Baka Gaijin Posted July 13, 2010 Report Posted July 13, 2010 Edited Saturday 3rd September 2011 Morning all, here's more than a few links to some interesting 17th to early 20th Century books. According to the website, they are all in the Public Domain and can be printed off or converted to disc. (Some of them are Kindle friendly). If there are any restrictions, they are detailed in the small print. Latest additions: Warriors of old Japan & other Stories - Yei Theodora Ozaki - Published 1909 http://www.archive.org/stream/warriorso ... 7/mode/2up The Japanese Fairy Book - Yei Theodora Ozaki - Published 1903 http://www.archive.org/stream/cu3192402 ... 0/mode/2up ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's the gran'daddy of travel books by Johan Nieuhof 1618 - 1672 (and although not Japan related, certainly responsible for much of the western hack imagery of China & Japan in the 17th - 19th centuries). http://www.archive.org/stream/lambassad ... 3/mode/2up (The actual drawings of 1658 were thought lost until found recently (1984) amongst papers in the collection of Prince Roland Bonaparte). Hagakure: Book of the Samurai - Yamamoto Tsuneo - (Opensource no other details) http://www.archive.org/stream/Hagakure- ... 3/mode/2up Gods & Heroes of Old Japan by Violet M Pasteur - Published in 1906 http://www.archive.org/stream/godsheroe ... 5/mode/2up Occult Japan by Percival Lowell - Published c. 1894 http://www.archive.org/stream/occultjap ... 0/mode/2up Tales of the Samurai by Asataro Miyamori - Published in 1920 http://www.archive.org/stream/talesofsa ... 7/mode/2up Agitated Japan - The Life of Ii Naosuke by H. Satoh - Published 1896 http://www.archive.org/stream/agitatedj ... 2/mode/2up A History of Japan 1853 - 1869 by Kinsei Shiriaku (Trans: E.M. Satow) - Published 1873 http://www.archive.org/stream/kinsshiri ... 6/mode/2up The First Japanese Embassy to U.S.A. (1860) - Published 1920 http://www.archive.org/stream/firstjapa ... 7/mode/2up Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art - Vol 1 by Ernest Fenollosa - Published c.1912 http://www.archive.org/stream/epochsofc ... 9/mode/2up Epochs of Chinese & Japanese Art - Vol 2 by Ernest Fenollosa - Published c.1912 http://www.archive.org/stream/epochsofc ... 1/mode/2up Noh - Accomplishment by Ernest Fenollosa & Ezra Pound - Published 1916 http://www.archive.org/stream/nohoracco ... 0/mode/2up The Japanese Sword & its Fittings (Museum Monograph) - New York - 1966 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaneses ... 5/mode/2up The Bamboo Garden by A.B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale) - Published in 1896 http://www.archive.org/stream/bamboogar ... 9/mode/2up The Satsuma Rebellion by Augustus Mounsey Published in 1879 http://www.archive.org/stream/satsumare ... 4/mode/2up The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi by Walter Denning - Published 1888 http://www.archive.org/stream/lifetoyot ... 5/mode/2up Thrilling stories of the Russo Japanese War by J Martin Miller - copyright 1904 http://www.archive.org/stream/thrilling ... 5/mode/2up Japanese Homes and their Surroundings by Edward S Morse - Published 1889 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaneseh ... 4/mode/2up In Togo's Country -Some studies in Satsuma - Henry Schwarz - Published 1908 http://www.archive.org/stream/intogosco ... 6/mode/2up Japanese Topsyturvydom by Mrs E. S. Patton - Published in 1896 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaneset ... 1/mode/2up Sketches of Japanese Manners & Customs by J. M. W, Silver - Published in 1867 http://www.archive.org/stream/sketchesj ... 1/mode/2up Manners & Customs of the Japanese by Philipp Franz von Siebold - Published in 1841 http://www.archive.org/stream/mannersan ... 6/mode/2up The Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo - Published in 1919 http://www.archive.org/stream/bookoftea ... 7/mode/2up Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn - Published Leipzig 1907 http://www.archive.org/stream/kwaidanst ... 6/mode/2up And here's the Film pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3mJvsOtk4 Kokoro by Lafcadio Hearn - Published 1896 http://www.archive.org/stream/kokorohin ... 8/mode/2up Saito Musashi Bo Benkei by James S de Benneville - Published Yokohama 1910 http://www.archive.org/stream/saitmusas ... 8/mode/2up Transactions & Proceedings of the Japan Society of London Vol 1 1892 - published 1893 http://www.archive.org/stream/transacti ... 8/mode/2up The Classical Poetry of the Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain - Published 1880 http://www.archive.org/stream/classical ... 2/mode/2up Things Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain - Published 1902 http://www.archive.org/stream/thingsjap ... 6/mode/2up A Handbook of Colloquial Japanese by Basil Hall Chamberlain - Published 1907 http://www.archive.org/stream/hand00boo ... 3/mode/2up Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan - Yokohama 1885 http://www.archive.org/stream/transacti ... 4/mode/2up Imperial Japan - The Country & Its People by George William Knox - Published 1905 http://www.archive.org/stream/imperialj ... 0/mode/2up The Sacred Books & Early Literature of the East - Vol XIII Japan - Published 1917 http://www.archive.org/stream/sacredboo ... 1/mode/2up Shinto - The Ancient Religion of Japan - by W.G. Aston - Published 1905 http://www.archive.org/stream/MN40077uc ... 5/mode/2up Tales of Old Japan Vol I by A. B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale) - Published 1871 http://www.archive.org/stream/talesoldj ... 7/mode/2up Tales of Old Japan Vol II by A. B. Mitford (Lord Redesdale) - Published 1871 http://www.archive.org/stream/talesoldj ... 7/mode/2up Japan in Days of Yore by Walter Denning - Published 1881 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaninda ... 5/mode/2up Japan in Days of Yore (Musashi version) - Published 1905 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaninda ... 9/mode/2up Bushido by Inazo Nitobe - Published 1905 http://www.archive.org/stream/bushidoso ... 8/mode/2up Ehon Taikoki (Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi) by Takeuchi Kakusai - Published 1914 (3 Volumes) http://www.archive.org/stream/ehontaiko ... 5/mode/2up http://www.archive.org/stream/ehontaiko ... 3/mode/2up http://www.archive.org/stream/ehontaiko ... 3/mode/2up (Japanese text, lots of woodblock illustrations - Japanese format) Tsuba in the collection of the Cooper - Hewitt Museum (Smithsonian Institute) - Published 1980 http://www.archive.org/stream/tsubajapa ... 3/mode/2up The fighting man of Japan by F.J. Norman - Published 1905 http://www.archive.org/stream/fightingm ... 9/mode/2up Cheers Malcolm Quote
estcrh Posted July 15, 2010 Report Posted July 15, 2010 Another great looking book to add to the list, thanks! Quote
Toryu2020 Posted July 17, 2010 Report Posted July 17, 2010 Has anybody figured out how to load these onto an iPad? -t Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Posted July 17, 2010 Try: http://www.maclife.com/article/feature/ ... ing_itunes Cheers Malcolm Quote
estcrh Posted July 20, 2010 Report Posted July 20, 2010 Japanese Topsyturvydom by Mrs E. S. Patton - Published in 1896 http://www.archive.org/stream/japaneset%20...%200/mode/2up Just read this one...great pictures and observations by the author on the little differences between cultures...The part about how the Japanese would store their valuable artifacts in a fireproof "kura" is interesting and the observation on the absolute respect for police also. Quote
Justin Grant Posted July 23, 2010 Report Posted July 23, 2010 Thanks Malcom! I just received my Hardback copy of the Satsuma Rebellion from Barnes and Noble. Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted July 30, 2010 Author Report Posted July 30, 2010 Bump!! Some really rare ones just listed in the first post 30th July 2010 Cheers Malcolm Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Posted August 5, 2010 Bump Post 1 with four new titles including a piece about Musashi Miyamoto (Japan in Days of Yore). Cheers Malcolm Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Posted August 5, 2010 Bump Post 1 with four new titles including an account of a Seppuku ceremony (Tale of Old Japan - A.B. Mitford). & Miyamoto Musashi (Japan in Days of Yore - Musashi volume - 1905) Cheers Malcolm Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted August 11, 2010 Author Report Posted August 11, 2010 Bump! Check out the account of the First Embassy to USA in 1860.....Fascinating. Cheers Malcolm Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted September 2, 2010 Author Report Posted September 2, 2010 Minasan Bump! 2 new titles 2nd sept 2010 cheers Malcolm Quote
ububob Posted September 3, 2010 Report Posted September 3, 2010 Thanks for adding to my growing bibliography. :D Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Posted March 28, 2011 Morning all Bumped today added: Ehon Taikoki 3 Volume life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi to first post of the thread. It's Japanese text with woodblock illustrations. Cheers Malcolm Quote
kusunokimasahige Posted March 28, 2011 Report Posted March 28, 2011 Thank you for the Ehon Taikoki !!! Was looking for that one ! Very good images on the Imjin wars period in there. KM Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted August 7, 2011 Author Report Posted August 7, 2011 Morning all Bump Cheers Malcolm Quote
ububob Posted August 7, 2011 Report Posted August 7, 2011 Malcom, again my sincere thanks for maintaining this effort. :D Quote
Baka Gaijin Posted September 3, 2011 Author Report Posted September 3, 2011 Morning all, Bump - Warriors of old Japan & The Japanese Fairy Book - See first posting on Page 1. Cheers Malcolm Quote
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