Excerpt from The Loyal Ronins: An Historical Romance, Translated From the Japanese of Tamenga Shunsui The original cuts were in two pieces, an arrange ment peculiar to native works, and one that, to the Western eye, totally destroys the effect of the pictures. Before reproducing the engravings I was compelled to unite them and retouch the lines of junction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.