Summary: After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn's collections of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Summary: A boy pursues and captures elusive butterflies but decides that it is more fun to carry home his memories than a trophy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Book Studio 1990
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC YOSSummary: "After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers ... take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using ... mushrooms for sustenance, they find the ship's journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to ingest the mysterious fungi transforming them into hideous fungal monsters."
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MATSummary: Funeral parade of roses is a headlong dive into the dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara. Hot young thing Eddie, hostess at Bar Genet, ignites a violent love-triangle with reigning drag queen Leda for the attentions of club owner Gonda.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN FUNMachia, Yoshio.
Contents: Lotus, Pt. 1 (7:42) -- Lotus, Pt. 2 (6:36) -- Lotus, Pt. 3 (6:02) -- Texas vino (5:13) -- Bloom (6:50) -- Dew (6:36) -- Lotus solo (6:27).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Amorfon 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE MachiYoshii, Ryuichi.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Periplus Editions 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 YOSYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "Thirty-two-year-old Tohno Naruhiko has been scraping by as a manga creator for ten years, and when his latest series gets canceled, he finds himself at a crossroads. Tohno's always had his sights set on fantasy, but this time around, his editor's got another idea-a slice-of-life story set in a remote village not unlike the one where he was born and raised. Could a return to his roots be...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSTsukiori, Yoshiko.
Summary: Shares twenty patterns and instructions for Japanese style women's clothing, from jackets and dresses to skirts and tops.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Pub. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 646.404 TSUYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "Naruhiko Tohno has finally hit it big with Wakkamon, his new manga series about life in a small island village. But thanks to tight deadlines and a no-nonsense editor, it's been a long road to success. As Naruhiko answers interview questions, he recalls the stressful days before he made his debut...and it's not going to get any easier from here on out! The story of an ordinary manga creator's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Anime, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSUchida, Yoshiko.
Summary: Two foolish cats go to the old monkey of the mountain to settle their quarrel.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: M.K. McElderry Books 1987
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 UCHIwai, Toshio
Summary: After receiving a mysterious invitation, Tochi climbs a one hundred story house where he meets a menagerie of animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE IWAKijima, Toshio
Summary: Japanese Style Companion Planting brings the techniques of a master farmer in Japan to home gardeners all over the world, with over 175 easy-to-follow color illustrations and detailed texts. Japanese gardeners typically work with small plots and are experts at making the most efficient use of available garden space. They have long understood that when compatible vegetables and fruits are grown...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 635.9 KIJSummary: Surreal Japanese drama about a latex doll which becomes human. Hideo (Itsuji Itao) lavishes affection upon his doll, Nozomi (Doona Bae), and seems to appreciate her silently passive nature. Unbeknownst to him, however, one day Nozomi comes to life and sets out in search of human experience. On her wanderings she happens upon a video rental store, where she meets Junichi (Arata). As an emotional...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN AIRYoshino, Kenji
Summary: "In the current period of social and political unrest, conversations about identity are becoming more frequent and more difficult. On subjects like critical race theory, gender equity in the workplace, and LGBTQ-inclusive classrooms, many of us are understandably fearful of saying the wrong thing. That fear can sometimes prevent us from speaking up at all, depriving people from marginalized...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.3 YOSYoshino, Sastoshi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: T.F.H. Publications 1993
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 639.34 YOSYoshino, Satsuki
Summary: "After ten years of false starts, Naruhiko Yoshino's new manga series is garnering sales little by little. Now, the guy who's never left his secluded island home and never even had a drawing assistant is getting his own autograph event. What's going to happen when he travels to Tokyo to meet his fans?"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 YOSAkiyoshi, Toshiko
Contents: Feast in Milano -- Unrequited love -- Liberty suite (Lady liberty / Wishing peace / Uptown stroll).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Ken Music 1989
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ AKIYoshida, Asako
Summary: Learn to cook sushi, tonkatsu, teriyaki, tempura, and more.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5952 YOSSummary: "Akira Inugami [is] the only survivor of a clan of ancient werewolves who relies on his supernatural powers to solve mysterious crimes. After a series of bloody killings perpetrated by an unseen force, Inugami uncovers a conspiracy involving a murdered cabaret singer, corrupt politicians, and a plot by the J-CIA to harvest his blood in order to steal his lycanthropic powers. At the same time,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY FOREIGN WOLAkiyoshi, Toshiko
Contents: Harlequin tears -- Desert lady-fantasy -- Hangin' loose -- Hiroko's delight -- Broken dreams -- Bebop.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia Records 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ AKIAkiyoshi, Toshiko.
Contents: Kelo -- Salute to Shorty -- Pea, Bee and Lee -- Taking a chance on love -- All the things you are -- No moon at all -- I'll remember April -- Thou swell
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Trio Records 1984
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL JAZZ AKIOshiro, Mark
Summary: Struggling with panic attacks and grief over his father's death, high school junior Moss, in the face of a racist school administration, decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tor Teen 2018
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2 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC OSHAkiyoshi, Toshiko
Contents: After Mr. Teng.--Song for the harvest.--Shades of yellow.--Autumn sea.--Farewell (to Mingus).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Jazz America Marketing 1980
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ AKIReagon, Toshi.
Contents: Misty mountain (4:53) -- Kindness (4:18) -- Mr. Conductor man (5:28) -- I call you (3:56) -- Land on the shore (4:54) -- Action (3:57) -- Darlin' (4:37) -- Where you gon be standin' (3:54) -- Wait a minute (4:51) -- For our love (2:48)
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Folkways 1997