Kai, Ch'i
Koro mu zuei
Hung lou meng t'u yung
Hung lou meng t'u yung
Tokyo, Zuga Kankokai 1916
138pp; Illus; 30x21cm Chinese Stitch-bound paper Covers light stained
Woodblock printed book in four volumes of 50 portraits by Kai Ch'i (1774-1829) of characters from the novel known in English as `The dream of the red chamber', together with 76 poems and prose commentaries by various authors and four-page postscript in Japanese. The volumes have patterned blue paper covers with crepe paper title slips printed in black on cream. Impressions good
