Shōhei sōsho mokuroku 昌平叢書目錄 Books of the Library of Shoheizaka Gakumonjo

by Eitaro 山田英太郎 Yamada, ed

$1,250 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

12 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. Tokyo: Shosanodo shoten, 1909. First edition of the catalogue of a part of the library of the famous Shoheizaka Gakumonjo school, which was located in what is today Ueno Park. The school had its origins as a private Confucian temple, constructed by Razan Hayashi 1583-1657 , but was turned into a state-run school under the direct control of

• Binding: Wrappers

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