吴光雄（Mitsuo Kure），日本武士史专家，艺术家，现居日本东京。最早用英文创作武士题材图书的日本本土作家之一，在该领域享有较高声誉，其著作已成为西方世界的重要参考读物。

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the...(展开全部)

The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the samurai. As early as the late seventeenth century, they were heavily featured in literature, art, theater, and even comedy, from the Tale of the Heike to the kabuki retellings of the 47 Ronin. This legacy remains with us today in the...(展开全部)

菲利帕·梅里曼（Philippa Merriman），高级职业银器匠人，梅里曼银器公司董事，对银子的历史与制作工艺有着深入的研究。在从事制银行业之前，为哲学讲师。

The curious course of silver through human history unfolds in this rich and engaging book, accompanied by striking illustrations from the British Museum. Philippa Merriman takes the reader back to the earliest uses of silver: in ingots and coins, dowries, hoards, and college plate. She shows us how silver demonstrated status--whether for an individual, as ornament, furnishings...(展开全部)

Zhang Zhen is assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University.

Shanghai in the early twentieth century was alive with art and culture. With the proliferation of popular genres such as the martial arts film, the contest among various modernist filmmakers, and the advent of sound, Chinese cinema was transforming urban life. But with the Japanese invasion in 1937, all of this came to a screeching halt. Until recently, the political establishm...(展开全部)

Shanghai in the early twentieth century was alive with art and culture. With the proliferation of popular genres such as the martial arts film, the contest among various modernist filmmakers, and the advent of sound, Chinese cinema was transforming urban life. But with the Japanese invasion in 1937, all of this came to a screeching halt. Until recently, the political establishm...(展开全部)

Zhang Zhen is assistant professor of cinema studies at New York University.