Author: KAZUO, INOUE (Ed.):
Title: Takarabune (Mysterious treasure ship). Volume 1 (of 2). Tokyo, Isetatsu Shoten, 1919.
Description: . Oblong 8vo (17.7 x 24.8 cm). Leporello folded book with sixty-two pages. Original decorated paper boards, new silk rear cover. A charming book presenting fifty different woodblock printed mythological ships, mostly in colour. In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune is a legendary ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the New Year. A picture of the ship will bring good luck. Seems scarce, a second volume was published in 1922. Binding lightly rubbed, internally very good.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asitic, ship, ships, legend, folklore,
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Title: Takarabune (Mysterious treasure ship). Volume 1 (of 2). Tokyo, Isetatsu Shoten, 1919.
Description: . Oblong 8vo (17.7 x 24.8 cm). Leporello folded book with sixty-two pages. Original decorated paper boards, new silk rear cover. A charming book presenting fifty different woodblock printed mythological ships, mostly in colour. In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune is a legendary ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the New Year. A picture of the ship will bring good luck. Seems scarce, a second volume was published in 1922. Binding lightly rubbed, internally very good.
Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asitic, ship, ships, legend, folklore,
Price: EUR 600.00 = appr. US$ 652.11 Seller: Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books
- Book number: 121549
- Book number: 121549
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