9780816510351 - Musui's Story: the Autobiography of a Tokugawa Samurai by Kokichi Katsu (8 results)

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. The item is showing use from the previous owner but works perfectly. Signs of previous ownership which could include: tears, scuffing, notes, excessive highlighting, gift inscriptions, slight water damage, a missing dust jacket, and library markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. History. This is a clean, undamaged copy with sparse pen markings.

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hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Dustjacket. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Tucson. 1988. University of Arizona Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0816510350. Translated from the Japanese, with an introduction and notes by Teruko Craig. 179 pages. hardcover. keywords: Japan Asia History Autobiography. DESCRIPTION - A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world, Musui's Story recounts the escapades of samurai Katsu Kokichi. As it depicts Katsu stealing, brawling, indulging in the pleasure quarters, and getting the better of authorities, it also provides a refreshing perspective on Japanese society, customs, economy, and human relationships. From childhood Katsu was given to mischief. He ran away from home, once at thirteen, making his way as a beggar on the great trunk road between Edo and Kyoto, and again at twenty, posing as the emissary of a feudal lord. He eventually married and had children but never obtained official preferment and was forced to supplement a meager stipend by dealing in swords, selling protection to shopkeepers, and generally using his muscle and wits. Katsu's descriptions of loyalty and kindness, greed and deception, vanity and superstition offer an intimate view of daily life in nineteenth-century Japan unavailable in standard history books. Musui's Story will delight not only students of Japan's past but also general readers who will be entranced by Katsu's candor and boundless zest for life. inventory #10452.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 178 pages including bibliography and colour plates. A series of picaresque adventures set against the backdrop of a Japan still closed off from the rest of the world. ".Opens a wonderful window into the real-life conditions of a down-at-the-heels lower-middle level samurai." - Susan Matisoff. Average wear. Moderate lean to spine. Decent copy with usual library markings.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition stated. Teruko Craig, (tranls from Japanese, introd & notes).1st prtg. burgundy boards, color woodblock illus burgundy dj, exc unread, gift cond, clean & bright; burgundy eps, b/w map, 7 color plates, 178 pp.Katsu's descr of loyalty and kindness, greed & deception vanity & superstition offer an intimate view of daily life in 19th cent Japan. hb OP Size: 6" - 9".

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. includes VG dustjacket. brown spotting to edge of text block. 1st edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

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