Author: Kyokaen Shujin (?)
Title: [On'na Kaizoku Ryujin Otora]
Description: Takahashi Yutaro 1894 (Meiji 27). Two parts 24x17cm; each 8pp plus a colour woodcut cover; a full page illustration in the first part. ¶ This short bloodstained thriller about this glorious woman pirate forms two issues of the obscure magazine, Nisshin Kan Mikunishi. Forget finding a record of this tale, first find a record of the magazine; I found mention of a single issue in the Tokyo Keizai University library. I hope the woman on the second cover is not our pirate but I fear it is. I need someone to read it to me before I can tell you.

Keywords: literature fiction thrillers Japan c19th women feminism pirates illustration meiji