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Paperback / softback. New.
Original woodblock printed book by Kono Bairei (1841-1895) - "Inaka no Tsuki" (The Moon in the Country) - Japan - 1889 by Kono Bairei - 1889
by Kono Bairei
Original woodblock printed book by Kono Bairei (1841-1895) - "Inaka no Tsuki" (The Moon in the Country) - Japan - 1889
by Kono Bairei
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
Japan: Tanaka, 1889. Original woodblock printed book by Kono Bairei. 25 illustrations printed in two or three colours. Bound concertina style, silk spine ends worn, paper covers and cord ties very good, with a little creasing to boards. Contents clean and tight, title page and list of contents in Japanese and English text. Each woodblock has a black boarder, number and title, back to back plates, fore-edge writing, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy of this rare work by Bairei. NOTES [Kono Bairei was a Japanese painter, book illustrator, and art teacher. He was born and lived in Kyoto. He was a member of the Ukiyo-e school and was a master of kacho-e painting in the Meiji period of Japan.]. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Illus. by Kono Bairei. 16.5cm x 24cm. Books, Fine Art Print.
- Seller Loe Books (GB)
- Illustrator Kono Bairei
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good
- Edition First Edition
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Tanaka
- Place of Publication Japan
- Date Published 1889
- Keywords JAPANESE WOOD BLOCK, BAIREI
- Size 16.5cm x 24cm