Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon Gaishi) 日本外史(にほんがいし)

1877 Japanese Woodblock Samurai History Nihon Gaishi Tokugawa Shogunate 22v RARE

An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Nihon Gaishi,' a 19th-century book on the history of Japan by Rai San'yo, a confucianist philosopher, historian, and poet of the Edo era. This edition was edited by Jiro Yorimata, the original author's second son The whole work of 'Nihon Gaishi' was the first comprehensive study of samurai history, covering Japanese history, from the emergence of the Minamoto clan and the Genpei War, through to the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu in the Edo era. His history was later banned in several provinces because it encouraged strengthening the authority of the emperor and was a major influence on the Sonnō jōi movement, a movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. It became part of the private studies of Chinese people in meiji Japan and in their curricula became one of the most read history books from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. (Mehl)

This rare 1877 edition is written in Kanbun in a column handwritten format.

Item number: #16319

Price: $950

Jiro Yorimata、頼又二郎

Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon Gaishi) 日本外史(にほんがいし)

[Japan: Meiji 10 1877].

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 22 volumes

o 51 plates

· References:

o Margaret Mehl: Private Academies of Chinese Learning in Meiji Japan

o William Theodore De Bary: Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period

o Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books

o Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 174027

· Language: Japanese (Kanbun)

· Binding: Softcover; tight and secure

· Size: ~9in X 6in (23cm x 13cm)

· Very rare and desirable

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