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Moko Shurai Ekotoba: (Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion)
by Beisai Kubota
- Used
- very good
- paperback
- First
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
Woodblock reprint of two famous Japanese picture scrolls which recorded the unsuccessful Mongol invasions of Japan in the 13th century.
Condition: paper covers slightly worn, a few pages browned (mostlyJapanese text pages) but plates bright and vivid.
Due to restrictions on Japan Post, shipping to USA currently only available via Fed-Ex.
The scrolls were originally drawn between 1275 and 1293 for the samurai Suenaga Takezaki to record his battlefield valor and deeds during Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan. The scrolls depict the Battle of Bun'ei in 1274 and the Battle of Koan in 1281.
Complete in 3 volumes, with 66 pages with 56 color plates in vol. 1, 54 pages with 33 color plates in vol. 2, and 100 pages with 54 color plates in vol. 3.
Edited by Beisai Kubota.Condition: paper covers slightly worn, a few pages browned (mostlyJapanese text pages) but plates bright and vivid.
Due to restrictions on Japan Post, shipping to USA currently only available via Fed-Ex.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Florilegius
(JP)
- Bookseller Inventory #
- Flo118
- Title
- Moko Shurai Ekotoba
- Author
- Beisai Kubota
- Format/binding
- Japanese four-hole binding
- Book condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket condition
- None
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Zuga Kankokai
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date published
- 1916
- Keywords
- ukiyo-e, history, Mongol Invasion, Suenaga Takezaki, samurai
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ukiyo-e;
- Size
- Quarto, 34 x 26cm
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Florilegius
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Florilegius
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Tokyo
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About Florilegius
Tokyo-based bookseller specializing in European illustrated books from the 18th to 19th century, mainly botanical, zoological, costume and history. Also Japanese ukiyo-e and woodblock botanicals, flower arrangement, etc.
Glossary
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- reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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