A fine group of eight long printing woodblocks all ca. 163 x 590 mm. used to print two different Edo-period works on palm reading, with carved illustrations and text

by Japanese Woodblocks

$3,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Japan: late-Edo . A collection of woodblocks carved for two works on palmistry, four were made to print Tesō, and the other four for Tesō zoku for which we have a consecutive series of 16 leaves . They bear many nicely rendered illustrations and Japanese text on both sides. We have derived the titles from the hashira pillar present on each carved leaf, but we have not been able to ascertain the full titles and dates of

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