NMLP P-033984 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Thousand Cranes (Senbazuru)

Yasunari Kawabata · Alfred A. Knopf (New York) · 1959

The Knopf US edition of 1959 is the first English-language edition; the UK Secker & Warburg edition followed the same year. The Japanese original (Sembazuru) preceded it. Confirm Knopf priority via the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION statement and Borzoi device.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-033984 for "Thousand Cranes (Senbazuru)" by Yasunari Kawabata (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-033984, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).