Shelfmark
Id7.4.01
Author
Uniform title
[Kimono. Japanese]
Title
Kimono / John Paris [and] Nagaharu Wakayanagi.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Tōkyō : Kyōbunsha, Taishō 12 [1923].
Physical description
507 p. ; 19 cm
Language
Translated into Japanese from English.
Note
Title, statement of responsibilty, and publication romanized; text in Japanese alphabet.
Note
Publisher's green patterned paper binding; Japanese characters stamped on lower cover and spine.
Note
Romanized date of printing (6 August 1923) and publication date (30 August 1923).
Note
The cover states: 'This novel is a fictional attack on Japan written by a British diplomat who had been stationed in Japan for a long time...The protagonist, a young officer, is from a famous family in England. Fujinami Asako, who marries him, is a beautiful young woman who was educated in Paris without being informed of her true identity due to a secret. The secondary protagonist, Smith Yaeko, is the only daughter of a British newspaper reporter who was quite well-known in Japan. She is a mixed-race girl who is the epitome of indulgence'.
Binding
Without dust-jacket; housed in original slipcase, with Japanese title, author, and other characters on one side and spine.
Genre/Form
Novels.
Added entry--name
Paris, John, 1889 - 1976 pseud.
Added entry--name
Wakayanagi, Nagaharu translator.
Added entry--name
Kyōbunsha publisher.
Added entry--place
Japan Toyko.
Language code
jap eng
Identifier
B43591