Japanese Inn, a Reconstruction of the Past by Statler, Oliver - 1961

New York, NY: Random House. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. This is a book written through the long-standing calm and historic Minaguchi-ya, an inconspicuous rural inn. Oliver Statler spent several years in Japan, came to love it, and considered this inn it's most historic place of calm and beauty, stubbornly holding on to the old ways of Japan. This is a book of the social history of Japan through 400 years, closely researched with many interviews. It is enhanced by 50 prints, many of them Hiroshige (including the jacket) . The page tops are stained blue. The jacket has minor repaired tears at the top (less than 1/8") but is chipped at the top spine end, and lightly worn at the bottom. The spine is sunned, but when removed from the book and opened, the entire print of the jacket becomes visible, and is in a protective cover. Price clipped. ; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall .