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Shogun

The Igorrotes experienced a now familiar blend of excited bewilderment. They had journeyed halfway across the world, and had rattled across eleven US states, through wide-open plains and busy railroad junctions. They had grown accustomed to new sights and sounds but nothing could have prepared them for their arrival in America’s greatest city.

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Shiho Yokoyama

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The Vegetarian

Han Kang

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In 1903 Kafu went to the United States for a sojourn of four years during which he worked in schools, in the Japanese legation in Washington, and in the New York branch of the Yokohama Specie Bank. This was followed, in 1907, by a brief stay in France. Returning to Japan in 1908, he published a collection of stories and sketches produced during his

Kafu Nagai • Geisha in Rivalry

In the months that followed, Hunt made hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Igorrotes — on top of ticket receipts, enthralled bystanders threw coins at the feet of the performers. Instead of allowing the Igorrotes to keep their tips from the crafts they sold, as he had promised, he insisted that they turn over the proceeds for safekeeping. He

Robin Hemley • Claire Prentice’s ‘Lost Tribe of Coney Island’

for the Mac within a year. As they proceeded to visit other Japanese companies, Jobs was on his worst behavior. He wore jeans and sneakers to meetings with Japanese managers in dark suits. When they formally handed him little gifts, as was the custom, he often left them behind, and he never reciprocated with gifts of his own. He would sneer when ro... See more

Walter Isaacson • Steve Jobs

Iki is a term born during the Edo Period. It was used first in samurai circles to designate men of worth and elegance who followed the code of honor.

Hector Garcia • Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, Zen, and the Tea Ceremony (Geek In...guides)

Your father wouldn’t give me my freedom, she would say, and so I had to go to court and get it that way.…