A short historical survey of Japanse toys/ 玩具で見る日本近代史 Vols 1 & 2

by Toshikatsu Tada, ed

$75 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

Kyoto : Kyoto Shoin, 1992. 4to, 2 vols, each pp. 48; text in Japanese with English captions and summary; full color illustrations throughout; pictorial pink and blue boards; light foxing to final leaf of vol. 2, else fine. Toy Museum series nos. 23 & 24, displaying toys produced between about 1860 and 1950. This includes largely ephemeral paper products like omochae, sugoroku and models, but dolls, toy trains, puzzles and the like are also included. Most

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