Manuscript On Paper Entitled On Upper Wrapper 1864 On Kami Suki Tsutomekata Issai Hikae Cho

by Papermaking In Japan

$2,950 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

98 folding leaves. Small 4to 283 x 205 mm. , orig. wrappers, orig. stitching with two other documents, described below . N.p.: 1852-67. In the 19th century, papermaking mills in villages were common throughout Japan. This manuscript, a copy kept by the mill owner Tanaka Izaemon, records the business activities in 1864 of his papermaking activities. We have been unable to determine where he operated, but we find in the two accompanying documents the

• Binding: Wrappers

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