Kinokuniya Bookstore Co Ltd, 1956, 1st edition, good condition with dustwrapper

These perceptive little essays catch more of the spirit of Japan and portray the daily life wuth greater insight than many a more pretentious work. Charmingly illustrated by the author, the sketches will carry the reader through the Tokyo year with visual records of things Japanese. Originally having written them as broadcasts for short-wave transmission to New Zealand and Australia, Mrs Kenrick presents the essence of her own life in Tokyo, and helps her audience picture realities of Japanese living...