1927 The Death of Ii Tairo by Kichizo Nakamura - First English Ed. Japanese Play

Description: Masterpieces of Contemporary Japanese Fiction. The Japan Times' Series. The Death of Ii Tairo. By Kichizo Nakamura and published in Tokyo by the Japan Times. 1927, vii-275-iv pp with advertisements, 7.5 x 5.5", cloth binding. In good condition with light shelf wear to original pink and gilt cloth boards. Spine label of the N.Y.K. Passengers' Library, S.S. Wakasa Maru, No. 70. NYK Line stamps on endpaper and title page, along with an ownership stamp of Professor Dr. J. Rahder. General age-related toning and some foxing to pages. Authenticity stamp affixed to final page, followed by publisher advertisements. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce, first English edition of the Japanese play Ii Tairo, first performed in 1920. The play centers on Ii Nasouke, a Tairo in the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan who was assassinated in 1860 by opponents of his position on the opening of Japan to foreign trade. A very nice copy that was once housed in the library of the Japanese liner S.S. Wakasa Maru, which transported passengers to ports from Japan to London to Brazil between 1913-1930. FORN-ABE-MSB-0822-Shelf-579-am481

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