Illustrated manuscript scroll of Ogasawara-style raw fish preparation

by Ogasawara Clan

$5,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

Japan: Late 1860s. Manuscript handscroll, 8¾ by 14 feet, colored in red, gray and white; 13 illustrations demonstrating different ways of cutting a variety of raw fish salmon, flounder, koi, eel, trout, bass, etc. , with annotations, the order of cuts, and illustrations of the utensils used in the process; indigo paper cover with gold details; some light creasing, else fine. The final section of text explains that the techniques are part of a secret school passed down through the

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