THE TENTEIKIKUN The Creator's Miracle

by Bible, Koreyasu Ishikawa, Eitaku Sensai

$4,500 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

Tokyo: Tokiwaya , Meiji 19 1886 . Scarce and exceptional first edition thus, a light-hearted illustrated adaptation of the Creation and story of Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis into Japanese. Very good. Item #50292 The story of Bible editions in Japan reflects the country's fraught history with Christianity; after the religion was banned in the early 17th century, the portions printed by Catholic missionaries were

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.