1796 Japanese Samurai Clan Geisha Wakisaka Gido Illustrated Uekawa Gido Tejima

1796 Japanese Samurai Clan Geisha Wakisaka Gido Illustrated Uekawa Gido Tejima

An interesting 18th-century woodblock-print of ‘Bai Boku Sensei Anraku Denju,’ written by Wakisaka Gido. Gido was a student under Toan Tejima, a moral philosopher from the Uekawa clan in the mid-Edo era. This three-volume collection anecdotes of regular life with illustrations of samurai, geisha, commoners, animals and more! This rare 1796 edition is written in a column handwritten format.

Item number: #16318

Price: $750

Wakisaka Gido

脇坂 義堂

(Bai Boku Sensei Anraku Denju) 賣卜先生安樂傳受(ばいぼくせんせいあんらくでんじゅ)

[Kyoto: Kansei 8 1796].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
• References:
  • Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books
  • Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 100145794;
• Language: Japanese, Kanbun
• Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
• Size: ~9in X 6.25in (22.5cm x 16cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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