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The First Portable Device Loved by Japan’s Literati
Treasured by emperors and clutched by royalty as status symbols, these multi-functional devices initially evolved from wooden sticks used for note taking and record keeping…. Read more »
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A British Publisher’s Adventures in the Japanese book system
I learned the art of reference book selling in US in the late 1970s. Macmillan was the publisher since 1979 of Sir George Grove’s (1820-1900) Dictionary of… Read more »