Kanson Arahata's autobiography looks back on the formation of his ideas, his participation in socialist movements, and his political experiences across the Meiji, Taisho, and Showa eras. Through one life, it presents the course of antiwar thought, labor activism, and socialist politics in concrete detail.

An autobiographical testimony that traces modern Japanese social movements through the memory of a participant.

A historical novel about En, daughter of the Tosa domain elder Nonaka Kenzan. Forced into confinement as a child by political conflict, she lives through long isolation while bearing the losses of her family and the injustices of her age.

A vivid historical novel portraying the solitude and strength of a woman caught in political conflict.

Hitoshi Ashida's broad documentary study of international diplomacy during the Second World War. It examines the decisions of major powers and the failures of Japanese diplomacy, making the work a substantial warning to later generations.

A statesman-scholar examines the diplomatic process that led to war through documentary evidence.

An edited collection by Toshiyoshi Miyazawa that presents constitutional texts and explanations from major countries. By making written constitutions comparable, it offers a basis for thinking about Japan's Constitution in a broader context.

A foundational resource for constitutional studies that allows readers to compare written constitutions around the world.

A lecture-style work on the relationship between folklore and literature, addressing oral tradition, legends, folktales, festivals, and regional culture. It broadens literature beyond written works and places it within folk transmission and everyday culture.

A course in folk-literary studies that reconsiders literature from the world of oral tradition.

A study of ancient Japanese dwellings and sacred spaces, including Ise Jingu and Izumo Taisha, read at the intersection of architecture, folklore, and history. It treats architecture as a form of life and belief while exploring the foundations of Japanese culture.

An interpretation of ancient Japanese culture through dwellings and sacred spaces.

A biographical study that places Ikki Kita within modern Japanese thought and political movements, examining how his ideas came to carry a fascist symbolic force. It combines biography and intellectual history to illuminate the political tensions of early Showa Japan.

A reading of Ikki Kita's thought and actions within the political crises of modern Japan.

A science-oriented work on diseases tied to local environments and living conditions, depicting the realities of remote-area medicine and public health. It connects medical and parasitological knowledge with social conditions and conveys the challenges of regional healthcare in Japan.

A look at regional healthcare through the relationship between environment and disease.

A science book based on field research that explains the ayu's life cycle, movement between river and sea, territorial behavior, and its relation to traditional fishing. Through a familiar fish, it clearly shows the link between animal behavior and environment.

Following a year in the life of the ayu, the book presents its appeal from both ecological and cultural perspectives.

A collected edition of Nankichi Niimi's children's stories, including representative works such as Gon, the Little Fox. Its gentle narrative voice conveys the full range of Niimi's literature, with its loneliness, compassion, misunderstandings, and attention to nature.

A collected edition that traces the breadth of Nankichi Niimi's world of children's stories.

A large-scale historical dictionary covering events, figures, institutions, and culture in Japanese history. It presents scholarly findings in a form usable by general readers and researchers, and serves as a basic reference showing the level of postwar Japanese historical studies.

A full-scale historical dictionary gathering the achievements of postwar Japanese historiography.