Tsurezuregusa Nozuchi A Commentary on the Tsurezuregusa

by Razan 林羅山 Hayashi

$12,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

14 parts in 13 vols. Large 8vo, orig. patterned wrappers rubbed , orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers rubbed , new stitching. Japan: 1648-52 . An early and rare edition of this highly influential commentary on the Tsurezuregusa Notes from Leisure Hours of Yoshida Kenko 吉田兼好 ca. 1282-1350 . Yoshida’s greatest masterpiece, it is a nonfictional prose work — zuihitsu — containing miscellaneous reflections and observations

• Binding: Wrappers

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