[Japan: 1816 or after].

A fine, complete, and uncommonly well-illustrated set of scrolls concerning the famous gold, silver, and copper mine on Sado Island, illustrating all the steps from mining to refining to minting, along with the administrative and commercial activities associated with the mines. We have had several sets of “Sado Island Scrolls” and this is by far the finest in terms of the quality of the illustration, completeness, and richness of detail. The skilled artist of these scrolls has provided an enormous amount of valuable factual content by labeling each depicted person’s role in the production of gold, silver... More