first edition Cloth
1965 · Tokyo and Rutland, VT
by Kazuya Sakamoto (Trans. by Charles A. Pomeroy)
Tokyo and Rutland, VT: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha And Charles Tuttle, 1965. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good +. The 1965 1st English language edition. Tight and VG in its blue cloth, with light staining at the panels (which has not bled thru and does not affect the text in the slightest) in a crisp, VG+ to Near Fine dustjacket, with one small closed tear at the bottom-edge. Thick quarto, beautifully photographed in rich gravure by Kiyoshi Sonobe. Another in Tuttle's long line of first-rate studies of Japanese history and culture. (Inventory #: 12668)