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Item ID: 11548 Manuscript on paper, core title on manuscript labels on both upper covers:...

Manuscript on paper, core title on manuscript labels on both upper covers: “Yoshida ryū yōhō”...

Four anatomical diagrams & two text illus. in Vol. I and many fine & large color paintings & diagrams in Vol. II. 47; 42 folding leaves. Two vols. 8vo (268 x 194 mm.), orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: from colophon leaf in Vol. II (in trans.): “Selected by Mori Masayuki 森正幸, age 66, April 1856 [with his two seals]; artist Eishō 栄秋 [artist name Chōkosai 鳥呼斎 given on final leaf of text in Vol. II], age 66, copied” [with his two seals].

These two finely illustrated volumes describe the art of falconry and the medical treatment of falcons... More

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Item ID: 8942 Momo chidori kyoka awase 百千鳥狂歌合 [Manifold Birds, A Competition of Kyoka...

Momo chidori kyoka awase 百千鳥狂歌合 [Manifold Birds, A Competition of Kyoka Poetry].

15 double-page woodblock-printed color illustrations. 9.5 folding leaves & colophon page; 8.5 folding leaves & colophon page. Two vols. 8vo (255 x 189 mm.), orig. blue patterned wrappers (gajo jitate-style, somewhat rubbed), with slightly oxidized silver pigment decoration, orig. block-printed labels on both covers (labels a little worn). [From Vols. I & II colophons]: Edo: Tsutaya Juzaburo, [ca. 1791 or 1792].

First edition, of the utmost rarity, the final installment in Utamaro’s trilogy, considered the pinnacle of Japanese book illustration. Following The Insect Book [Ehon mushi erabi] (1788) and The Shell Book [Shiohi no tsuto] (ca. 1789/90), this intricately printed... More

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