Hi all,
As far as I have it in records, the Senbazuru Orikata was published in 1797. However, Gershon Legman had a copy of the book (photostats) which was mailed to him by Akira Yoshizawa in 1958. The copy has a note saying that the book was published in 1789. The note was written by Legman, and I don't know whom he got this reference from (if the reference was provided by A.Y. or translated from the book text or someone else gave it to him). Can anybody clarify the difference with the dates? Also, Legman notes that the book in Japanese is called "Chiwa tsuru" or "Sen U Kaku", he does not mention Senbazuru Orikata, although the book is Senbazuru Orikata, no doubt about it. Here is a picture of Legman's notes, which I took, and a picture of one or two pages so you can see that this is the Senbazuru Orikata book. https://www.dropbox.com/s/s8kwc4y7mp5ck6g/Senbazuru.jpg I'll be curious to know more about this. Many thanks Laura Rozenberg
