Shamu iseki : Yamada Nagamasa

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The original publication of the biography of the legendary Yamada Nagamasa (1590-1630). He was a samurai and a rare Japanese adventurer during the era of isolation. According to legend, he was also a privateer captain who fought with the East India Company around Batavia, he buried his treasure on one of the Australian islands and married Princess of Ayutthaya (Siam). Many Japanese people still believe in his existence, but there is no documentary evidence of this. The author of the foreword was Shoyo Tsubochi (1859-1935), a renowned play-writer, who translated into Japanese Shakespeare and Sir Walter Scott. Original hardback cardboard with gray cloth spine. Stains, chips and scuffs at the corners of the wrapper. Small holes on fleapaper. A tiny stamp of the former owner on the front and back pages. Browning and oil stains in the fields. In general, the state is very good. 19.4 x 12.3 cm. 285 + 3 pages. 6 lithographic b&w plates, including frontispiece. Japanese text. N° de ref. del artículo 1081

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