Meiji Sculpture: After the Art of Making Statues is Denzaburo Nakamura's study of modern Japanese sculpture. It follows how Japanese sculpture changed after Western sculptural practice entered Japan following the Meiji Restoration.

It describes how the techniques and ideas of statue-making took root in Japan during the turning point of the Meiji era.

A Record of Rokkasho Village is Satoshi Kamata's reportage on the nuclear fuel cycle facility issue in Rokkasho, Aomori. Through long-term reporting, it depicts the history of the settlement, local society, and the pressure of national development.

At the base of the nuclear fuel cycle project, village life collides with the logic of development.

A Cultural History of Chopsticks: Chopsticks in the World and Japan is Hachiro Isshiki's broad cultural history of chopsticks, covering their history, etiquette, belief systems, and everyday use in Japan and beyond.

From an everyday table utensil, the book reveals histories of belief, the body, and daily culture.

A History of Modern Japanese Popular Song is Sawa Nishizawa's large-scale study of modern Japanese song. It historically traces forms such as enka, street ballads, military songs, and popular songs, systematizing the relationship between modern society and song.

The movements of modern Japanese society emerge as a history of sung words and melodies.

The Gidayu Chronology: Early Modern Volume is a chronological reference work foundational to the study of gidayu-bushi and bunraku. It organizes performance records, titles, and staging information from the early modern period.

By accumulating early modern joruri performance records, it creates a timeline for bunraku research.

Kadokawa Dictionary of Japanese Place Names is a nationwide gazetteer associated with Rizo Takeuchi and other editors. Organized by prefecture, it records place-name origins, history, administrative changes, and related sources.

It reads Japanese place names at the intersection of history, administration, and local sources.