1797 Japanese Woodblock Chinese System History Castle Ninja Munemasa Togai RARE

1797 Japanese Woodblock Chinese System History Castle Ninja Munemasa Togai RARE

An interesting 18^th century woodblock-print of ‘Institutional communication’ edited by Ito Toshio the third son of the author of the work Ito Togai. Toshio and Togai were Confucius scholars of their day with Togai authoring many self-published works and Toshio working for the Tokugawa Munemasa the seventh feudal lord of Japan in the Kansei Era. Toshio included topics on:

• Astronomy and Calendar
• Geography and Metropolitan Areas
• Metropolitan Weifang Castle and Imperial Castle
• Bureaucracy
• Conspiracy tests
• Elections
• The Turn System
• Constitutional system
• The Ninja and Gosong
• Finance and Economy
• Taxes
• Rules and Military System
• Ritual ceremonies
• Criminal Law
• And more!

This rare 1797 edition is written in a column format with furigana usage for easier reading. This 7-volume woodblock print is bound in the “fukurotoji (variously translated as “bound-pocket,” or “pouch” binding)” style!

Item number: #9342

Price: $599

ITO, Togai; ITO, Toshio; 伊藤長胤; 伊藤 東所,

 Institutional communication (seidotsū)   

制度通(セイドツウ)

二条通堺町西ヘ入町(京都) : 林芳兵衛, 寛政9[1797]

[Edo]: Kansei 9 [1797].

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 7 volumes
• References: Waseda University 04 06328
• Language: Japanese/Chinese
• Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 6.25in (22.5cm x 15.5cm)

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