Kagetsujō 華月帖 Album of Flowers and Moon

by Kirei 花月栞翁亀令 Kagetsukan’Ō, author, Suetaka 加茂季鷹 Kamono, ed

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First edition

14 double-page woodblock illus. 26 folding leaves. 8vo, in orihon accordion format, orig. boards covers a bit worn , orig. block-printed title label on upper cover. Japan : 1836. First edition, early printing, of this famous illustrated book of erotica. “This is the most important printed erotic illustrated book by 14 painters of Kyoto and Osaka, particularly artists of the Maruyama-Shijo and related schools, including the well-known Kanō Eigaku

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