NMLP P-045734 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

Silence

Shūsaku Endō · Shinchōsha, Tokyo · 1966

Original-language true first is Shinchōsha (Tokyo, 1966). The collectible first in English is the 1969 Tokyo edition (Sophia University / Monumenta Nipponica with Charles E. Tuttle), which precedes the first UK edition (Peter Owen, London, 1976) and all later US trade/paperback issues; it is a genuine first English translation, not a 'first thus.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-045734 for "Silence" by Shūsaku Endō (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-045734, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).