Manuscript on fine paper of Shojin gyorui monogatari Tale of Vegetables and Fish

by Shojin Gyorui Monogatari

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

30 leaves, one blank leaf at end with scholarly annotations dated 1927, all on fine torinoko paper. Small 4to 240 x 178 mm. , decchoso “butterfly” binding of early decorated navy blue wrappers a few careful repairs, one leaf sprung ; landscapes of pine trees with mist, all in gold & gold “mud,” painted on covers; orig. orange manuscript title label on upper wrapper. Japan: mid-Edo . A beautifully written and bound manuscript of Shojin

• Binding: Wrappers

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