NOTE: Wee also have the author's historical novel Taiko for sale. NOTE: This is a heavy book, weighing 1,160 grams / 2 lb., 9 oz., and will require extra postage for international shipment. Those wanting to read an unabridged version will have to read it in the original Japanese or in Portuguese, in a 2,000 page translation published in Brazil by Estadao in 1998. Ele é provavelmente mais conhecido pela sua obra 'Musashi', uma recriação histórica da vida do lendário espadachim. Ele viria a se tornar um dos maiores, se não o maior, romancista histórico do Japão.
The English language translation is an abridgment. Sobre o Autor/Artista Eiji Yoshikawa nasceu em 1892, em Kanagawa, nos arredores de Tokyo. Originally serialized in Japan from 1935 to 1939, this historical fiction novel follows the life of Japan's most famous philosopher swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi, from the end of the Battle of Sekigahara to his composition of the Book of the Five Rings. The pictorial Dust Jacket is flawless - bright and intact with the original price ($35.00) intact on the front flap. The Binding is light blue textured boards with bright brown title and author to front board, bright brown title, etc., to spine, and all corners square and sharp. The Text Block is clean, bright white, tight, straight and square, with no markings of any kind. The original English language translation from the Japanese by Charles S. Fourteenth (14th) Printing (from number line) of First Edition Thus (Compact Edition), which was first printed in 1995. Kodansha International Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and New York, NY, USA, 2004.
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