Notes: A small paperback - 15.0 x 11.7 cm (6" x 4.25"). Also has a dust jacket, with information similar to cover, no images. Title page has "Grass for His Pillow" over "The Way Through the Snow" over "Episode 2". First printing per number line - "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2" "First published in the United States of America by Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2003." "Published by Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2005" Printed in China. Pricing (also $9.00 in Canada) on inside front flap of dust jacket and on back cover (non-jacket). Back inside flap of jacket has "Cover design by Lori Thorn", "Cover image adapted from Hokusai, Toba on Horseback, from the series Images of Poets. Copyright page has "Clan symbols by Jackie Aher", "Calligraphy drawn by Ms. Sugiyama Kazuko", "Map by Xiangyi Mo". Novel appears on first set of numbered pages. Second set is prefixed by a page with "Turn the page for a preview of" over "Brilliance of the Moon" over "Battle for Maruyama" over "Episode 1".