Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].
KOUEI (Ippen). & [MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS]

Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].

Seaweed: vibrantly printed in woodblock

Second edition. One of a set of 5vols. 9pp of colour woodblock printed illustrations. 8vo., measuring 221 by 152mm. Fukuro-toji binding, original orange paper wrappers with printed title slip, rubbing and amount of chipping to edges of wrappers, internally crisp, overall a very good copy. 25ff. Tokyo, Iguchi Matsunosuke, Meiji 22 [i.e, 1899.

£500.00
KOUEI (Ippen). & [MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS]
Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].

A beautifully printed book highlighting the beauty and varieties of Japanese seaweed (kaiso).

The Illustrated Products of Japan series was an effort by the Ministry of Home Affairs to highlight the best of Japanese products that could be attractive for foreign countries to import. The present book is the third volume in the series, alongside books on the themes of nishiki-e woodblock printing, konbu seaweed and kanten agar jelly, nori seaweed and finally sea salt. Clearly there was an emphasis on coastal products of Japan, as well as highly skilled printing. In the present volume, we are introduced to 29 types of kaiso seaweed with beautifully colour printed illustrations showing some of these varieties.

Very first edition was printed in Meiji 10 [1877], this is the second edition. Scarce in commerce.

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Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].
Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].
Nippon seihin zusetsu: zasshu kaiso  [Illustrated Products of Japan: Hybrid Seaweeds].
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