Tokugawa jūgo dairyakki (An abridged record of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns)

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Tokugawa jūgo dairyakki ["An abridged record of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns"]

Ishikawa, Wasuke [edited by]; [Hasegawa], Sadanobu [II] [illustrated by].

Ōsaka: Ishikawa Wasuke, Meiji 13 [1880].

A complete three-volume set of this early/mid Meiji kusazōshi picture book featuring a mix of woodblockand copperplate-printing techniques. Each volume begins with four leaves of woodblock-printed illustrations by Hasegawa Sadanobu II (1848-1886, also known as Konobu I) of Tokugawa shōguns (including one colour woodblock-printed frontispiece), followed by leaves of copperplate-printed text providing brief biographies of the historical figures. The woodblockprinted upper wrappers and original book-envelope feature the shōmenzuri burnishing technique.

Three four-hole-bound (yotsutoji) volumes, complete, on double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji). Original wrappers, lightly worn, a few small bumps to extremities. A few small marks and creases to leaves. Housed in original woodblock-printed book-envelope, opened and with small losses repaired with washi backing. [4], 4; [4], 4; [4], 5 [actually 3] leaves. Each volume approximately 16.8 x 11.5 cm.

Tokugawa jūgo dairyakki (An abridged record of the fifteen Tokugawa shōguns)
Price: $680.00 (USD)