Dickins, Frederick V., translator
Chiushingura, or The Loyal League, a Japanese Romance
£400
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Yokohama: The "Japan" Gazette Office, 1875. 8vo, Japanese calligraphic frontispiece, 30 plates and 4 leaves of Japanese text at rear, original wrappers, wrappers a little dust-soiled and worn, some foxing, particularly to initial leaves
Footnote
Note: The first English language edition of The Forty-Seven Ronin, telling the story of a band of ronin, or leaderless Samurai, who avenged their master's death. The 18th century has become legendary in Japan.