[Japanese Americana]. Mihara, Tokinobu

Shiroi Tsue ni Tayoritsutsu [Relying on a White Cane]

San Francisco / Osaka: Oriental Culture Book Co., 1962. [2],158,[1]pp., plus photographic frontispiece portrait. Original green cloth, gilt spine titles. Minor wear. Very good. Item #5940

A rare autobiography by the blind Japanese American author; Mihara's photo shows him reading a Braille bible with his fingertips. When Mihara was interned at Heart Mountain (where he lost his sight due to poor medical care), he created a pioneering Japanese Braille board.  OCLC records just three institutional holdings -- UCLA, the Bancroft, and Ohio State.

Price: $550.00