c1910 Sword & Blossom Poems From the Japanese / Scarce Beautiful Volume / Colour Woodblock Illustrations / Padded Covered Crêpe Paper Boards

An absolutely beautiful scarce book of Kokinshu Japanese poetry - translated into English and decorated with wonderful colour woodblocks. Printed on hosho, high-quality paper - on double-folded pages. In a gorgeous binding too of pictorial crêpe-paper covered padded boards. In good condition. Slightly larger than pocket-sized - see dimensions below.

Published around 1910, this is a second edition produced by T Hasegawa, Tokyo. Comprising short un-rhymed Chinese style poems, and Kokinshu poetry.

Inside the pages are clean, bright and tightly bound with no writing or inscriptions. The colour illustrations are stunning.

Padded boards have some rubbing around the extremities, with a small chip to one edge and a slight bump to the top rear corner. The colours on the crêpe look to have dulled a little with time, but the book remains absolutely beautiful and is extremely eye-catching.

Your antique copy of Sword and Blossom Poems will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift card with a message to the parcel.

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H 18.5 cm x W 12.5 cm, 0.1 kg. I dispatch worldwide daily from the UK. With the exception of a small number of countries.

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