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Japan in a Nutshell

Two volumes on the religion, culture, popular practices, psychology, tradition, customs and manners of the Japanese people.

Word to the Nisei

Editorial written by James Y. Sakamoto, publisher of the Japanese American Courier, exhorting the Nisei to remain loyal and do their bit in the defense of the United States.

Nisei Farewell

Jimmy Sakamoto, the publisher of the Japanese American Courier, expressed gratitude and appreciation to the American public for their kindness and said that since it was war, he and others were willing to make the sacrifices the government asked for.

The Electrical Fields

An elderly Japanese woman in Ontario investigates the murder of a married woman, also Japanese, who was having an affair with a white man. Part mystery, part story of the Japanese in Canada. A first novel.

The Spirit of the Brush: Being the Outlook of Chinese Painters on Nature from Eastern Chin to Five Dynasties A.D. 317-960

The early Chinese artists of the Fourth century were also the first art critics of painting and the ancient philosopy of Taoism influenced their aesthetic outlook. These essays show the evolution of these ideals.