Urushi: Japanese Lacquerware from a Master

Matsuda Gonroku

256 pages • missing pub info (editions)

The Building of Horyu-ji (JAPAN LIBRARY) by Tsunekazu Nishioka, Jiro Kohara

The Building of Horyu-ji (JAPAN LIBRARY)

Tsunekazu Nishioka, Jiro Kohara

missing page info • first pub 1978 (editions)

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
Everything You Should Know about the Life of Modern Japan Q&A by Abe Naobumi

Everything You Should Know about the Life of Modern Japan Q&A

Abe Naobumi

167 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures : The Japanese Philosophy of Transience by Seiichi Takeuchi
Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures : The Japanese Philosophy of Transience
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Seiichi Takeuchi

Flower Petals Fall, but the Flower Endures : The Japanese Philosophy of Transience

Seiichi Takeuchi

205 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

reflective relaxing medium-paced
Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity by Homare Endo
Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity
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Homare Endo

Japanese Girl at the Siege of Changchun: How I Survived China’s Wartime Atrocity

Homare Endo

304 pages • missing pub info (editions)

Lost in Tokyo by Michael Brase

Lost in Tokyo

Michael Brase

186 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

dark mysterious relaxing medium-paced
Soetsu Yanagi: Selected Essays on Japanese Folk Crafts by Michael Brase, Soetsu Yanagi

Soetsu Yanagi: Selected Essays on Japanese Folk Crafts

Michael Brase, Soetsu Yanagi

246 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art design informative reflective slow-paced