Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha, Date: 1983., 1983. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st edition ; 9 large volumes ; illustrated ; 29 cm. ; uniformly bound in dark blue cloth with light blue designs and gold lettering ; ex-lib., stamps, labels, (3235 pp.) ; ISBN: 0870116207 (set) ; 0870116215 (v. 1); 0870116223 (v. 2); 0870116231 (v . 3); 087011624X (v. 4); 0870116258 (v. 5); 0870116266 (v. 6); 0870116274 (v. 7); 0870116282 (v. 8); 0870116290 (v. 9); LCCN: 83-80778 ; OCLC: 9854358 ; "the first comprehensive encyclopedia seeking to present the totality of a major world culture i n a foreign language...some 680 Japanese and 524 non-Japanese scholars from 27 nations have contributed articles to it...about 40 percent was produced by Japanese while the remaining 60 percent was produced by foreign scholars....It...contains the results of the latest scholarship as marshalled by acknowledged experts in each field, and has 9,417 entries covering 37 categories of information, from such standard ones as history, literature, art, religion, economy, and geography to less obvious fields, such as science, technology, law, women, folklore, plant and animal life, food, clothing, sports and leisure. Its articles are divided into 123 major presentations of more than 3,500 words each, 1,429 medium-length articles of around 750 to 2,500 words, and 7,865 shorter entries of 50 to 500 words...with approximately 1,000 photographs, maps and charts, and a ninth index volume, which contains ...