THE SILVER DRUM: A Japanese Imperial Memoir By Princess Chichibu
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THE SILVER DRUM: A Japanese Imperial Memoir By Princess Chichibu
UK first edition, second impression hardback of THE SILVER DRUM: A Japanese Imperial Memoir , by Princess Chichibu. Translated from the Japanese by Dorothy Britton and published by Global Books Ltd., Folkestone in 1996.The book itself is in very good condition. The dust jacket which has no price shown inside, is in very good condition with minor shelf wear(minor creasing to the edges). Internally, all the pages are clean and tight. There are no tears and no inscriptions.The story of Japanese Princess Chichibu (1909-1995). This is the first autobiography by a member of the Japanese Imperial Family to be published in English. She was married to the youngest brother of the Emperor Hirohito, and gives an insight to Japanese society during the pre war years.Her name was Setsuko, and she was born in Walton-on-Thames, England. She was educated at the Peeresses' School for Girls, Tokyo and the Friends' School, Washington, and was then invited to marry Prince Chichibu, the younger brother of the Emperor. She accepted, and although from a distinguished noble family in western Japan - the Matsudairas - she was technically a commoner because her father had earlier renounced his title and so she had to be 'adopted' by the Imperial Family. The marriage duly took place in September 1928. She died at the age of 85 in August 1995, the Prince having died prematurely of tuberculosis some forty years earlier.
210 pages, illustrated with black & white photographs.ISBN: 1 86034 004 0We use industry standard packagingItems are sent promptly and well packed
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THE SILVER DRUM: A Japanese Imperial Memoir By Princess Chichibu