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The Scarlet gang of Asakusa

Translated by Alisa Freedman

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A new translation of the only work not currently available in English by a Nobel-Prize winning author and the best known Japanese writer outside of Japan.

japanese title: Asakusa kurenaidan
notes: Japanese title: Asakusa kurenaidan. Translated with preface and notes by Alisa Freedman. Foreword and afterword by Donald Richie. Illustrated by Ota Saburo.
subjects: Tokyo
genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780520241817
9780520241824
OCLC number: 55208364
publisher: University of California Press
publication place: Berkeley, CA
japanese publication date: 1930
english publication date: 2005
document type: Book
description: xlviii, 231 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.