[Rarebooks] FS: Kyoka's TALE OF THE WANDERING MONK. 1/300

[Charles Agvent]

KYOKA, Izumi THE TALE OF THE WANDERING MONK
Limited Editions Club New York 1995. Folio (14" x 17") bound in a lush 
violet Japanese book-binding cloth. First Edition in English of this 
mystical masterpiece by the supreme romanticist of the Meiji period 
(1868-1912) which coincided with Japan's emergence from a feudal 
society. The "pouch binding"--or Fukuro toji--is the traditional 
Japanese with pages securely "bound" across an open spine with thread in 
a pattern that suggests a delicate Japanese screen and with the 
traditional title strip on the cover. The format has been modified so 
that the spine is on the left, Western style, rather than the right. 
Illustrated with four paintings by Setsuko Ideta, wife of Balthus, that 
were converted into wood blocks by Keiji Shinohara in his California 
studio. These were then aligned and overlaid to print the images on 
hand-made Japanese mulberry paper. Copy #78 of 300 numbered copies 
SIGNED by Setsuko. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in slipcase.   $2000.00
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