First edition. Colour woodblock printed crepe throughout. Measuring 151 by 101mm. Yamato-toji binding, original printed crepe paper wrappers, very faint occasional foxing, a near fine copy. Unpaginated [colophon], [22], [advertisements]pp. Tokyo, Kobunsha Publishers, Meiji 22 [i.e, 1889.
A fabulous copy of this Hasegawa and Kobunsha crepe paper book. The book is an English translation of a Japanese folk story, the Ogre’s Arm, centring around a heated fight that takes place at the Rashomon gate.
