A small-format Chinese-language poetry chapbook titled Kōradō Shishō (甲螺洞詩抄), subtitled in English as “Kaitō’s Poetical Works on the Japanese Pirates.”

Likely a private or limited press edition, the book gathers poems centred on the figure of the pirate as a historical and symbolic presence—movement, exile, and life beyond the state.

The design is spare and deliberate: soft, tactile paper, minimal typography, and small illustrative motifs that give it the feel of an artist’s publication as much as a literary one. Even without translation, it reads as a complete object—quiet, precise, and self-contained.

Chinese-language chapbook with English subtitle. Undated; likely mid–late 20th century. Softcover in very good condition with light handling wear; clean interior.