The Tale of the Shining Princess
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About this book
This deluxe edition features a ninth-century story which is thought to be the first prose fiction to be written in Japan. The story is rendered into English here by Hisako Matsubara. Her words are accompanied by her sister Naoko Matsubaras wonderful woodcut art in both black & white and color. --- In textured red-orange paper-covered boards with mounted warrior art in gilt to cover; gilt-stamped spine titling. Exquisite endpapers with actual pressed (willow?) leaves visible through semi-transparent fine papers. Unpaginated (about 60 pages). Volume housed in the same red-orange paper-covered slipcase with more art on the cover. Volume wrapped in original partial dust wrapper/sleeve with publishers description of this item.
