Emperor Shomu and the Shosoin

by Yone Noguchi

$75 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Ginza, Tokyo: Kyo Bun Kwan, 1941. Hardcover. Ex library. 2 volumes. 151pp. 52pp. Illustrated wrappers with Japanese string binding in illustrated gold-stamped maroon cloth folding case with ivory clasp, one clasp missing. Inside of case is lined with 3 illustrations of Buddha. Library inventory plate on tail-, and name of author taped across head of spine, four-inch split along spine of back board, scuffing and some wear to case. Library plate taped across tail

• Binding: Wrappers

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