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The Nightless City of The Geisha

by D.E. De Becker ...

First Published in 2005. The Japanese geisha is the ultimate erotic icon – the courtesan par excellence - and this is her definitive book. The life of the geisha is the most secret and traditional in Japan, and today remains largely unchanged and unknown behind the tea house doors. This remarkable work was the first to reveal the hidden world of the geisha of the famous Yoshiwara quarter of Tokyo, ... Read more

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First Published in 2005. The Japanese geisha is the ultimate erotic icon – the courtesan par excellence - and this is her definitive book. The life of the geisha is the most secret and traditional in Japan, and today remains largely unchanged and unknown behind the tea house doors. This remarkable work was the first to reveal the hidden world of the geisha of the famous Yoshiwara quarter of Tokyo,
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Five Books of Japanese and Chinese Ghost Stories

by Lafcadio Heaern ...

This collection includes: In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, and The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his ... Read more

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This collection includes: In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, Some Chinese Ghosts, and The Romance of the Milky Way and Other Studies and Stories. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, best known for his
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Classical Hindu Erotology

by Swami Ram Krishnanad ...

The span of human life is about 100 years, and during this time a man must practise Dharma, Artha and Kama, in such a way that his whole existence achieves a perfect balance. During childhood his principal object should be to acquire an education. In youth and maturity, Artha and Kama should be his main pursuits, while age brings a dedication to Dharma in an effort to achieve Moksha and halt the ... Read more

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The span of human life is about 100 years, and during this time a man must practise Dharma, Artha and Kama, in such a way that his whole existence achieves a perfect balance. During childhood his principal object should be to acquire an education. In youth and maturity, Artha and Kama should be his main pursuits, while age brings a dedication to Dharma in an effort to achieve Moksha and halt the
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Japan Through European Eyes, Six Books

by Lafcadio Hearn ...

This collection includes: Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, and Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author, ... Read more

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This collection includes: Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan First Series, Glimpses of an Unfamiliar Japan Second Series, In Ghostly Japan, Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation, Kokoro, and Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. According to Wikipedia: "Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), also known as Koizumi Yakum after gaining Japanese citizenship, was an author,
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Thoughts are Things

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Prentice Mulford was instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford's book, Thoughts are Things served as a guide to this new belief system and is still popular today. ... Read more

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Prentice Mulford was instrumental in the founding of the popular philosophy, New Thought, along with other notable writers including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Mulford's book, Thoughts are Things served as a guide to this new belief system and is still popular today.
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Yoshiwara

Geishas, Courtesans, and the Pleasure Quarters of Old Tokyo

by Stephen Longstreet, Ethel Longstreet ...

"Lust will not keep…Something must be done about it."—inscription at the entrance to YoshiwaraFor over a hundred years the Western world has heard whispers of the pleasure city, Yoshiwara, set behind its walls in the city of Edo itself, which is today called Tokyo. Here was an eastern red light district, the place for the hedonists, the woman-seekers, the sensual plasure-hunters of old Japan. ... Read more

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"Lust will not keep…Something must be done about it."—inscription at the entrance to YoshiwaraFor over a hundred years the Western world has heard whispers of the pleasure city, Yoshiwara, set behind its walls in the city of Edo itself, which is today called Tokyo. Here was an eastern red light district, the place for the hedonists, the woman-seekers, the sensual plasure-hunters of old Japan.
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Kama Sutra

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by Vatsyayana ...

Translated by A. N. D. Haksar ...

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A gorgeous deluxe edition of the world's most celebrated guide to life, love, relationships and pleasureLittle is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life in full meditation." In Sanskrit the word "kama" means desire, especially for sensual pleasure, and its proper pursuit was considered an essential part of a young, urbane gentleman ... Read more

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A gorgeous deluxe edition of the world's most celebrated guide to life, love, relationships and pleasureLittle is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life in full meditation." In Sanskrit the word "kama" means desire, especially for sensual pleasure, and its proper pursuit was considered an essential part of a young, urbane gentleman
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The Book of Tea

by Kakuzo Okakura ...

Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism—Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, ... Read more

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Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage. In China, in the eighth century, it entered the realm of poetry as one of the polite amusements. The fifteenth century saw Japan ennoble it into a religion of aestheticism—Teaism. Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity,
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The Home and the World

by Rabindranath Tagore ...

Translated by Surendranath Tagore ...

Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows ... Read more

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Set on a Bengali noble's estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows
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Influence

How to Exert It

by B. Dangennes, Yoritomo-Tashi ...

In the West, it is often assumed that influence is a quality that is synonymous with overt and aggressive powers of persuasion. In this volume, a different take on the matter is presented in the story of Yoritomo-Tashi, a famed Japanese statesman and founder of the Shogun order. According to Yoritomo-Tashi, a quiet, dignified style of influence is often more effective than its overbearing ... Read more

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In the West, it is often assumed that influence is a quality that is synonymous with overt and aggressive powers of persuasion. In this volume, a different take on the matter is presented in the story of Yoritomo-Tashi, a famed Japanese statesman and founder of the Shogun order. According to Yoritomo-Tashi, a quiet, dignified style of influence is often more effective than its overbearing
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Lafcadio Hearn's Japan

Fascinating Stories and Essays by Japan's Most Famous Foreign Observer

by Lafcadio Hearn ...

This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern JapanOver a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese—"to think with their thoughts" was his aim—his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in ... Read more

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This collection of writings from Lafcaido Hern paints a rare and fascinating picture of pre-modern JapanOver a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcaido Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than the Japanese—"to think with their thoughts" was his aim—his prolific writings on things Japanese were instrumental in
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This Scheming World

by Ihara Saikaku ...

Translated by David C. Stubbs, Masanori Takatsuka ...

A Great Classic of Japanese literature and the masterpiece of novelist Ihara Saikaku—now in a completely new and revised edition with introduction by noted scholar David J. GundryThe culmination of Saikaku's perceptive genius, the 20 short stories within This Scheming World recount raucous events and incidents on New Year's Eve as everyone tries to settle their debts for the year, as is the New ... Read more

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A Great Classic of Japanese literature and the masterpiece of novelist Ihara Saikaku—now in a completely new and revised edition with introduction by noted scholar David J. GundryThe culmination of Saikaku's perceptive genius, the 20 short stories within This Scheming World recount raucous events and incidents on New Year's Eve as everyone tries to settle their debts for the year, as is the New
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