The Last Kappa of Old Japan Bilingual Edition. Sunny Seki

      This book is dedicated to all friends of nature— young, old, human, or kappa.

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      Bilingual Edition Copyright © 2016 by Sunny Seki.

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      Library of Congress Cataloging in Process

      ISBN 978-4-8053- 1399-2; ISBN 978-1-4629-1888-1 (ebook)

       (Previously published as ISBN 978-4-8053-1088-5)

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