NMLP P-017409 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki)

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1957

The Knopf US edition of 1957 is the true first English-language edition; the UK Secker & Warburg edition followed in 1958. The Japanese original was serialized 1943-48 and issued in book form by 1948. Confirm Knopf priority via the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION statement.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017409 for "The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki)" by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017409, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).