The Japan Society Review

By Hans Brinckman Tuttle, Tokyo and Singapore, 2008, 212 pages including index, glossary and plate section, ISBN-13:978-4-8053-1002-1 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Kiyonori Kanasaka and others Teikoku Shoin Co. Ltd, Tokyo 2009, 152 pages including index, copiously illustrated with colour photographs and maps. ISBN 978-4-8071-5844-7, (available in the UK from JP-Books (JPT Europe Ltd.) 14-20 Regent Street, London SW1Y 4PH or bookstores in Japan) ￡29.80/￥1,995 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Ed.Alex Bennett and Sarah Moate Published by Bunkasha International Corporation, Tokyo, 2008, ISBN4-9901694-8-4 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Edited by Elizabeth Ingrams Eland Publishing Ltd., 2009, 336 pages, ISBN: 978-190601108-6 (Paperback) £12.99 Review by Susan Meehan

By Phyllis Birnbaum Faber and Faber, 2006, 331 pages including index and endnotes , ISBN-13: 978-0-571-21179-1 (hard cover) Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

By Tomoko Fuse Kodansha International, 2007, 94 pages, ISBN: 4889962239 Review by Jayne Kerry

By Kiyoshi Seike, Masanobu Kudo,and David H. Engel, photography by Sadao Hibi First published 1980, revised and expanded 2008, Kodansha International, 94 pages with copious illustrations in colour, ISBN 978-4-7700-3079-5 Review by Sir Hugh Cortazzi

Directed and written by Doris Doerrie, 2008, 127 minutes Review by Susan Meehan

By Hidehiko Mizuno, Kayu Mizuno and Yasutaka Ogawa, Kodansha International, 2009, 104 pages, ISBN: 9784770030931 Review by Helen McCarthy

By Shodo Mizuki, Kobunsha Shinsho, 2007, 217 pages, ISBN-10: 4334034233 (700 yen) Review by Fumiko Halloran