Illustrated manuscript on paper, signed “Yashiro Nakagawa” on the first leaf.
One full-page & three double-page brush drawings in black & gray. 12 leaves, mostly folding. 8vo (243 x 160 mm.), orig. hand-drawn pictorial wrappers (a little stained & worn), stitched as issued, label on upper cover “Soba narabini kendon no yurai” (“Notes on Soba & Origins of the Word Kendon). [Japan: at end “copied 1833”].
A fascinating and nicely illustrated manuscript on soba noodles, with a history, recipes, and related stories. The illustrations are finely and expressively drawn.
On the first leaf of text, we learn this was written by Yashiro Nakagawa and edited by Tainotei. The fine full-page drawing... More