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Auction 69 · Lot 132
The Origin of Japan and the Japanese People [title in Japanese]. By Oyabe Zenichiro.
- Estimate
- $300–$400
- Hammer price
- $400
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(JAPAN).
Place
Tokyo
Publication
1929
Description
FIRST EDITION. Text in Japanese. Photographic and text illustrations. Inscribed by a Jewish GI based in Okinawa (19th April, 1945) to his Rabbi.
summary
Oyabe Zenichiro (1867-1941) proposed that the origin of the Japanese people stemmed from the Jews.
pp. (2), 16, 2, (1), 393, (2). Ex-library. Original boards, Japanese and Hebrew tooled in gilt on upper cover and spine, rubbed. 4to.
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