Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese

Kimura, Shotaro; Peake, Charlotte M. A.

Verlag: T. Hasegawa, Tokyo

Beschreibung

Complete three volume set in slipcase. Hardcover with padded crepe paper over boards. Colorful botanical desings with white lettering on covers. All three volumes are in good condition with rubbing to edges, mostly to head and tail of spine and corners; mild soiling. Slight fading to crepe paper, most noticeably on Volume III. All have tight bindings. Interiors are clean except for light toning. Each volume has a small sticker on rear endpaper. Housed in blue cloth slipcase in poor condition. Splitting at joints with complete separation along one of them; moderate soiling and toning. Unpaginated. No publication date or edition is printed. According to a listing on OCLC, the three books were originally published separately between 1907 and 1910. Based on the address printed on the title pages, this is the cased set produced in 1911. All volumes feature beautiful color illustrations from wood blocks. This set of three small books offers a selection of Japanese poems translated into English verse by Shotaro Kimura and Charlotte Peake accompanied by illustrations by Japanese artists. The "Blossom Songs" are taken from an anthology compiled in 906 AD while the "Sword Songs" are more modern poems done by Japanese poets in the Chinese style. ; Color Illustrations; 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 023652

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese

Verlag: T. Hasegawa, Tokyo

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good