"The English manga book you simply have to buy" ―Time Out Tokyo Magazine  "It's as if magic coats the pages." ―Novelist Banana Yoshimoto "Fans of alternative, independent manga ought to give Him Her That a look" ―Otaku USA Magazine  It all begins with a feat of imagination in the ocean. Guided by a high-tech scuba helmet, a young woman comes across a machine that allows her to revisit past lives. Welcome to the mind-bending world of Wisut Ponnimit, whose manga are revered in Tokyo for their artistic charm, intellectual depth, and literary humor. This is the first of Ponnimit's works to be published in English, though he has released over ten books in Japanese and Thai. Based in both Bangkok and Tokyo, Ponnimit holds a coveted Japanese Media Arts Award for outstanding manga by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs. This brilliant comic also includes essays about Ponnimit's art by novelist Banana Yoshimoto as well as by the book's translator Matthew Chozick.     "The English manga book you simply have to buy" ―Time Out Tokyo Magazine  "It's as if magic coats the pages." ―Novelist Banana Yoshimoto "Fans of alternative, independent manga ought to give Him Her That a look" ―Otaku USA Magazine  It all begins with a feat of imagination in the ocean. Guided by a high-tech scuba helmet, a young woman comes across a machine that allows her to revisit past lives. Welcome to the mind-bending world of Wisut Ponnimit, whose manga are revered in Tokyo for their artistic charm, intellectual depth, and literary humor. This is the first of Ponnimit's works to be published in English, though he has released over ten books in Japanese and Thai. Based in both Bangkok and Tokyo, Ponnimit holds a coveted Japanese Media Arts Award for outstanding manga by the Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs. This brilliant comic also includes essays about Ponnimit's art by novelist Banana Yoshimoto as well as by the book's translator Matthew Chozick.

Him Her That

Comics & Graphic Novels

Ponnimit, Wisut

Manga

Awai Books

(英語に続き、日本語でのご案内があります)The critically acclaimed Pillow Book by Singapore poet Jee Leong Koh is now out in an illustrated dual Japanese and English edition. Inspired by Sei Shonagon, a Heian period Japanese court lady, Koh interweaves lists, anecdotes, tanka and haiku into witty, meditative essays. The Japanese translation by Keisuke Tsubono brings Koh's musings to a new audience. In this edition of The Pillow Book, Mariko Hirasawa's charming illustrations accompany Koh's reflections on life and the spaces he has inhabited. After being born and raised in Singapore, Koh studied literature at Oxford University and then Sarah Lawrence College. He now lives in New York City and has written four books of poetry, including The Pillow Book which was nominated for the Singapore Literature Prize. English with full Japanese Translation.
ニューヨーク在住の、気鋭のシンガポール詩人ジー・リオン・コーによる最新作にして初邦訳作『The Pillow Book/マクラノソウシ』(シンガポール文学賞ノミネート作品)。
清少納言「枕草子」にインスパイアされて執筆された本書は、詩やエッセイ、俳句や短歌など様々な形式と主題を混ぜ合わせながら、自身の経験と思索に、シンガ ポールや日本やアメリカの文化を自在に織り込んだ、風通しの良い断片集です。詩人の瑞々しい感性によって編まれた、時に柔らかく時に鋭い言葉の数々を、平澤まりこによるチャーミングなイラスト満載の英語/日本語バイリンガル版でお届けします。 ––––––33歳になった年に、ニューヨークシティに引っ越した。はたして僕はゲイで詩人なのか、答えを見つけるために。 (ジー・リオン・コー、『The Pillow Book/マクラノソウシ』より)

The Pillow Book: English-Japanese Illustrated Edition マクラノソウシ（日本語・英語イラスト入り版）

Literature & Fiction

Koh, Jee Leong

Poetry

From the sugar rush of Tokyo’s idol subculture to the discordant polyrhythms of its experimental punk and indie scenes, this book by Japan Times music columnist Ian F. Martin offers a witty and tender look at the wide spectrum of issues that shape Japanese music today. With unique theories about the evolution of J-pop as well as its history, infrastructure and (sub)cultures, Martin deconstructs an industry that operates very differently from counterparts overseas. Based partly on interviews with influential artists, label owners and event organisers, Martin’s book combines personal anecdotes with cultural criticism and music history. An accessible and humorous account emerges of why some creative acts manage to overcome institutional pressures, without quitting their bands. Ian Martin’s writing about Japanese music has appeared in The Japan Times, CNN Travel and The Guardian among other places. Martin is based in Tokyo, where he also runs Call And Response Records.

Quit Your Band! Musical Notes from the Japanese Underground

Arts & Photography

Martin, Ian F.

Music

Syzygy

Jordan a y Smith

(English follows) 現代アメリカを代表する詩人、フォレスト・ギャンダー。その鋭い感性と卓抜な技量によって、日本にルーツをもつパフォーマンスアーティストEiko &amp; Komaの肉体による唯一無二の表現を、言語芸術へと見事に転生させた。選び抜かれた言葉としなやかに変化する詩形は読む者を魅了し、深遠なる意味へと導く。
全20篇の詩作品に、アナ・リー・キャンベルによるEiko &amp; Komaの写真が光彩を添える。
現代芸術の担い手による稀有なコラボレーション作品、待望の日本語・英語版。日本語版は中川映里とマシュー・チョジックによる共訳。
Sublime and delightfully observant, this poetry collection by renowned American poet Forrest Gander playfully extends the dances of Japanese performance art unit Eiko &amp; Koma. What emerges is a transfixing, dexterous use of poetic form that transposes a theatre of movement onto the page with delicacy and profundity. This book is enhanced with photographs by Anna Lee Campbell and a parallel Japanese translation by Eri Nakagawa and Matthew Chozick.
フォレスト・ギャンダー
現代アメリカを代表する詩人。詩、小説、エッセイ、翻訳など、その文筆活動は多岐に渡り、数々の文学賞を受賞。ピューリッツァー賞および全米批評家協会賞ファイナリスト。パブロ・ネルーダをはじめ、ラテンアメリカの詩人を数多く英語圏へ翻訳紹介するとともに、吉増剛造や野村喜和夫の英訳(編集・共訳)でも知られる。ハーバード大学、ブラウン大学で教鞭を執ったのち、現在カリフォルニア州サンフランシスコ近郊在住。
Forrest Gander 
An award-winning American writer, translator, and editor, Gander is a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist who has translated Pablo Neruda and many Latin American writers, and co-translated Kiwao Nomura and Gozo Yoshimasu. Gander, who taught at Harvard and then Brown University, lives near San Francisco, California.
Eiko &amp; Koma (エイコ&amp;コマ)
日本でうまれ育ち、1976年からニューヨーク在住のEiko(尾竹永子)と Koma (尾竹隆)はダンスパフォーマンス、映像作品、インスタレーションなどを二人で共同制作。ニューヨーク近代美術館(MoMA)、ホイットニー美術館 などで公演。マッカーサー賞、スクリプス賞など受賞多数。
Eiko &amp; Koma
Born and raised in Japan, Eiko Otake and Koma Otake have been active in New York since 1976. The duo has presented dances, video art and installations at venues notably including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and the Whitney Museum of American Art. They are recipients of numerous prizes, including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Scripps Award.

Eiko & Koma（日本語・英語版）English-Japanese Edition

Gander, Forrest

From popular genre films to cult avant-garde works, this book is an essential guide to Japan's vibrant cinema culture. It collects two decades of the best of Mark Schilling's film writing for Variety, Japan Times, and other publications. The book offers an in-depth look at hundreds of landmark Japanese movies as well as undeservedly neglected ones. The essays and detailed analyses are interwoven with more than sixty interviews showcasing Japan's most talented directors and stars. This book enables students, teachers, and lovers of Japanese cinema to make new discoveries while learning more about their favorite films. Mark Schilling set off for Japan in 1975 to immerse himself in the culture, learn the language, and haunt the theaters. He has been there ever since. In 1989 he became a regular film reviewer for The Japan Times, and has written on Japanese film for publications including Variety, Screen International, Premier, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, Japan Quarterly, Winds, Cinemaya, and Kinema Jumpo.

Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000

Schilling, Mark

Individual Artists

Norman England's gutsy and insightful stories will do more than just entertain. This is the first and only book in English to take you on a deep dive into the Japanese film industry. You will join well-known directors, cast, and staff for tales of backroom set dealings. The author's own unlikely story starts with joining the Japanese crew on a George Romero-directed TV commercial shot in Los Angeles. Afterward, in Tokyo, Norman England learns to navigate the sets of giant monster icons Gamera and Godzilla. The book concludes with the premiere of Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. This diary from the front lines is essential reading for Japanese cinema enthusiasts and filmmakers everywhere.

Behind the Kaiju Curtain: A Journey Onto Japan's Biggest Film Sets

Humor & Entertainment

England, Norman

Movies

Mischief of the Gods: Tales from the Ethiopian Streets

Politics & Social Sciences

Kawase, Itsushi

Social Sciences

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