Chushingura: Or The Treasury of Loyal Retainers.

Takeda, Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, and Namiki Senryu.

Published by Tokyo: Nakanishi-ya, 1910.

About this Item

First edition thus (Takeda did a less complete translation in a small printing 17 years earlier.) xxxviii, 269pp, (6 x 8.5 inches). VG- in folding case (chemise). 12 folded leaves of colored plates, 1 b&w plate (a photo of a Japanese actor), and b&w drawings throughout the text. Four of the folding plates are minus their tissue guards, two are wrinkled at the interior fold, and three are worn along the outside edge. Pages are foxed. Decorated and embossed cloth covers are lightly soiled and worn. Japanese style binding - silk threads broken at the bottom edge. Cloth covered folding case is sunned, a little soiled, split and worn on creases, but still holding. Previous owner's silvery name label inside case, and on front endpaper. Based on the vendetta of the retainers of Ako which took place in 1703. Introduction discusses Japanese language and the social and historical background of the story. Translated by Jukichi Inouye. Digital photos on request.

Seller Inventory # 1601

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Chushingura: Or The Treasury of Loyal Retainers.
• Publisher: Tokyo: Nakanishi-ya, 1910.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Theatre, Theater, Drama