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Kyoto: Yamada Unsodo, 1903. Fukurotoji. Very good. Fukurotoji on stiff paper; 29 leaves; 56 color woodblock prints; stab stiched in brown paper covers with title label; stain on upper cover, corner bumped, a spot on one image and a few others with minor imperfections due to blemishes in the paper, very good. An album of colorful images of birds and flowers as the title suggests, and a few other nature images, in the nihonga style, which focused on returning to the tenants of Japanese art design as opposed to the western styles that were rising in popularity at the time.
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/ Kacho Gashu [=Images of birds and flowers]
by Haruna, Kinzan (Shigeharu)
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/ Kotou meizukushi taizen [= Complete record of antique sword inscriptions]
by Iori, Ogi
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Kyoto: Kyoto Shorin, ca. 1860. Reprint edition, large fukurotoji, 9 vols, four of them with illustrations of swords, showing blades, tangs, and maker's marks; red paper covers with original title labels; covers rubbed, a good clean set. The title was originally released in 1792 and saw a number of reprints, over the years It serves as a reference for early Japanese swords, with lineages and biographies of imporant swordsmiths as well as images for identification. This edition has no colophon, but a advertisement for another book in the back of the final volume suggests that the publisher was Kyoto Shorin. Yale, LOC, and U of Michigan holding the 1792 edition in the US.
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