Dōkanshi gafu 童觀詩畫譜 Illustrated Catalogue of Poetry to Be Read

by Children by Ritsu 隅田立 Sumida

$3,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Numerous woodcut illus. Four vols. 8vo, later wrappers, new stitching. Japan : Shōgetsuro 嘯月廬, 1861. First edition of this richly illustrated work written for instructing Japanese children to read and write kanshi 漢詩, classical Chinese verse. Such instruction was part of the kangaku curriculum. “Kangaku literally ‘Chinese learning’ means mainly Confucian studies, but also Chinese history and culture in

• Binding: Wrappers

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