1917 Japanese Fairy Tales Serpent with Eight Heads

1917 Japanese Fairy Tales Serpent with Eight Heads DRAGONS Gods Sword Susanoh

A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, ‘The Eight Headed Dragon,’ is an illustrated woodblock book telling the mythological tale of a young fairy Susanoh, brother of the Japanese goddess, Amaterassu, who saves a princess from death by killing an eight-headed serpent. The serpent has a beautiful sword in its tail, which has now been passed down to the emperor through the generations!

Item number: #8181

Price: $399

CHAMBERLAIN, Basil Hall (translated)

Japanese Fairy Tale Series #9, The Serpent with Eight Heads

Tokyo: Y. Nishinomiya, Kami Negishi, Taisho 6 [1917].

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

Unpaginated

Illustrated throughout

Language: English

Binding: Cloth; secure

Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent.