by ŌRAIMONO 往来物
Color-printed illus. on each page. 19.5; 20.5 folding leaves. 12mo (126 x 93 mm.), orig. finely woodblock color-printed pictorial wrappers, new stitching. [Japan]: mid-Edo.
A splendid and beautifully preserved example of an illustrated ōraimono, a book of popular learning. “Another very substantial market, which catered to the growing need and demand for literacy, was that for the popular educational works known as ōraimono. These have had a poor survival rate and have hitherto been treated in a bibliographically cavalier manner [= ignored], but it is clear that they were produced in many parts of Japan for local use and that by the early nineteenth century they were a substantial part of the market for print.”–Kornicki, The Book in Japan, pp. 139-40.
This delightful ōraimono is an illustrated travel guide covering all of Japan. The information is rather impressive; local trades and products are depicted. The upper wrappers are a fine example of a tsuzuki e cover つづき絵, one image depicted on two or more covers in a continuous format, but each cover’s image complete in itself. Tsuzuki e were often produced as ukiyo-e prints. Our booklets are color-printed throughout in simple tints of blue, gray, pink, yellow, red, and green.
Not found in WorldCat. According to NIJL, there were two editions (1784 and 1856); ours is undated.
Very fine and fresh copy. Preserved in the original publisher’s wooden box, with printed title-slip on lid. (Inventory #: 11013)
A splendid and beautifully preserved example of an illustrated ōraimono, a book of popular learning. “Another very substantial market, which catered to the growing need and demand for literacy, was that for the popular educational works known as ōraimono. These have had a poor survival rate and have hitherto been treated in a bibliographically cavalier manner [= ignored], but it is clear that they were produced in many parts of Japan for local use and that by the early nineteenth century they were a substantial part of the market for print.”–Kornicki, The Book in Japan, pp. 139-40.
This delightful ōraimono is an illustrated travel guide covering all of Japan. The information is rather impressive; local trades and products are depicted. The upper wrappers are a fine example of a tsuzuki e cover つづき絵, one image depicted on two or more covers in a continuous format, but each cover’s image complete in itself. Tsuzuki e were often produced as ukiyo-e prints. Our booklets are color-printed throughout in simple tints of blue, gray, pink, yellow, red, and green.
Not found in WorldCat. According to NIJL, there were two editions (1784 and 1856); ours is undated.
Very fine and fresh copy. Preserved in the original publisher’s wooden box, with printed title-slip on lid. (Inventory #: 11013)
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