Shoson (26 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Thus. with a red dot on the top edge, this is a first Tuttle edition, an excellent copy, dust jacket is mylar wrapped.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Very light sunning on jacket spine, minor rubbing on corners. Clean and unmarked throughout other than one sticker from previous seller on inside front cover.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: Good. Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle , 1976. 125 pages. Wee rubs to corners, a bit of fading to spine and a spine crease. Former owner's name on half title page. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Good.

Paperback. Condition: New. Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shosun Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to hold onto. The second novella follows a young mother working her way through bars and nightclubs after being abandoned by her gambling-addicted husband. Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise, this dazzling exercise in 1920s naturalist noir promises to become a classic of American literature. This first-ever English language publication of Lament in the Night opens up a whole realm of American literature that has been woefully underpublished and unexplored--namely, the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America. Nagahara was influenced by many Western writers--especially Knut Hamsun, whose work he translated into Japanese--and his novels combine the gritty sensibility of Los Angeles noir with elements of Japanese traditional storytelling and epistolary techniques.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Printed on rice paper. Black wraps are thin silk paper bound with silk thread. Pages have light corner bending but clean throughout. Nice copy.

Condition: New. In.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a VG 114 page string tied Japanese binding, black cover with gold lettering. Photos on request.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

softcover. First page is torn with paper loss. Book has soiled edges and corner and edge wear. Two of the binding threads have snapped but is is still attached. ; Japanese book has green endpapers. Small edge tear at top of front one. Chop mark on last page, "The House of Sung";

Hard Cover/Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First U.S. Edition. Green cloth; embossed cover illustration of exotic plant in rectangular planter; gilt spine lettering. Published simultaneously in Canada by The Ryerson Press. Translations of classic and modern Japanese poems in Haiku form, together with some original Haiku written in English. Foreword by John Gould Fletcher. Upper and lower edges of cover cloth lightly-to-moderately darkened. Attractive prior owner bookplate affixed to inside front cover. Otherwise clean, tight, and unworn in a moderately worn dust jacket with most wear to moderately sun-darkened spine. Portions of rear panel lightly sunned. Now protected in mylar.

Paperback. Condition: New. Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shosun Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to hold onto. The second novella follows a young mother working her way through bars and nightclubs after being abandoned by her gambling-addicted husband. Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise, this dazzling exercise in 1920s naturalist noir promises to become a classic of American literature. This first-ever English language publication of Lament in the Night opens up a whole realm of American literature that has been woefully underpublished and unexplored--namely, the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America. Nagahara was influenced by many Western writers--especially Knut Hamsun, whose work he translated into Japanese--and his novels combine the gritty sensibility of Los Angeles noir with elements of Japanese traditional storytelling and epistolary techniques.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Price clipped. Very Good condition book in a Very Good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Originally published in 1947 by Knopf, this is the later edition based on the text of the first (with a Foreword by John Gould Fletcher). First Printing. A Find copy in light pastel sea-green cloth, in a Fine glossy green and grey dustwrapper, not price-clipped, just a bit lightened along spine panel. 125pp. English with transliterations from the Japanese on the lower margins of the text pages. An attractive book. Q09948.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shosun Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to hold onto. The second novella follows a young mother working her way through bars and nightclubs after being abandoned by her gambling-addicted husband. Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise, this dazzling exercise in 1920s naturalist noir promises to become a classic of American literature. This first-ever English language publication of Lament in the Night opens up a whole realm of American literature that has been woefully underpublished and unexplored--namely, the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America. Nagahara was influenced by many Western writers--especially Knut Hamsun, whose work he translated into Japanese--and his novels combine the gritty sensibility of Los Angeles noir with elements of Japanese traditional storytelling and epistolary techniques.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Lament in the Night collects two remarkable novellas by the author Shosun Nagahara, translated from the Japanese for the first time. The title novella, originally published in 1925, follows itinerant day laborer Ishikawa Sazuko as he prowls the back alleys and bathhouses of Los Angeles, looking for a meal, a job or just someone to hold onto. The second novella follows a young mother working her way through bars and nightclubs after being abandoned by her gambling-addicted husband. Written in a deadpan tone that is both evocative and precise, this dazzling exercise in 1920s naturalist noir promises to become a classic of American literature. This first-ever English language publication of Lament in the Night opens up a whole realm of American literature that has been woefully underpublished and unexplored--namely, the literary heritage of non-English-speaking immigrants in America. Nagahara was influenced by many Western writers--especially Knut Hamsun, whose work he translated into Japanese--and his novels combine the gritty sensibility of Los Angeles noir with elements of Japanese traditional storytelling and epistolary techniques. "Lament in the night (originally published as: Yoru ni nageku, by Sodosha in Los Angeles, California)"--T.p. verso. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

[Tokyo n.d. ca 1920, Kokkei-do]. A single sheet, color wood block print, 20.5 x 24 cm., very good, in old mat, should be rematted, framed for display. FIRST & ONLY EDITION A tender rendition of a pair of sparrows. Done in the minimalist style that Shoson [aka Koson] was so famous for. Blue-gray background sets the birds into the autumn sky, as they clutch onto wild grass. * Nicely sealed with his "Koson" in cinnabar just under the signature of the same name. A typical Taishi period Shin Hanga print example. * REFERENCES: TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: SPECIAL EXHIBITION OF MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS, March 30, 1930. * D. Blair: MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS, a reprint of the 1930 and 1936 exhibition catalogues. * Other useful references: BROWN, Kendall. et al. : TAISHO CHIC: Japanese Modernity, Nostalgia, and Deco. Includes Shin Hanga. * NEWLAND, Amy. et al.: UKIYO-E TO SHIN HANGA: The Art of Japanese Woodblock Prints. *.

[Tokyo 1926], Watanabe. A single Oban sheet, 26 x 38 cm., deckle upper edge, Watanabe publisher's seal in right margin signed Shoson with his red seal [Hanko], see Toledo Museum catalog #181 & illustration. A LIMITED EDITON OF 200 COPIES. "Ohara [Koson; Shoson; Hoson] Matao [his given name] was born at Kanazawa in [1877-1945]. He came to Tokyo where he studied painting under Suzuki Koson and he painted birds and flowers under the guidance of the celebrated American,Ernest Fenollosa, a professor at the Tokyo Imperial Museum. In con- junction with the Daihei print shop, he made bird and flower designs for color prints under the name Kosaon. In 1912, he changed his name to Shoson & only produced paintings until 1926 when he returned to making color-prints,which have been published by Watanabe & sold through their famous shop." . *** Extracted from the 1951 S. Watanabe: CATALOG OF WOOD-CUT COLOR PRINTS BY CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.30; pp30-33 is a list of all Shoson prints, this print is no. 9: "A Group of Geese Near a Pool." This print shows an elaborately embossed feather outline area in grey with blind-stamped areas to make the illusion of feathers realistic, toned with light orange, beaks, legs & feet in orange, yellow & black. Ground grey-green, broken with darker green shadows and shading upward through light yellow-orange to light red-orange. . *** In all six ducks are at play, two very large ducks occupy the foreground, each with shadows. The background is carefully rubbed in a swirling pattern which gives this print a handsome and elegant impression, with the pale pink sky lending itself in to a faint yellow. . *** Expertly printed by hand with the most artistic techniques render this a superb example. Ready for framing and display. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHY: Stephens: THE NEW WAVE, pp 122-125 * BLAIR, Dorothy. MODERN JAPANESE PRINTS: From a Photographic Reproduction of Modern Japanese Prints 1930 & 1936 Editions. Toledo Museum Catalogs 1930, 1936, #181 & illustration. * BROWN, Kendall H. et al.SHIN-HANGA: New Prints in Modern Japan: p.55 and the illustration of this exact print. . ***.