Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon Gaishi) 日本外史(にほんがいし)
by SANYO, Rai
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- Condition
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1885 Japanese Samurai History Nihon Gaishi Tokugawa Shogunate Genpei War Japan
An interesting Edo woodblock-print of 'Nihon Gaishi,' a 19th-century book on the history of Japan by Rai San'yo, a confucianist philosopher, historian, and poet of the Edo era. The whole work of 'Nihon Gaishi' was the first comprehensive study of samurai history, covering Japanese history, from the emergence of the Minamoto clan and the Genpei War, through to the reign of Tokugawa Iemitsu in the Edo era. His history was later banned in several provinces because it encouraged strengthening the authority of the Emperor and was a major influence on the Sonnō jōi movement, a movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate during the Bakumatsu period. It became part of the private studies of Chinese people in meiji Japan and in their curricula became one of the most read history books from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era. (Mehl)
This rare 1885 edition is written in Kanbun in a column handwritten format.
Item number: #15747
Price: $599
SANYO, Rai
Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon Gaishi) 日本外史(にほんがいし)
[Japan: Meiji 18 1885].
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 12 volumes
· References:
o Margaret Mehl: Private Academies of Chinese Learning in Meiji Japan
o William Theodore De Bary: Sources of East Asian Tradition: The modern period
o Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books
o Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 174027
· Language: Japanese, Kanbun
· Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22cm x 15cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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- 15747
- Title
- Unofficial History of Japan (Nihon Gaishi) 日本外史(にほんがいし)
- Author
- SANYO, Rai
- Format/Binding
- Softcover; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Japan
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1885 Japanese Samurai History Nihon Gaishi Tokugawa Shogunate Genpei War Japanrare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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