Item #89484 Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚. Sketch Tour Book, Frederick Starr.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.
Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.

Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.

1919. Item #89484

[Sketch Tour Book] Starr, Frederick

Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚.

Bunen'dō 文淵堂, publisher

Taishō 8 [1919]

[Sketch Tour Book] Starr, Frederick. Sanyō Angya Tōkaidō Angya 山陽行脚 東海道行脚. Tokyo: Bunen'dō 文淵堂, Taishō 8 [1919]. 6th printing (the first printing appeared in 1917). Small 8vo., 18 x 10.5cm, woodblock printed paper over flexible boards. Includes 27 b+w full page woodcuts, many textual ills., 7 photo plates and a total of 11 full page color woodblock plates by Akamatsu Rinsaku 赤松麟作 (1878-1953), Noda Kyūhō 野田九甫 (1879-1971), Hata Tsuneharu 幡 恒春(1883-? ), Mizushima Nihō (or Nihofu) 水島爾保布(1884-1958) and Nagai Hyōsai 永井瓢齊 (1882-1945). Those 5 artists had earlier in 1917 collaborated on Bunen'dō's ambitious Hanshin Meishō Zue 阪神名所図. Nakazawa Hiromitsu and others were also involved with Starr's work, which is a compilation of travel articles on Central Japan originally done for the Osaka Asahi newspaper. [For more information, refer to Scott Johnson's article in ANDON 37, p. 30] This copy is very good in a rubbed original slipcase, which is illustrated with color woodcut. Unusual in any event, particularly so in such nice condition.

Price: $385.00

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