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Tokyo: Nasu Shobo, 1961. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Japanese edition. Translated by Yasujiro Furusawa. 70pp. Octavo. Silver-gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on black leather that wraps around both boards and the spine. Housed in publisher's gray cardboard slipcase with white paper label and wrapped in original unprinted glassine. Near fine with some rubbing, remainder marks at the bottom of the text block and faint glue residue to the pastedown, along with remnant of the glassine dustwrapper; slipcase with some toning on the spine. Limited to 500 numbered copies; this is copy 234. Only the third foreign translation of this Ginsberg's work and notable for its accompanying commentary from fellow Beat Gary Snyder, whom by the time of this book's release, had lived in Japan for more than six years, pursuing the study of Zen Buddhism. An uncommon edition with *OCLC* locating three copies, one in Japan.

Howl and Other Poems is a collection of poetry by Allen Ginsberg published in 1956. It contains Ginsberg's most famous poem, 'Howl', which is considered to be one of the principal works of the Beat Generation along with other notable poems.