A fine printing woodblock (195 x 750 mm.) used to print a work on physiognomy, entitled Nan'ōken sōhō 南翁軒相法 by Nan'ōken 南翁軒
by JAPANESE FACE-READING WOODBLOCK
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Text and illus. engraved on both sides. Japan: late Edo or early Meiji.
An exciting survival: a woodblock used to print a Japanese book on physiognomy; it bears carefully carved illustrations of human faces and an ear. Our block bears the text and illustrations for four leaves (nos. 94-97) in one of the book's five volumes. Three of the leaves have images incorporated within the text. NIJL and WorldCat (accession no.: 42283716, for the 1892 ed.) use an additional title for the present book, Sōhō hijukai 相法秘受解. We have not been able to discern the edition from which this comes; there were several published in the 19th century.
Near fine. This would be a useful specimen for teaching collections on the global history of the printed book.
An exciting survival: a woodblock used to print a Japanese book on physiognomy; it bears carefully carved illustrations of human faces and an ear. Our block bears the text and illustrations for four leaves (nos. 94-97) in one of the book's five volumes. Three of the leaves have images incorporated within the text. NIJL and WorldCat (accession no.: 42283716, for the 1892 ed.) use an additional title for the present book, Sōhō hijukai 相法秘受解. We have not been able to discern the edition from which this comes; there were several published in the 19th century.
Near fine. This would be a useful specimen for teaching collections on the global history of the printed book.
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- Bookseller
- Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10221
- Title
- A fine printing woodblock (195 x 750 mm.) used to print a work on physiognomy, entitled Nan'ōken sōhō 南翁軒相法 by Nan'ōken 南翁軒
- Author
- JAPANESE FACE-READING WOODBLOCK
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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