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Title(s)
Kayō hisō.
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Published/Created
Kōto [Edo] : Suhara Mohē shi, Kansei 1 [1789] shinsen.
江都 [江戶] : 須原茂兵衛梓, 寬政 1 [1789] 新鐫. -
Physical Description
2 volumes : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF285 .H58 1789+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Title from preface.
With 34 woodcut illustrations.
Text and illustrations within ornamental border, outer frame (21.5 x 16.4 cm.), inner frame (20.1 x 15.0 cm.); text in 10 vertical lines.
The woodblock illustrations of horses in this work were used by Commodore M. Perry in his three-volume edition of "Expedition to Japan, 1852-54."
Kokusho sōmokuroku, v. 2, p. 244 (Kayō hisō, 2-kan 2-satsu, by Hirasawa Kyokuzan, Kansei 1 [1789] kan).
BAC: British Art Center copy stitched in blackish-blue paper covers. In bright blue cloth slip-case. 34 color hand-printed woodblock illustrations.
On double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji).
"旭山澤先生著述・芙蓉木先生圖画"--Colophon page.
Preface by author, 澤元愷, dated 天明己酉 [1789].
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Subject Terms
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Form/Genre
Double leaves. | Fukuro-toji | Woodcuts -- Hand-colored -- 1789.
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