Tōkaidō meisho zue : kan 1 | 東海道名所図会 : 巻 1

Item Overview

Title

Tōkaidō meisho zue : kan 1 | 東海道名所図会 : 巻 1

Alternative title

東海道名所圖繪 [variant title]

Author

秋里籬島, active 1780-1814
Akisato, Ritō, active 1780-1814

Illustrator

Kitao, Masayoshi, 1764-1824
竹原春泉齋, active 1789-1817
北尾政美, 1764-1824
Takehara, Shunsensai, active 1789-1817

Date Created

[1797]

Date

1797

Place of Origin

江戸 : 須原屋茂兵衛 | Edo : Suharaya Mohei

Language

Japanese

Collection

Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Suzuki subject: 地理－日本地誌－地方誌－東海道
製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing).
後印 [kōin] (later printing) of 寛政9版 (Kansei 9 [1797]) edition.
Preface dated Kansei hinotomi [9] [1797]: "寛政ひのとの巳のとしの冬そのまゞなからかきやる中山前大納言愛親卿／惜陰室主人."

Provenance

Bequeathed by Mr. Julian C. Wright, a collector and art teacher, in 1978.
From the Mitsui family collection ; owner's seal "三井文庫" [Mitsui Bunko] stamped.

Physical Description

Extent

大本 or 美濃本 [ōhon/minobon]. 1 volume : illustrations ; 254 x 181 mm

Page layout

四周単辺 [shishū tanpen] (within single border) of 21.2 x 15.8 cm.

Binding note

袋綴 [fukurotoji] (pouch binding). 朱色元題簽 [shuiro motodaisen] (red original title slip) ; 左肩・双辺 [sake sōhen] (double bordered, pasted on the left side of cover). 白色・空押し雲文・元表紙 [hakushoku karaoshi unmon motobyōshi] (white embossed original cover with a cloud pattern).

Keywords

Subject Geographic

Tōkaidō (Japan)

Resource type

text

Subjects

Tōkaidō (Japan)--Description and travel