[Rarebooks] OFFER: JAPANESE WHOLLY ETCHED BOOK.

[Laderman]

TOYO OZEKI: GENPEI SEISUIKI [Yoshitsune's adventures] complete in one 
volume. MEIJI 22 (1889). Printed from etchings on copper; 20 actual pages 
of pictures and text[by 24 cm.], but two of these are fold out pages with 
illustrations on both sides making wonderful openings. The Japanese hero 
Yoshitsune and his legend were a frequent source of both Kabuki and Ukiyo'e 
prints. Kuniyoshi was particularly taken with him and did numerous major 
works related to his legend. However, the medium of etching on copper, 
which was popular in Japan for only about ten years, is a very rare one as 
is this book. Not only are there no copies noted in the West, at BL, OCLC, 
Harvard Yenching, Ryerson, but there is no copy in the Japanese major 
repository for Meiji books, the Japanese Diet Library. The title page has a 
little vague pink stain the same shade as the outer covers. These have been 
badly abraded, and repaired, the title slip is lacking. However the 
contents are in excellent condition, very well printed on strong paper. 
There is some tearing in one of the folds of a folded plate, but one which 
has discrete images on each fold and the tears affect nothing pictorially 
or in the text, otherwise a lovely copy of a great rarity which is also an 
original treatment of one of the great Japanese warrior legends. $875.00

ZITA BOOKS / NEW YORK, N.Y. / G. LADERMAN
=================================================
telephone: 212-866-4715  email:zita at speakeasy.net
NET PAGE AT:

http://www.antiqbook.com/zitabooks/

MEMBER: The Ephemera Society, IOBA,  l'Agora des Bibliophiles,
Antiqbook, Biblio, Rare Books, Limes, Etc.Carriage billed at cost.
Payment in US dollar check or bank transfer required. Credit cards
accepted for payment through paypal. Reciprocal discounts offered.
Prices here quoted take precedence over any earlier listing.