Michael Brase

12 books

The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi

The Beauty of Everyday Things

Soetsu Yanagi

346 pages • paperback • 2017

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

In a Grove

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

14 pages • digital • 1922

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 • 2016

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 • hardcover

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 • digital • 1978

informative reflective relaxing medium-paced
The Building of Horyu-ji. The Techniique and Wood that Made it Possible. by T & Kohara Nishioka
The Building of Horyu-ji. The Techniique and Wood that Made it Possible.
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T & Kohara Nishioka

The Building of Horyu-ji. The Techniique and Wood that Made it Possible.

T & Kohara Nishioka

222 pages • hardcover

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 • paperback

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 • paperback • 2015

reflective relaxing medium-paced
The Gods of Japan by Abe Naobumi

The Gods of Japan

Bilingual Nippon Sosho

Abe Naobumi

213 pages • paperback • 2020 user-added

nonfiction history religion
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 • digital