Author: Kodama Kota; Kitamura Hajime.
Title: Edo, Japan, in the World With Special Focus on the Collection of the Toyo Bunko.
Description: Tokyo, Toyo Bunko & Edo-Tokyo Museum, 1994. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Quarto. Pp. 239. With about 240 colour illustrations. Bound in the original pictorial stiff wrappers. In fine condition (inscription on title-page). ~ FIRST EDITION. Aims to provide an image of "the world that Japan saw and the Japan that the world saw" through images from the rich collection of books at the Toyo Bunko. Captions both in English and Japanese. A beautifully produced exhibition catalogue, published to coincide with the exhibition "Edo, Japan, in the World With Special Focus on the Collection of the Toyo Bunko", held at the Metropolitan Edo Tokyo Museum to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of The Toyo Bunko Foundation. Cosponsored by the Edo Tokyo Historical Foundation. With forewords by Kodama Kota, Director Edo-Tokyo Museum, and Kitamura Hajime, Director The Toyo Bunko. Includes the original invitation to the exhibition. ENTRY-1 .

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