Shozaishu 匠材集 Dictionary of Renga Poetry or Collection of Building Materials

by Joha 里村紹巴 Satomura

$29,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

69; 52; 61; 54 folding leaves. Four vols. Oblong 8vo 140 x 210 mm. , orig. persimmon-stained wrappers a little worn , new stitching. From the colophon: “1597” but see below . First edition of this rare movable type dictionary of renga poetry. This is the earliest Japanese movable type book we have yet encountered the first book printed in Japan with movable type — using Korean technology — appeared in 1593 . It is one of the first

• Binding: Wrappers

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