Hardcover. NY, Kodansha International, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 71 pages, color illustrated boards with mustard color cloth spine and an acetate dust jacket. Illustrated with color prints by Chieko Takamura. INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR, SOICHI FURUTA on the half title page. Small 1" tear to the acetate jacket on rear corner. Otherwise, clean, very good. Violet wraparound band with blurb by Donald Keene is present.