The original hardback memoir with dust jacket is available as an add-on to your set (while available; collector's item in limited quantity). Written whilst Mr. Yee travelled extensively to the familiar urban cities and the lesser-known depths of rural Japan, poetically and thoughtfully documenting life through every season. I cannot recommend a more delightful book on Japan!

Mr. Yee describes customs and rituals, dress and language, poetry and drama, painting and sculpture, kites and carp, trees and flowers — all is revealed in his inimitable text and delightful drawings. The book reveals the subtle nuances of daily life and habits in both urban and secluded corners of Japan. Chiang Yee’s charming humour, keen observations, and poetic use of language make this one of the most special and relatively little-known books on Japan. As Sir Herbert Read observed, Chiang Yee “is one of those rare travellers who help us understand ourselves. He writes simply and clearly about matters which are subtle and difficult to understand…and has greatly extended our knowledge not only of Chinese civilisation but of art and civilisation in general.”

The Silent Traveller in Japan by Chiang Yee (Published by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. New York, 1971.) with dust jacket and original hardback edition is offered to pair with your set for €30.