First and only edition. 5 photographic plates. 12mo. Original decorated wrappers. Light browning to text, one leaf with marginal tear, but overall still a very good copy. 19pp. Nagasaki-shi kanko-ka, dated Showa 14 [i.e, 1939.
A curious and rare tourist guide to the remnants of the Chinese enclave in Nagasaki. The plates show a few of the buildings in an advanced state of disrepair… But this is definitely the last look before Nagasaki was bombed. The text provides some background information on some of the remaining buildings like the Dojin-do, the Tenko-do and the Kannon-do shrine. Chinese traders at Nagasaki were confined to a walled compound (Tojin yashiki) which was located to the South of Deshima island; the compound was locked at night and all the activities of the Chinese were closely monitored by the Nagasaki bugyo.
