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(The Life of Ishikawa Goemon) (Ishikawa Goemon Ichidaiki) 石川五右衛門一代記下(いしかわごえもにちだいき)
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- near fine
- Condition
- Near Fine
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1868 Japanese Ishikawa Goemon Ninja Samurai Color Illustrated Robin Hood Japan
A rare, 19th-century Japanese woodblock print of "Ishikawa Goemon Ichidaiki, " or "The Life of Ishikawa Goemon,". It tells the folk story of Ishikawa Goemon, a legendary ninja thief who lived during the late 16th century in Japan. Goemon is said to have been a Robin Hood-like figure, stealing from the wealthy and giving to the poor. The book is historical fiction, notable for its colorful descriptions of Goemon's exploits and has been adapted into numerous stage plays, films, and other media. Goemon's famous death scene of being boiled alive after attempting to assassinate Hideyoshi the feudal lord for the death of his wife contains conflicting accounts, with some saying he held his son aloft while he boiled alive and his son was forgiven of his father's crimes, and others saying that he plunged his son into the bottom to kill him quickly and then held him aloft to force them to face their atrocity.
This rare undated edition is written in the typical handwritten column format with illustrations of ninja, attacks, samurai, courtesans, weapons, and the famous death scene of Goemon!
Item number: #30360
Price: $599
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(The Life of Ishikawa Goemon) (Ishikawa Goemon Ichidaiki) 石川五右衛門一代記下(いしかわごえもにちだいき)
[Edo: Meiji 1868]
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes in 1
· References:
o Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books
o Hori, Ichiro. "Ishikawa Goemon Ichidai-ki." Nihon Koten Bungaku Daijiten
· Language: Japanese
· Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
· Quite scarce
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Synopsis
"My Heart Is Afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky."Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30360
- Title
- (The Life of Ishikawa Goemon) (Ishikawa Goemon Ichidaiki) 石川五右衛門一代記下(いしかわごえもにちだいき)
- Author
- Unknown
- Format/Binding
- Softcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Edo
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1868 Japanese Ishikawa Goemon Ninja Samurai Color Illustrated Robin Hood Japan, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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