Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1959. 286 pages including index. Dust Jacket is clean and price clipped. In Slipcase with wraparound label. Slipcase has tiny wear at edges. Book includes two inserts printed from actual woodblocks. 187 full page two-color plates and hundreds of text illustrations. Printed Japanese style, on double folded paper. In publisher's cardboard slipcase. Michener edited the book, wrote a lengthy essay on Hokusai--often called the Leonardo Da Vinci of the Orient--and informative captions for every plate. New insights into the quality of Hokusai's art and the Manga: "Hokusai's Sketches from Life"--a look at Japanese history, customs, superstitions, psychology, life, pleasures, botany, zoology, architecture, agriculture, astronomy--the book is an encyclopedia of Japan! Clean. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bookseller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 008336
Title: The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga
Author: Michener, James A
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle
Place of Publication: Rutland, VT
Date Published: 1959
Keywords: Japan Manga Art
Bookseller catalogs: Art; Japan;

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