(item number) 9001
(title) Fuji Publishing / Osamu Tezuka "Takarajima"
(maker) Fuji Publishing
(the date of issue) 1947 (Showa 22) 03.01
(size) B6 (horizontal version)
(sheets) 16 pages
(side note) All in 2 colors
(Condition Rating) 5
(detailed) reinforced spine stitching, paper fragments attached around cover edges, minor chipping, stamp on back cover, text pages torn and chipped
(starting bid price) 1,000,000 yen
(comment) Two months after Osamu Tezuka's Tankobon manga, " (New Treasure-Island ) ), Original Work on a story by Shichima Sakai and First Edition debut work in January 1947 by Ikuei Ikuei Shuppan , another Treasure Island, the Fuji Publishing edition of "Takarajima," was published in March of the same year. It is a B6 size (approximately 4x6 size) horizontally bound book with 14 pages of text. Compared to the longer Tankobon in " (New Treasure-Island ) " and Fuji Shobou (with the same publisher, Takeo Nakamura) that later published many of Tezuka's Tankobon . There is also an anecdote that a Tankobon called "Romance Island" (which, if published, might have come before "(New Treasure-Island )") was originally planned to be published by the same Tankobon, but was canceled due to editing/typesetting issues, and this book was planned and published as a replacement. Although sometimes referred to as a picture book, its content is in the form of a comic strip with panels and speech bubbles. Scenes similar to those in the aforementioned "(New Treasure-Island )" can be found throughout, and the connection between the two works, as well as the ingenuity of their origins and narrative, are endlessly fascinating. The total number of pages and other factors differ greatly, making a simple comparison of the content difficult, but while "(New Treasure-Island ) " was heavily influenced by Sakai, this work may also be seen as a challenge by the young Osamu Tezuka , who considered it a more Original "Takarajima." Turning from the content to its status as a rare book, it's possible that the print run was small, or that the paper quality is not very good, and the low number of pages makes it prone to folded/broken, damaged, resulting in very few copies remaining. It's probably both. A few copies have been confirmed to actual item, such as being held in the Prange Collection at the University of Maryland and on display at the Tezuka Memorial Museum in Takarazuka (which was originally part of Tezuka's collection), but it hardly ever appears on the rare book market, suggesting that very few copies remain. This is the first time this item has been listed in our Mandarake catalog "ZENBU," making it a top- level, extremely valuable piece. In terms of both its rarity and its place in the history of Tezuka's works, it is a museum-worthy book (Kubo).
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