EIRI HACHIKAZUKI 絵入はちかづき Princess Bowl-on-Head

by Eiri Hachikazuki 絵入はちかづき

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Two double & three single-page woodcuts. 10.5; 10 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo, orig. decorated semi-stiff wrappers somewhat wormed , title-slips, new stitching. Japan : from colophon: November 1676. A finely illustrated early edition of Hachikazuki, a beloved “Cinderella” short story in the otogi zōshi 御伽草子 fairy-tale book genre, dating from the Muromachi era 1392-1573 . This story, one of the most famous of the genre,

• Binding: Wrappers

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