KOTTO: Being Japanese Curios, With Sundry Cobwebs. [! Title Page Red Border Prin

New York 1902, Macmillan. Olive decorated cloth, top edge gilt, very bright,clean & solid, gold, black & green covers and spine, 251p., 14 x 21 cm., photo frontispiece, contents clean.** WITH RED TITLE PAGE BORDER PRINTED RIGHT SIDE UP ** . *** **** *** . . FIRST EDITION . . . WITH RED TITLE PAGE BORDER PRINTED RIGHT SIDE UP . . * There are two variants to the FIRST EDITION, the earliest edition is printed with the red-ink title page border by Genjiro Yeto printed UPSIDE DOWN, as indicated by his name Hanko [seal/chop] being in the upper right corner. . The second variant [this listing] was the correction to this error by printing that red border RIGHT SIDE UP, with the Hanko at the lower left corner. . Both copies are FIRST EDITIONS, simply variant. . *** The title "KOTTO" means "Old Things" in Japanese, in essence in this case Hearn used this name to indicate old ghostly stories, strange Japanese beliefs, bizarre folk-tales, superstitious short stories, covering ghouls, goblins and of the dead. . *** THE ILLUSTRATIONS: The book has a black & white photo frontispiece of a Japanese grave yard and tombs. with other red Japanese illustrations: 20 full page illustration before each story, and 33 text illustrations. . All red ink drawings by Genjiro Yeto, each with his Hanko with & '1902' date, one drawing before each story. . *** THE ARTIST: YETO GENJIRO [1867-1924]: Yeto was an eminent Japanese painter of the period, he was also a well know book illustrator, illustrating many books by foreign authors. . He came to America in 1873 with the Chicago Columbia Exposition World Fair. After that he went to New York and became an art student at ART STUDENT LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, in 1896 he went to the Cos Cob art colony as an art student at the Bush-Holly house in Greenwich, Connecticut, introducing Japanese style painting techniques and style. He also illustrated books not only by Hearn, but by Yone Noguchi as well. See the links below. . *** THE CONTENTS: . THE LEGEND OF YUREI-DAKI . IN A CUP OF TEA . COMMON SENSE . IKIRYO . SHIRYO . THE STORE OF O-KAME . STORY OF A FLY . STORY OF A PHEASANT . THE STORY OF CHUGORO . A WOMAN'S DIARY . HEIKE-GANI . FIREFLIES . A DROP OF DEW . GAKI . A MATTER OF CUSTOM . REVERY . PATHOLOGICAL . IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT . THE EATER OF DREAMS . *** Color scans are posted to our website. . *** BINDING & CONDITION: Generic: This book is bound in the original publisher's olive cloth with gold-stamped author & titles on the front and spine, with a green, black & gold-stamped decorations. The top edge is gilt, the fore and lower edges are untrimmed. . Being over 118 years old, this book will have some of the usual signs of age, minor corner, spine head & tail and edge wear. For the most part copies are above the average. . Each copy can vary in condition, please carefully read the description notes for each separate copy prior to ordering. . Contents of each example are brilliantly clean, no marks or issues. . * Specific Copy Notes: . The 1903 on title page is the Second Printing of the First Edition. . Copy 3 has a diagonal bend to the front covers, from the "O" of the title "KOTTO," down to the right edge where the decoration begins, inside front cover end papers are a bit split at the bend, else no issues. . Copy 5 has a bit bumped & worn corners, with spine dull, rubbing to the head & tail, and rubbing to spine hinge, else no other issues. . Copy 4, small whitish spot on back cover, contents brilliantly clean, else no issues. . *** REFERENCE: . Perkins p.45 . BAL 7938 * YETO GENJIRO: www_wikidata_org/wiki/q11551318 . www_home_earthlink.net/~jsfc/Genjiro_html . * .