From Preface : Tōō kikō 東奧紀行 Travelogue from Mutsu & Dewa Provinces

by Sekisui 長久保赤水 Nagakubo

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First edition

19 woodcut illus. & maps, some double-page. 33 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. wrappers with the orig. title-slip label rubbed , new stitching. Osaka: Asano yahei 浅野彌兵衛, 1792. First edition of this travelogue from a journey to the northern part of the main island of Honshu. Mutsu and Dewa provinces were very large territories that today correspond to Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, Aomori, Yamagata, and Akita prefectures. At the time of

• Binding: Wrappers

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