• The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - front cover
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - back cover
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - spine
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - foxing on top edge
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - half-title
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - title page
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - copyright page and dedication
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - contents
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - contents and introduction
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - illustrated interior page
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - illustrated interior page
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - illustrated interior page
  • The Way of the Urban Samurai by Kasumi, 1992 Charles E. Tuttle Company paperback - illustrated interior page
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The Way of the Urban Samurai: The Japanese Male Exposed

The Way of the Urban Samurai: The Japanese Male Exposed

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Condition: Good

Book Notes: Foxing spots along the top edge of the text block. Covers bright with light toning along the edges; light shelf wear. Spine uncreased; binding tight. Pages clean.

Author(s): Kasumi
Edition: First US Edition

Publication year: 1992

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company

Condition: Good
ISBN: 9780804818179

A humorous illustrated look at the modern Japanese businessman, "the Urban Samurai", written and illustrated by Kasumi. The back cover teases questions such as why the Urban Samurai gets excited when the Nikkei index is up, how an American president's name became Japanese slang for "to throw up", and how a Japanese mail-order catalog could change the American economy.

Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1992. First published in the United States in 1992.

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