Mutsu chidori School of Birds of Basho’s Travels

by Taihakudo Torin, or Too

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First edition

21 full-page woodcuts. 30; 29; 26; 23; 31 folding leaves. Five vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers wrappers rather rubbed & frayed , new stitching. Kyoto: Izutsuya Shobei; Edo: Nishimura Uhei, 1697. First edition of this collection of haikai written by several members of the circle surrounding Matsuo Basho 1644-94 , Japan’s best-loved author. The poems were gathered by Taihakudo Torin d. 1719 , a friend and disciple of Basho there is speculation that

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