[MEISHOKI 名所記]. UEDA Moshin 植田孟縉, author.

NIKKO SANSHI 日光山志, 5 vols.

1837. Item #89179

[MEISHOKI 名所記]. UEDA Moshin 植田孟縉, author. NIKKO SANSHI 日光山志, 5 vols. Edo, Tempo 8 [1837]. 25.7 x 18.3 cm., With original covers, though they are not the blind-patterned covers called for at Mitchell 436, but rather grey covers with a printed pattern of maple leaves. A fresh and clean copy in good impression (perhaps a bit later than the earliest examples we have seen). Heavily illustrated throughout in both b+w and color woodblock. Historical, anecdotal and naturalistic, it is a guidebook, gazetteer and nature study all in one. The prints run the gamut in style from Tosa school influenced meishoki, through Shijo and Kano.... a variety of artists provide a variety of images. Interesting and important work which is a highpoint of the genre.

Price: $2,400.00