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Russia and the Pacific seen by four Japanese castaways: almost 4 meters of drawings and maps llustrating their impression of the Russian land, people, culture, military, dress, etc., together with depictions of Marquesan and Hawaian people.
The Kankai Ibun, or "Strange Tales of a Circumnavigation", for the first time recorded the experiences of four Japanese who had been rescued by a Russian vessel in 1792 and were taken to St. Petersburg before eventually returning to Japan on the Krusenstern expedition in 1804.
The first scroll opens with two aerial maps of Avacha Bay (Kamchatka) and the entrance to Nagasaki harbour, followed by Russian flags and detailed rendition of Russian military uniforms, the Russian boat Nadezhda entering Nagasaki harbour surrounded by a multitude of Japanese vessels from the Saga and Omura domain, a map of the Ob river basin, a small map of the a scene on Baikal lake, a sketch of a newly built Russian naval vessel and a water-mill. The second scroll shows two scenes of the… Read More

This work delves into the infamous case of Menahem Mendel Beilis, a Russian Jew (1874-1934) who stood accused of ritual murder in Kiev in 1911. The prosecution alleged that the murder of the 13-y. old child Iushchinskii was a religious ritual, drawing connections to the blood libel, a widespread legend that many Russians believed during that time. Beilis endured over two years of imprisonment awaiting trial, during which an anti-Semitic campaign raged in the Russian press. Despite the lengthy trial, Beilis was eventually acquitted, but the legal proceedings shed light on the prevailing issue of anti-Semitism within the Russian Empire, sparking international criticism.
Published more than 20 years after the events and the judgement, this scarce pamphlet is part of the series 'Biblioteka Russkago Natsionalista', published in Shanghai by the Russian Fascist Party, a minor Russian émigré movement based in Manchukuo during the 1930s and 1940s. Among the works advertised on the lower wrapper we find 'What… Read More