本朝俗諺志 / Honchou zokugenshi = Japanese proverbs

by Senryo Kikuoka

$350 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Tokyo: Ikeda Gensuke, 1747. Five volumes, fukurotoji, 20, 20, 20, 20, 21 leaves; illustrated title sheet and 20 illustrated pages each depicting two proverbs; original blue paper covers stab stitched, paper labels; covers rubbed, bottom of label for vol. 4 perished, bottom corner of vol. 2 nibbled without loss of text, some worming and staining, good. Kikuoka was a poet in his early career, but later in life became the author of local geographies and story

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