Scherer James A. B.

Pilot and Shogun A Story of Old Japan

      The Hokuseido Press, Tokyo Japan 1935 - Black cover with yellow plate title in black lettering. Plates in black and white first reproduced from de bry's sammlung von reisen 1601 " adam's ship is in lower left hand corner " / picture of the shogun Tokugawa Iyeyasu . Picture of pilot mound monument under this mound Mr. William Adams is buried. On the interior back hardcover there is a fleyer that was glued [ top band only ] on the flyer there is japanese kanji and english given the title author publishing house in the middle of the text flyer is also a traditional japanese red stamp / wich is the author's japanese signature . This book has inspired many authors including james clavell who relied he4avily upon it to write " shogun " and the tv series that arose from it. Similar events and characters can be witnessed in these works.a wonderful book ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 247 pages. [Attributes: Hard Cover]