Hasegawa (Takejiro).- Three Reflections. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 21, second printing with the 17 Kami Negishi address to advert at rear, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1934]; The Flowers of Remembrance and Forgetfulness, Japanese Fairy Tales Series No. 22, first printing with the 10 Hiyoshicho address to upper cover, Tokyo, Hasegawa, [c.1896], first editions, translated by Mrs. T. H. James, colour woodblock illustrations, some light spotting, original pictorial wrappers, some light creasing, spotting and toning, [Sharf p.62], small 4to (2)

⁂ A good pair of these scarce later titles. Kate James came to Japan as the wife of a British Navy officer. She gave birth to three daughters in quick succession whom she would entertain with Japanese fairy stories she had translated herself. She was introduced to Hasegawa by Basil Hall Chamberlain and would become his most prolific author.