Beautiful Women (Kinsei Bijinroku) 琴声美人録 (きんせいびじんろく)

1858 Japanese Beautiful Women Samurai Tokugawa Bakufu Ukiyoe Gesaku Illustrated

A rare, 19th century Japanese woodblock print of "Kinsei Bijinroku" an ukiyo-e graphic novel often called kusazoshi. Written by famous gesaku artist, Santo Kyozan, one of the many pen names of Iwase Momoki. Kyozan's works were affected by the shifting publication laws of the Kansei Reforms aimed at punishing writers and publishers for writings related to the Yoshiwara or anything considered "harmful to society" at the time by the Tokugawa Bakufu.

This volume of Kinsei Bijinroku is written in a column woodblock print format with furigana for easier reading with illustrations throughout and color illustrations on the covers in the classic 2 volume print where the covers come together to make a single image.

Item number: #30091

Price: $599

KYOZAN, Santo山東菴京山

Iwase Momoki (岩瀬百樹)

Beautiful Women (Kinsei Bijinroku) 琴声美人録(きんせいびじんろく)

芝神明前三島町角(東都) : 喜鶴堂, 弘化4-安政5[1847-1858]

shibashinmeimaemishimachōkado(tōto) : kikakudō: Ansei 5 [1858]

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes

o Illustrated throughout

· References:

o University of Minnesota

o Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 892864;

o Waseda University # 13 03753

o Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books

· Language: Japanese

· Binding: Softcover; tight & secure

· Size: ~7in X 4.75in (18cm x 12cm)

· Rare and desirable

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