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author: Kiyoharu HISHIKAWA
Item ID: 10326 Sasa no mi ki 竹實記 [Record of the Seeds of the Bamboo]. author...

Sasa no mi ki 竹實記 [Record of the Seeds of the Bamboo].

Three double-page woodcut illus. 12 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers embossed with bamboo motifs, orig. printed label (quite rubbed), orig. stitching. Kyōto: Kanaya yoshibe’e 金屋吉兵衛, 1832.

First edition of this book arguing for the use of bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii) as a food source. The book is rare, with only one copy in North America.

“In the spring of Tenpō 3 (1832), Sasa veitchii flowered and ripened in the area of Takayama in Hida [in today’s Gifu prefecture], yielding up to 250,000 koku. The author rejects the theory that the seeds of bamboo grass and bamboo are poisonous... More

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Item ID: 8827 Amanogawa soshi [or Gingazoshi, but this is wrong] [Book of the Milky Way]. Tori...

Amanogawa soshi [or Gingazoshi, but this is wrong] [Book of the Milky Way].

Ten double-page & two single-page woodblock color-printed illus.; two-page preface & colophon with color-printed borders, & several leaves with color-printed backgrounds. 14; 13; 11.5 folding leaves. Three vols. 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (all three a little defective), new stitching. From the colophon: Kyoto et al.: carved by Inoue Jihei for Daimonjiya Tokugoro, 1835.

First edition of this beautifully illustrated introduction to the story and customs of the Tanabata Festival, today celebrated on July 7th. The Tanabata Festival traces its origins to the Chinese Qixi Festival and marks the meeting of the deities... More

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