Token Kantei Dokuhon

[Katsujinken]

I know this book was made into what we now know and love as Connoisseur's, but I just wanted to confirm that if I have Connoisseur's I'm not missing anything from this volume.

 

Thanks!

[paulb]

I have both plus the original translation. I don't think you are missing anything although the illustrations in the original somehow look better (Maybe sentimentality rather than fact!)

[seattle1]

Hello:

 I have both the English language translation of To-Ken Kantei Dokuhon and the Connoisseur's Book and checking here and there the text is the same where found, but there is some additional material in the latter, particularly important being the line drawings. The translator is Mishina Kenji and the Dokuhon was published by the British To-ken group. The books thus are not perfect substitutes for one another.

 Arnold F.

[seattle1]

Hi:

 Just saw Paul's post, now I wonder if there are three versions as mine under the imprint of the To-ken Society has no illustrations. In any event, while not as full as he may have wished it to be, the work of Nagayama sensei has a large and extremely useful footprint that will be hard to better.

 Arnold F.

[Geraint]

Dear Arnold.

 

I have passed mine on but from memory the English translation was a companion volume to the Japanese text and not a direct replacement, you needed both to make full use of it.  At the time it was  valuable pair of books but the single volume Connoisseur's is much handier to work with.

 

All the best.

[Katsujinken]

Thanks to you all!

[seattle1]

Hi:

 You are probably quite correct Geraint. Thanks for the up date.

 Arnold