Mugikogashi 瀬川如皐二世 History & Lore of the Theater World

by using the pen name Kyōgendō 狂言堂 Segawa JokŌ

$4,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Many woodcut illus. in Vol. II. 44.5; 24.5 folding leaves pagination erratic . 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, title-slips, new stitching. Edo: Matsumoto Heisuke 松本平助, 1827. First edition of a rare book; no copy in World Cat. Segawa Jokō II 1757-1833 came from a multi-generational family of playwrights. He worked on more than 120 original dramas and more than 25 dance-dramas in both Edo and Osaka. He was expert in creating

• Binding: Wrappers

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