Tejina hitori denju 手品獨傳授 [Solely Imparting Magic] de KASANJIN (or HANASANJIN) 花山人
de KASANJIN (or HANASANJIN) 花山人
Tejina hitori denju 手品獨傳授 [Solely Imparting Magic]
de KASANJIN (or HANASANJIN) 花山人
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Two full-page woodcut illus. & a number of smaller woodcuts in text. 18 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers (very rubbed), new stitching. [Japan]: [1831?].
A well-illustrated denjuhon 伝授本, or "teaching book" for magic tricks. Books of this type were published in the Edo period in two phases. The first phase began with the earliest denjuhon that has come to light, Shinsen gejutsu 神仙戯術 [Art of the Magical Performance], issued in Kyoto in 1696. Over 200 editions of "teaching books" were subsequently published. The second phase, beginning about 1800, continued until the end of the Edo period. Most of the books in this second phase built on works already published previously (Kawai Masaru 河合勝 and Nagano Eishun 長野栄俊, Nihon kijutsu bunkashi 日本奇術文化史 [2017]).
The background to the success of denjuhon like our book was the rise of an interest in magic in the Edo period. Initially, with the advent of peace in the early 17th century, magic tricks were performed by street performers who also carried out other feats, such as juggling. Professional magicians appeared over time, but in the beginning there was not a clear separation between Kabuki theater and magic, as magicians were often Kabuki actors as well. The denjuhon were not directed at this group of professional or semi-professional magicians, but to amateurs who sought to imitate their tricks and readers who were simply curious to learn more about the marvelous and mysterious. The mid-Edo period saw a rise in curiosity in unexplained phenomena, and many denjuhon explained these as much as they explained magic tricks stricto sensu (Hīrōuddo shuppan ヒーローウッド出版, "Nihonshi kara mieru majikku bunka (zenpen)" 日本史から見るマジック文化（前編）, online).
Our book contains a number of illustrations. We are presented with a tub filled with water in which written characters appear to float, two individuals performing a trick with a piece of string, and various kinds of magic paraphernalia such as cards.
Our text was first published as Senjutsu himachigusa 仙術日待種 [The Art of the Immortals to Perform While Waiting for the Sun] in 1784. Our edition does not carry a date; NIJL records copies dated 1831. Our book is rare, with no copies in North America.
Very good copy, preserved in a new chitsu. Minor dampstaining and thumbing.
A well-illustrated denjuhon 伝授本, or "teaching book" for magic tricks. Books of this type were published in the Edo period in two phases. The first phase began with the earliest denjuhon that has come to light, Shinsen gejutsu 神仙戯術 [Art of the Magical Performance], issued in Kyoto in 1696. Over 200 editions of "teaching books" were subsequently published. The second phase, beginning about 1800, continued until the end of the Edo period. Most of the books in this second phase built on works already published previously (Kawai Masaru 河合勝 and Nagano Eishun 長野栄俊, Nihon kijutsu bunkashi 日本奇術文化史 [2017]).
The background to the success of denjuhon like our book was the rise of an interest in magic in the Edo period. Initially, with the advent of peace in the early 17th century, magic tricks were performed by street performers who also carried out other feats, such as juggling. Professional magicians appeared over time, but in the beginning there was not a clear separation between Kabuki theater and magic, as magicians were often Kabuki actors as well. The denjuhon were not directed at this group of professional or semi-professional magicians, but to amateurs who sought to imitate their tricks and readers who were simply curious to learn more about the marvelous and mysterious. The mid-Edo period saw a rise in curiosity in unexplained phenomena, and many denjuhon explained these as much as they explained magic tricks stricto sensu (Hīrōuddo shuppan ヒーローウッド出版, "Nihonshi kara mieru majikku bunka (zenpen)" 日本史から見るマジック文化（前編）, online).
Our book contains a number of illustrations. We are presented with a tub filled with water in which written characters appear to float, two individuals performing a trick with a piece of string, and various kinds of magic paraphernalia such as cards.
Our text was first published as Senjutsu himachigusa 仙術日待種 [The Art of the Immortals to Perform While Waiting for the Sun] in 1784. Our edition does not carry a date; NIJL records copies dated 1831. Our book is rare, with no copies in North America.
Very good copy, preserved in a new chitsu. Minor dampstaining and thumbing.
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Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc.
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