Noboru Ando "Yakuza no Shiro" (Futaba Bunko, first edition 1999, with obi) Cover has some scuffing and slight discoloration. Edges of pages are slightly yellowed (see image three). Paper inside is slightly yellowed. Book shows some wear. There is some damage due to age. It does not affect reading, but please understand the condition before purchasing. Shipping will be via Yu-Packet Post Mini. Bunko size, 270 pages On June 2, 1897, a small fishing boat crossed the Tsugaru Strait and arrived in Hakodate. The men who disembarked on the pier were four men in hooded capes, tekko (hand coverings), kyahan (leg coverings), and sedge hats - Morita Moeemon, the head of the group, along with Sokichi Miyakawa, Sanji Sakamoto, and Masao Kameda, who had been banished from the mainland for a fight. This is the story of the rise and fall of the Marumo gang, who, a few years later, controlled the underworld of Hokkaido, swept through the Tohoku region, and burned with ambition to reach as far as Shimonoseki. (From the cover) #NoboruAndo