Songs of the garden Tapa dura - 1984

The Metropolitcan Museum of Art / The Viking Press, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Introduction, notes, and translations by Yakuko Betchaku and Joan B. Mirviss. The Book of Insects by artist Utamaro (1753-1806) is reproduced on 15 "double" color plates - one image across facing pages; the paintings incorporate poems, which are translated in a notes section at the end alongside small b&w reproductions of the same paintings. Pages unnumbered. The book, 7-3/4" x 10", maroon cloth, is produced in accordion format, open on both side edges, allowing easy fold-out of the plates. Minute soil spots to the front board and its paper label, which also has one tan stain, a touch of soil to the edges, corners sharp, no marks within. The slipcover has edge-wear and soil, particularly a coffee stain to the label on the front.

Viking Press, 1984. Hardcover. Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. Paperback. Near Fine. 48 pp. hardcover is in Near Fine condition, with slipcase in Very Good condition with slight creasing to spine of slipcase