Japanese Books on Primatology

There are many books on primatology written in Japanese. This list is only the part of such books. I translated Japanese titles into English for Western people who may have interests in Japanese primatology. So it is possible that the English title may be incorrect. Although I tried to translate them as precise as I could, I do not guarantee that the English titles shown here corresponds to the intended titles by the authors. The original Japanese titles in Roma-ji is shown in parentheses.

• Fukuda, Fumio 1992. Monkeys of Hakoneyama (Hakoneyama no Saru). Shōbun-sha.
• Furuichi, Takeshi 1988. In the Forest of Bilya: Africa, People and Pygmy Chimpanzees (Bīrya no Sumu Mori de: Afurika, Hito, Pigumī Chinpanjī). Tōkyō Kagaku Dōjin, Tōkyō.
• Furuichi, Takeshi 1999. Evolution of Sex and Human Evolution: from Observation of Bonobos (Sei no Shinka, Hito no Shinka: Ruijin’en Bonobo no Kansatsu kara). Asahi Sensho, Tōkyō.
• Hayaki, Hitoshige 1990. The Human within Chimpanzee (Chinpanjī no naka no Hito). Shōka-bō, Tōkyō.
• Imanishi, Kinji 1941. The World of Living Things (Seibutsu no Sekai), Tōkyō, Kobunsha.
• Imanishi, Kinji 1960. The Gorilla (Gorira). Bungeishunjū-shinsha, Tōkyō.
• Imanishi, Kinji 1966. Formation of Human Society (Jinrui Shakai no Keisei). NHK Books, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō (ed) 1977. The Chimpanzees. (Chinpanjī-ki). Kōdan-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1961. The Forest of Gorillas and Pygmies. (Gorira to Pigumī no Mori). Iwanami-shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1964. African Animals (Afurika Dōbutsu ki). Kawaide Paperbacks, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1970. In Search of Chimpanzees (Chinpanjī wo Otte). Chikuma Shōnen Toshokan, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1971. The Monkeys of Takasakiyama (Takasakiyama no Saru). Shisaku-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1977/1993. Chimpanzees in the Wilderness: In Search of Logic of the Wild. (Chinpanjī no Gen’ya: Yasei no Ronri wo Motomete). Heibon-sha Library, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1987. Evolution of Primate Societies. (Reichōrui Shakai no Shinka). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1990. Mercy of Nature (Shizen no Jihi). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 1993. When Nature Smiles. (Shizen ga Hohoemu toki). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 2006. Thoughts in the Plane and the Forest: Invitation to Field Anthropology. (Gen’ya to Mori no Shikō: Fīrudo Jinruigaku heno Sasoi). Iwanami-shoten, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 2007. Selection of Works by Jun’ichirō Itani 1: Birth of Japanese Primatology (Itani Jun’ichirō Chosaku-shū 1: Nihon Reichōrui-gaku no Tanjō). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 2008. Selection of Works by Jun’ichirō Itani 2: In search of Apes (Itani Jun’ichirō Chosaku-shū 2: Ruijin’en wo Otte). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō 2008. Selection of Works by Jun’ichirō Itani 3: Primate Social Structure and its Evolution (Itani Jun’ichirō Chosaku-shū 1: Reichōrui no Shakai Kōzō to Shinka). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Itani, Jun’ichirō, Tanaka Jirō (eds) 1986. Anthropology of Natural Societies: Living in Africa (Shizen Shakai no Jinruigaku: Afurika ni Ikiru). Academia Shuppankai, .
• Itoigawa N, Minami T (eds) 1998. Ethology of Monkeys and Humans (Saru to Hito no Esorojī). Baifu-kan,
• Izawa, Kōsei 1975. Goodbye Brushi (Sayonara Burūshi). NHK books junior, Tōkyō.
• Izawa, Kōsei 1979. Animals in the Country of Water and Forest (Mori to Mizu no Kuni no Dōbutsu tachi). Dōbutsu-sha, Tōkyō.
• Izawa, Kōsei 1982. Ecology of Japanese Monkeys: Question of Wilderness at Snowy Hakusan. (Nihonzaru no Seitai: Gōsetsu no Hakusan ni Yasei wo Tou). Dōbutsu-sha, Tōkyō.
• Izawa, Kōsei 2009. Study of Wild Japanese Monkeys. (Yasei Nihonzaru no Kenkyū). Dōbutsu-sha, Tōkyō.
• Kanō, Takayoshi 1986. The Last Ape: Pygmy Chimpanzee Behavior and Ecology (Saigo no Ruijin’en: Pigumī Chinpanjī no Kōdō to Seitai). Dōbutsu-sha.
• Kawai, Masao (ed) 1990. Prehuman Sociology: Probing into African Societies. (Jinrui izen no Shakaigaku: Afurika ni Reichōrui wo Saguru). Kyoiku-sha, Tōkyō.
• Kawai, Masao 1979. Forest Produced the Primates: Natural History of Original Sin. (Shinrin ga Saru wo Unda: Genzai no Shizenshi). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Kawai, Masao 1981. Ecology of Japanese Monkeys. (Nihonzaru no Seitai). Kawaide Bunko, Tōkyō.
• Kawai, Masao 1992. The Descent of Man (Ningen no Yurai). Shōgakkan, Tōkyō
• Kawamura, Shunzō, and Jun’ichirō Itani (eds) 1965. Monkeys and Apes: Sociological Studies. (Saru: Shakaigaku teki Kenkyū). Chuōkoron-sha, Tōkyō.
• Koyama, Naoki 2005. Primatological Journey in India: Search for the Boundary of Two Species (Indo Saru Kikō: 2-shu no Bunpu no Kyōkai wo Saguru). Tōkai University Press, Tōkyō.
• Kuroda, Suehisa 1991. Pygmy Chimpanzees: Unknown Apes (Pigumī Chinpanjī: Michi no Ruijin’en). Chikuma-Sōsho, Tōkyō.
• Kuroda, Suehisa 1999. Rethinking Human Evolution: Archaeology of Formation of Societies (Jinrui Shinka Saikō: Shakai Seisei no Kōkogaku). Ibun-sha, Tōkyō.
• Masataka N (ed) 1992. Search for the Mind of Japanese Monkeys (Nihonzaru no Kokoro wo Saguru). Asahi Sensho, Tōkyō.
• Matsuzawa, Tetsurō 1991. The Chimpanzee Mind: World of Mind and Cognition (Chinpanjī Maindo: Kokoro to Ninshiki no Sekai). Iwanami, Tōkyō.
• Matsuzawa, Tetsurō 1991. The World Viewed from Chimpanzees (Chinpanjī kara Mita Sekai). University Press of Tōkyō, Tōkyō.
• Mito, Yukihisa 2004. Monkey and Banana (Saru to Banana). Tōkai University Press, Tōkyō.
• Mito, Yukihisa, and Kunio Watanabe 1999. Social History of Men and Monkeys (Hito to Saru no Shakai-shi). Tōkai University Press, Tōkyō.
• Mizuhara, H 1957. Japanese Monkeys: This Splendid Social Structure (Nihonzaru: Kono Migoto na Shakai Kōzō). San’ichi Shobō, XXXX
• Mizuhara, H 1986. Rethinking Primatology (Saru-gaku Saikō). Gun’yō-sha, XXXX.
• Muroyama, Yasuyuki 2003. Dealin with Monkeys near the Village: Management of Damages by Wild Animals (Sato no Saru to Tsukiau niha: Yasei-Dōbutsu no Higai-Kanri). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Myōwa, Masako 2004. Why “Imitate” (Naze “Mane” wo Surunoka). Kawaide Shobō Shinsha, Tōkyō.
• Myōwa, Masako 2006. When Mind Appears: Ontogeny and Evolution of Communication (Kokoro ga Mebaeru Toki: Komyunikēshon no Tanjō to Shinka). NTT Shuppan, Tōkyō.
• Nakagawa, Nofumi 1994. The Food Table of Monkeys: An Introduction to Feeding Ecology (Saru no Shokutaku: Saishoku Seitaigaku Nyumon). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Nakagawa, Naofumi 2007. Savanna-Running Monkeys: Ecology and Society of Patas Monkeys (Sabanna wo Kakeru Saru: Patasu Monkī no Seitai to Shakai). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Nakagawa, Naofumi, Tomonaga, Masaki, Yamagiwa, Juichi 2012. Future of Japanese Primatology: Possibility of Human Science Called Primate Studies (Nihon Sarugaku no Ashita: Reichōrui-kenkyū toiu “Ningen-gaku” no Kanōsei) Kyōto, Tsūshin-sha.
• Nakamichi, Masayuki 1999. Mother and Child of Japanese monkeys (Nihonzaru no Haha to Ko). Fukumura Shuppan.
• Nakamichi, Masayuki 2007. Child Rearing of Gorillas: Peaceful Fellows at San Diego Wildlife Park (Gorira no Kosodate Nikki: San Diego Yasei Dōbutsu Kōen no Yasashī Nakama-tachi). Showa-dō, Kyōto.
• Nakamura, Michio 2009. Chimpanzees: What They Have Told Me without Language (Chinpanjī: Kotoba no nai Karera ga Kataru koto). Chūkō-shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Nakamura, Michio 2015. Genealogy of Japanese Primatology: 50 Years of People and Chimpanzees (“Sarugaku” no Keifu: Hito to Chinpanjī no 50-nen). Chūkō-sōsho, Tōkyō, Japan.
• Nishida, Toshisada (ed) 2001. Hominization (Hominizêshon). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Nishida, Toshisada 1973. The Children of the Mountain Spirits: Search for the Social Structure of Chimpanzees (Seirei no Kodomotachi: Chinpanjī no Shakai-Kōzō wo Saguru). Chikuma-shobō, Tōkyō.
• Nishida, Toshisada 1981. The World of Wild Chimpanzees. (Yasei Chinpanji Kansatsu-ki). Chūkō Shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Nishida, Toshisada 1994. Thirty-four Stories of Chimpanzees (Chinpanjī Omoshiro Kansatsu-ki). Kinokuniya, Tōkyō.
• Nishida, Toshisada 1999. Origin of Human Nature: An Approach from Primatology (Ningen-sei ha Dokokara Kitaka: Saru-gaku kara no Apurōchi). Kyōto Univeristy Press, Kyōto.
• Nishida, Toshisada 2008. Learning from Animals’ “feeding”: New Edition (Shin Dōbutsu no “Shoku” ni Manabu). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Nishida, Toshisada 2008. Societies of Chimpanzees. (Chinpanjī no Shakai). Toho Shuppan, Tōkyō.
• Nishida, Toshisada, Kōsei Izawa, and Takayoshi Kanō (eds) 1991. Cultural Historiography of Monkeys (Saru no Bunka-shi). Heibon-sha, Tōkyō.
• Nishida, Toshisada, Shigeo Uehara (eds) 1999. For Those who Learn Primatology (Reichōrui wo Manabu Hito no Tameni). Sekai Shisō-sha, Kyōto.
• Nishida T, Shigeo Uehara, and Kenji Kawanaka (eds) 2002. The Mahale Chimpanzees: Thirty-Seven Years of ‹Panthropology› (Mahare no Chinpanjī: Pansuroporojī no 37-nen). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Oda, Ryō 1999. Language of Monkeys: Evolugion of Language Viewed from Comparative Ethology. (Saru no Kotoba: Hikaku Kōdōgaku kara mita Gengo no Shinka). Kyōto University Academic Press, Kyōto.
• Ogawa, Hideshi 1999. Wily Monkeys: Social Intelligence of Tibetan Macaques (Tachimawaru Saru, Chibetto Monkī no Shakaiteki Chinō). Kyōto Univesity Academic Press, Kyōto.
• Shima, Taizō 2004. Societies of Primates and Humans (Saru no Shakai to Hito no Shakai). Taishukan Shoten, Tōkyō.
• Sugawara, Kazuyoshi 2002. The Emotional Ape=Man (Kanjō no En-Jin). Kōbun-dō, Tōkyō.
• Sugiyama, Yukimaru (ed) 2000. Primate Ecology: Dynamism of Environment and Behaviors (Reichōrui Seitaigaku: Kankyō to Kōdō no Dainamizumu). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Sugiyama, Yukimaru 1978. People and Chimpanzees in Bossou: Ecology of Remote West Africa (Bossō-mura no Hito to Chinpanjī: Nishi-Afurika Hekichi no Seitai). Kinokuniya, Tōkyō.
• Sugiyama, Yukimaru 1980. Ethology of Infanticide: in Search of Maintainance Mechanism of the Primate Societies (Kogoroshi no Kōdōgaku: Reichōrui Shakai no Iji Kikō wo Saguru).
• Sugiyama, Yukimaru 1984. Looking at Monkeys to Search for Human Nature (Saru wo Mite Ningen Honshō wo Saguru). Ningen Sensho.
• Sugiyama, Yukimaru 1990. Why Monkeys form Groups: Dynamics of Priamte Societies (Saru ha Naze Mureru noka: Reichōrui Shakai no Dainamikusu). Chūkō Shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Suzuki, Akira 1977. The Way to Omnivors: Ecology of Wild Chimpanzees (Zasshoku-ka heno Michi: Yasei Chinpanjī no Seitai). Tamagawa University Press, Tōkyō
• Suzuki, Akira 2003. Wonderful Societies of Orangutans (Oran’ūtan no Fushigi Shakai). Iwanami Junior Shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Takahata, Yukio (ed) 1994. Anthropology of Sex: In Search for the Connection Between Monkeys and Humans (Sei no Jinruigaku: Saru to Hito no Setten wo Motomete). Sekai Shisō-sha, Kyōto.
• Takahata, Yukio 1985. Ecology and Observational Methods of Japanese Monkeys (Nihonzaru no Seitai to Kansatsu). New Science-sha.
• Takahata, Yukio, and Juichi Yamagiwa (eds) 2000. Natural Society of Japanese Monkeys: Yakushima as an Ecomuseum. (Nihonzaru no Shizen Shakai: Ekomyūjīamu to shite no Yakushima). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Takeshita, Hideko 1999. Early Development of the Mind and Language: Comparative Behaviorla Development among Primates (Kokoro to Kotoba no Shoki Hattatsu: Reichōrui no Hikaku Kōdō Hattatsu-gaku). University Press of Tōkyō, Tōkyō.
• Tanaka I 1999. How the “Knowledge” is Transmitted: What is transferred from mother to offspirng in Japanese monkeys (“Chie” ha dō Tsutawaruka: Nihonzaru no Oya kara Ko he Wataru mono). Kyōto University Press, Kyōto.
• Ueno Y 2002. Gourmet Monkeys, Perfumed Monkeys. (Gurume na Saru, Kosui wo Tsukeru Saru). Kodansha Sensho Mechie, Tōkyō.
• Wada K 1979. World of Japanese Monkeys: Their Ecology at Shiga Hights (Yasei Nihonzaru no Sekai: Shiga Kōgen wo Chūshin to shita Seitai). Kodan-sha Bluebacks, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi (ed) 2007. How Human is Created (Hito ha dono yōni shite Tsukurareta ka). Iwanami, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 1984. The Gorilla: Silver Back Shining in the Forest (Gorira: Mori ni Kagayaku Hakugin no Se).
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 1993. Between Gorilla and Man (Gorira to Hito no Aida). Kōdan-sha Gendai Shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 1994. Origin of Human Family: Emergence of Paternity (Kazoku no Kigen: Fusei no Tōjō). University Press of Tōkyō, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 1998. Miscellaneous Notes on Gorillas (Gorira Zatsugaku Nōto). Daiamondo-sha.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 2003. Evolution of Males: in Search for Origin of Manfulness (Otoko no Shinka-ron: Otoko-rashisa wo Motomete). Chikuma Shinsho, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 2005. The Gorilla (Gorira). University of Tōkyō Press, Tōkyō.
• Yamagiwa, Juichi 2006. Walking Yakushima with Monkeys (Saru to Aruita Yakushima). Yama to Keikoku-sha, Tōkyō

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