Ikuno Ginzan Kōgi den 生野銀山孝義伝 Model Citizens at the Ikuno Silver Mine

by Ganshō 小川含章 Ogawa

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

Four fine double-page woodcuts. .5, 43, .5 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers wrappers a little rubbed & tired , title-slip on upper cover rubbed , new stitching. Ikuno : 1849. First edition of this most uncommon and interesting book on the Ikuno silver mine in Hyogo Prefecture. Silver was mined there from the 16th century until the late 20th century and was an important source of income for the central government. The town of Ikuno greatly

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