Koto shamisen trans.: Koto and Shamisen two traditional Japanese stringed instruments

by Enju Shimizu

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First edition

One double-page woodcut illus. & numerous woodcut illus. in the text. 38 folding leaves. Small 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers wrappers a little waterstained, some worming , orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. Edo: Tsutaya Juzaburo, 1783. First edition and very rare; this work is a guidebook, with poetic and allusory reviews, to the courtesans and brothels of the Yoshiwara pleasure quarter in Edo. This district served “as a

• Binding: Wrappers

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