Shioya, Sakae.

Chushingura: An Exposition. Illustrated with Hiroshige’s Coloured Plates.

Second Edition. Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, 1940. 23 cm. Colour frontispiece with lettered tissue-guard, XII, 236 pages. 4 folded, colour plates (including Frontispiece) with tissue-guards. Original Hardcover. Good condition with signs of external wear. Upper spine damaged ! Interior in very good condition. All the Plates in excellent condition.

Includes for example the following chapters:

’The Loyal Retainers of Ako’
’The Spirit of the Samurai’
The Chushingura I & II
The Custom of Seppuku
The Influence of the Samurai Spirit
The Code of Vengeance
Following one’s Lord in Death
The Repentance of Honzo
The Manliness of Gihei etc.

• Keywords: Asia – Rare · Asian History – Rare · Eastern Philosophy · Eastern Philosophy – Rare · Eastern Philosophy and Culture · Eastern Philosophy and Culture Rare · Japanese History – Rare · Orient · Oriental Literature · Oriental studies
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 44602AB

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