Manuscript Notebook On Paper Entitled On Upper Wrapper Ansei San Tatsu Doshi Sake Zukuri Ruisho No

by Sake Manufacturers Record Book

$2,750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

51 leaves including one blank . 8vo 245 x 172 mm. , orig. self-wrappers, orig. stitching. Japan : 1856. A fascinating record book, containing notes from 1838 to 1867 in spite of the cover date of 1856 , concerning the business of making sake and the brewers’ relations with the government. Sake brewing in Japan has long been a highly regulated industry and an important source of tax revenue. The bakufu instituted the licensing system

• Binding: Wrappers

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