Edward Seidensticker (1921–2007)

Author of Low City, High City: Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake

Includes the names: Edward Seidensticker, Edward Seidensticker, Edward G. Seidensticker

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Low City, High City: Tokyo from Edo to the Earthquake 116 copies, 3 reviews
Japan 63 copies, 1 review
Tokyo Rising: The City Since the Great Earthquake 44 copies, 2 reviews
Kafu the Scribbler: The Life and Writings of Nagai Kafu, 1879-1959… 20 copies
Genji Days 15 copies, 2 reviews
Tokyo Central: A Memoir (Mclellan Book) 12 copies, 1 review
This Country Japan 10 copies, 1 review
The Snake That Bowed 7 copies
Very Few People Come This Way: Lyrical Episodes from the Year of the… 4 copies, 1 review
Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989: The Emergence of the World's… 4 copies
Modern Colloquialisms Revised Japanese-English 1 copy
Japanese and Americans 1 copy
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (2 Volumes) 1 copy

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Snow Country (Translator, some editions) 1,484 copies, 25 reviews
Thousand Cranes (Translator, some editions) 757 copies, 23 reviews
The Master of Go (Translator, some editions) 656 copies, 14 reviews
Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan (Translator, some editions) 152 copies, 6 reviews
The Sea of Fertility (some editions) 110 copies, 1 review

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1921-02-11

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2007-08-26

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USA

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Castle Rock, Colorado, USA

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Tokyo, Japan

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

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Harvard University

University of Tokyo

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