(JAPANESE FAIRY TALES.) Hearn, Lafcadio; translator. Japanese Fairy Tales. 5 volumes. Color woodblock illustrations printed on crepe paper. 8vo, original sewn crepe paper wrappers; publisher's board Chi-tsu box with faux bone clasps and cover label, fine, unusually bright box with only some light fading to spine title. Larger format (7 1/2x5 1/2 inches) post-World War I printings. Tokyo: Hasegawa, 1920s
Hearn's celebrated series of story books. The titles include The Boy Who Drew Cats, The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumpling, Chin Chin Kobakama, The Fountain of Youth, and The Goblin Spider. This set with stated imprint "T. Hasegawa, Publisher & Art-Printers" which was prior to the later printings by his grandson and successor, Nishinomiya.
