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The Great Way

The Pilgrimage of a Nation

$42
Boxed Edition / 466 pages

“Beautiful . . . this spirit, this sea.”
– Gozo Yoshimasu

“At times depicting the overpowering beauty of an exotic environment, and at times detailing the harsh realities beneath these aesthetics. Ultimately, it is an explosive edition of sensual shrapnel.”
– Sahitya Akademi

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Behind The Mask

One Hundred Haiku

$35
216 pages, English and Japanese

“The startling multifaceted vision of what truly lies “Behind the Mask” in both its traditional and modern context.”
— Eiichi Yoshimura

“Endless inspiration . . . Chris Mosdell’s lyrics reimagined by famous musicians through the decades shine anew in a multimedia mosaic . . . a myriad of observations . . . pages textual and visual treats . . . a beautiful book.”
— Tokyo Weekender

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The Radicals

A Nation's Ideogrammic Anthems

$42.00
Boxed Edition / 370 pages

Mosdell’s Magnum Opus

“Captures the sense of intimacy with eternity . . . a blend of passion and detachment sometimes reminiscent of Rilke’s meditations.”
— Kyoto Journal

“Magnificent . . . a banquet of sensory delights.”
— Vivian Allender, Vogue

“The most imaginative work done in Japan today.”
— Sherry Reniker, Poetry Editor, Edge

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The Kantocles

Songs from the Atomic Aisles

$25.00
Hard cover / 248 pages

“More poetic than a Kerouac or a Bukowski, yet just as blunt and edgy as his predecessors, Mosdell is a must read.”

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City of Song

The Incendiary Arias

$25.00
Hard cover / 110 pages

“When I read his lyrics, I see him in a high school chemistry laboratory, making Molotov cocktails — his eyes lucid, blue and very clear.”
— Ryuichi Sakamoto

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