The Jane Carnegie Oriental Art Library

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Item
4239
Nakano (ed); Nishimura (ed) 
Rikka imayo sugata
Not known, Nakano   1688 
361pp; Illus; 30x21cm   Japanese   Stitch-bound embossed paper   Worm damage

Original woodblock printed book in eight volumes on ikebana with 122 designs of flower arrangements and botanical drawings and illustrations of utensils, all line drawings in monochrome. The volumes have embossed brown paper covers and title strips printed in black on cream. All volumes have insect damage, some have torn covers or pages. However the illustrations are mainly unaffected. Ex Bunkado & Co, Kyoto