Japanese goblin poetry / rendered into English by Lafcadio Hearn and illustrated by his own drawings ; compiled by his son Kazuo Koizumi.

Accession number: 
PML 198205
Author: 
Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904, author.
Published: 
Tōkyō : Oyama, 1934.
Description: 
48 pages : illustrations, mounted facsimiles ; 44 cm
Credit: 
Gift of Anna Lou Ashby, 2019.
Notes: 

Selections from Kyōka hyaku-monogatari, "The mad poetry of the Hundred tales," 8 v., [1853?] Cf. p. 5.
Text in Japanese, in transliteration, and in English translation. Editorial matter in English; supplementary matter, including added title page in Japanese.
"Limited edition, 500 copies of the book have been issued"--Printed label on verso of half-title page.
Library's copy numbered 131.
Publisher's label mounted on inside front cover.

Binding: 
Publisher's pictorial navy blue and white cloth over white buckram boards; printed yellow title label on front cover; issued in original rice tissue wrapper and rose-colored cardboard case, with pictorial white title label, lettered in black; Isseido Booksellers ticket mounted inside case.
Variant Title: 

Yōma shiwa : Koizumi Yakumo hikō gahon

Provenance: 
From the collection of Anna Lou Ashby.
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