Banmin chiyo no ishizue Important Cautionary Firefighting Instructions for the Entire Nation

by Yoshikazu Kawaguchi, or Sugawara

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First edition

Woodcut illus. five are double-page . .5, 13, .5 ads ; .5 ads , 17, .5; .5 ads , 14, .5 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo, orig. green patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, new stitching. Kyoto: Honya Juemon, 1789 . First edition and very rare; this work was written as a result of the devastating Great Kyoto Fire, which broke out on 7 March 1788 and lasted several days. It caused serious damage, including

• Binding: Wrappers

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