Junichirō Tanizaki. The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot / Two novellas translated by Anthony H. Chambers. — NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982.

Title-page: JUNICHIRŌ TANIZAKI | — | The Secret History | of the Lord of Musashi | AND | Arrowroot | TRANSLATED BY | ANTHONY H. CHAMBERS | {Borzoi device} | — | Alfred A. Knopf  New York  1982 ||

Description: First edition. Hardcover, 220 × 150 mm; publisher’s quarter burgundy cloth over brown paper-covered boards, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket, unclipped; printed on cream wove paper. Dust jacket (by Gun Larson) with full-length samurai armour and mounted archers on front and rear panels; jacket photograph courtesy of Bramante Editrice, Busto Arsizio, Italy.

Imprint: THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK | PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. || Translation Copyright © 1982 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. Distributed by Random House, Inc., New York. || Bushūkō Hiwa (The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi), serialized in Shinseinen in 1931–32, was revised by the author and published by Chūō Kōronsha in 1935. Yoshino Kuzu (Arrowroot) was first published in the January and February 1931 issues of Chūō Kōron. In 1932, it was included in a volume with A Blind Man’s Tale and two folktales. Some of the paper used for the 1932 edition was made in Kuzu, and the calligraphy was done by Matsuko Nezu (1903–1991), who was soon to become Tanizaki’s wife. || Manufactured in the United States of America | FIRST EDITION ||

Pagination: [2 blank] [2 blank/advert.] [i–viii] ix–xii, [1–8] 9–199 [200 blank] [8].

Language: English

ISBN: 0-394-52454-3