The Matsuyama Mirror. Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 10

by Anon., T. Hasegawa, Kobayashi Eitaku, T. H. James

$85 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books · No longer available

Tokyo: T. Hasegawa, Ca. 1898. Japanese folk literature ORIGINAL 'CHIRIMEN BON' CREPE PAPER BOOK, A REPRINT THUS. Sextodecimo 15 x 10cm , pp. 19 . Washi leaves with text and woodblock-printed colour illustrations by Kobayashi Eitaku. Pictorial woodblock design and black titles to cover. With fukuro-toji pouch binding and Yamato-toji silk stab-ties. Toning and light spotting to one or two leaves. Small puncture mark and type error to second leaf. Collector's

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