SHIRASE, Nobu and Tatsumi SHIMADA. Sangaku / The Mountain [in: The Journal of the Japanese Alpine Club, Volume XXXI No. 2, 1936].
8vo (235 x 163 mm). 2 photographic plates. Original printed grey wrappers, uncut; folding chemise with printed labels and cloth ties. A very important publication containing four articles by Shirase or about Shirase’s Antarctic expedition and his Kuril Islands and Alaska expedition to investigate sea otter and Arctic fox poaching from 1893-1895 (See Ross 1.1.1 and 1.1.2). Articles include:
1. SHIRASE. Nankyoku Tanken no Omoide [in English: Memory of the Antarctic Expedition]. Draft of a speech Shirase delivered on 12 November 1936 about his life’s challenges from childhood to the Japanese Antarctic Expedition.
2. SHIRASE. Chishima no Enkaku [in English: Summary of Chishima]. A paper written in 1935 summarizing Shirase’s experiences during the Kuril Islands expedition.
3. SHIMADA. Shiraseshi no Chishima, Alaska Tanken [in English: Supplement to Shirase’s Chishima and Alaska Expeditions]. An interesting article describing Shirase’s year spent in Alaska. Shirase was a passenger on the 100-ton poaching ships Alexander (Chishima to Alaska) and Roland (Alaska to Chishima). During this year in Alaska, Shirase traveled from Point Barrow to Vancouver.
4. SHIMADA. Shiresetai no Nankyoku Tanken Gaivo [in English: Summary of Shirase’s Antarctic Expedition]. An article written about Shirase and Japanese Antarctic Expedition crew members summarizing the two Antarctic voyages.
Ross 3.16 (“Very scarce”).