Illustrated Scroll On Torinoko Paper Entitled In Manuscript At Beginning Of Text Bonsan Shinpi

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$4,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

1796. Approx. 40 brush & ink drawings in black & white. Scroll 180 x 1440 mm. , central core roller. At end in rough trans. : “Many generations of Sōami bonsan 100 rules & styles. Extremely secret. All the information passed down by mouth is listed here. Handle this information with great care and keep it close. Given by Ishioka Seisaku 石岡正朔 in September 1796 to Zuihōken no Yahiroko 瑞芳軒之八尋子.” Bonsan, miniature mountain

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