Woodblock-printed. 15 full-page & 3 double-page woodcut illus. of scenes from the novel. 19.5; 20; 19; 22.5; 18, [1] folding leaves. Five vols., labeled 仁義礼智信. Large 8vo (260 x 180 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers (rubbed) with printed title-slips on upper covers (title-slips quite rubbed), orig. stitching. Kyoto: Medogiya Kanbē, 1723.

First edition of the illustrated narrative of the short-lived 1721 military uprising in Taiwan led by Zhu Yigui 朱一貴 (1690-1722), privately published by Kamisaka Kanekatsu (also known as Kamisaka Kanbē 上坂勘兵衛, Medogiya Kanbē 蓍屋勘兵衛, and Heisui Sanjin 萍水散人) in Kyōto two years later. One of the very few illustrated tsūzoku... More