Shina Taiji: Nihon Ryūkōbushi (Popular Japanese Songs on the Extermination of China)

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Shina Taiji: Nihon Ryūkōbushi ["Popular Japanese Songs on the Extermination of China"]

Koppi, Dōjin [Nishimori, Takeki] [text by]; [Kobayashi], Kiyochika [illustrated by].

Tōkyō: Fusōdō, Meiji 27 [1894].

A book of humorous folk songs on the First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895), written by the novelist, poet, and Maru Maru Chinbun writer Nishimori Takeki (1862-1913). The upper wrapper and woodblock-printed frontispiece were designed by the highly acclaimed ukiyo-e artist Kobayashi Kiyochika (1847-1915). Kiyochika and the author collaborated on several works in the late nineteenth century, most notably the Nihon Manzai: Hyakusen Hyakushō ("Hurrah for Japan! One Hundred Selections, One Hundred Laughs") series of satirical nishiki-e prints. An interesting collection of songs imbued with political satire and replete with wordplay.

One volume, complete. Original wrappers lightly soiled and browned, with chips to extremities and spine, small wormholes to lower. Bump to spine foot and upper opening corner of text. Occasional browning and small marks internally. Continuous light stain to gutter head. [2] p., [1 leaf of plates], 2, 61 p. 22.3 x 14.9 cm.

Shina Taiji: Nihon Ryūkōbushi (Popular Japanese Songs on the Extermination of China)
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