Kokugo Teihon [Kuo-yu] by [Hata Kanae, Ed.]

Tokyo: 1819. Edited by Hata Kanae. Six volumes. The definitive edition of the Kuo-yu, or Conversations from the States, one of the classic chronicles dating from Chinese antiquity, the Spring and Autumn Era of Chinese history. “The narratives in the Conversations are arranged according to the states [provinces] to which they pertain...the central court of Chou and the feudal states of Lu, Ch’i,Chin,Ch’u, Wu and Yueh.... Within the sections devoted to each state, the narratives are arranged chronologically, but there is no attempt to give a year by year account” (Watson 66). In blue covers with silk ties. A fine, handsome edition of a hard to find work. An especially handsome copy.