xvii, plus 17 pages of black and white plates, index of Japanese words. Edited by The Society of Traditional Arts under the Auspices of The Institute of the Pacific. Translated by Takano Fumi. The jacket has a protective plastic cover and apart from minor damage to the front from what appears to be the removal of a price sticker is in excellent condition. So too is the body of the book. Its faults are minimal: the pages are very lightly tanned; there is an ownership signature on the front end paper and a gift inscription on the half title page, else clean, unmarked and solid.