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Donald Richie (1924–2013)

Author of The Films of Akira Kurosawa

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The Films of Akira Kurosawa 201 copies
A Hundred Years of Japanese Film: A Concise History, with a Selective… 115 copies
The Inland Sea 105 copies, 1 review
Ozu: His Life and Films 58 copies
The Japan Journals: 1947-2004 51 copies, 2 reviews
Introducing Japan 44 copies
Memoirs of the Warrior Kumagai 34 copies, 1 review
The Image Factory: Fads and Fashions in Japan 34 copies, 1 review
A Taste of Japan: Food Fact and Fable What the People Eat Customs and… 30 copies
The Donald Richie Reader: 50 Years of Writing on Japan 29 copies
A Lateral View: Essays on Culture and Style in Contemporary Japan 28 copies
Zen Inklings: Some Stories, Fables, Parables, and Sermons (Buddhism &… 22 copies
Introducing Tokyo 21 copies
Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companions) 21 copies

Tokyo : A View of the City 18 copies

Geisha, Gangster, Neighbor, Nun: Scenes from Japanese Lives 18 copies

A Tractate on Japanese Aesthetics 18 copies

Japanese Cinema: An Introduction (Images of Asia) 17 copies, 1 review

Japanese Tattoo 14 copies

Japanese Portraits (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature) 12 copies, 1 review

The Temples of Kyoto 12 copies

Japanese Cinema: Film Style and National Character. 11 copies

The Honorable Visitors 11 copies

Japanese Literature Reviewed 10 copies

The Masters' Book of Ikebana: Background & Principles of Japanese… 10 copies

Tokyo Nights 9 copies

Three Modern Kyogen 7 copies

Tokyo Megacity 6 copies

Companions of the Holiday 6 copies

Travelers' Tales Guides Japan: True Stories of Life on the Road… 6 copies

The Japanese Movie 6 copies

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Richie, Donald Steiner

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Lima, Ohio, USA

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Antioch College (BA)

Columbia University

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Japan PEN Association

Eiga Sensho Iinkai, 1965-1966

Council of Society of Cinematologists, 1968

Board Member, National Film Center, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 1995-2002

Board of Governers, Temple University, 1996-2002

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Imperial Decoration, Tokyo: Kyokijitsu Shojusho (Order of the Rising Sun ∙ Gold Rays with Rosette)

Honorary Doctorate, University of Maryland, 1999

Honororary Doctorate, Bard College, 2004

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