Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Hana a daughter of Japan - 1904 - 1904
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Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Hana a daughter of Japan - 1904
Hana symbolizes the Japanese civilization. Bound in silk. With 12 woodblock illustrations including 3 coloured and with several illustrations in the text
Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Hana a daughter of Japan - Tokyo, The Hochi Shimbun, printed by the Hobunsha, 1904 - 298 pp. + 12 woodblock illustrations - Binding covered with silk with floral pattern - 22 × 15 cm
Condition: Good. The first endpaper is loose. Cross stitch binding at the outside, of which the thread at the centre back cover is a bit slack. The bookblock is solid. The binding is clean and the interior virtually flawless, without odour. A magniticent book.
The story is a romance between a traditional Japanese (Hana) and a noble American at the time of the Japanese-Russian war. Well written and easy to read. Also of cultural interest. Gensai Murai wrote the book in English, it is not a translation.
Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Hana a daughter of Japan - 1904
Hana symbolizes the Japanese civilization. Bound in silk. With 12 woodblock illustrations including 3 coloured and with several illustrations in the text
Gensai Murai & Kwason Suzuki (illustr.) - Hana a daughter of Japan - Tokyo, The Hochi Shimbun, printed by the Hobunsha, 1904 - 298 pp. + 12 woodblock illustrations - Binding covered with silk with floral pattern - 22 × 15 cm
Condition: Good. The first endpaper is loose. Cross stitch binding at the outside, of which the thread at the centre back cover is a bit slack. The bookblock is solid. The binding is clean and the interior virtually flawless, without odour. A magniticent book.
The story is a romance between a traditional Japanese (Hana) and a noble American at the time of the Japanese-Russian war. Well written and easy to read. Also of cultural interest. Gensai Murai wrote the book in English, it is not a translation.