 (Edo Bungaku Sokan)
Collection of Edo Literature. Essential Illustrated Novelistic and Dramatic Works. In the holdings of the Daitokyu Memorial Library, Tokyo.
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878 items, 1,530 parts
Dr. Kazuma Kawase (Compiled)
35mm positive, 90 reels
Edited by Dr. Kazuma Kawase, 72 pages
In Japanese
 1,228,500 (Domestic Price: Incl. tax)
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| It is known that Daitokyu Memorial Library possesses about 7,000 items of rare books concerning literature, history and religion including 40 national treasures and cultural assets from the Edo Era. This microfilm edition compiled by Dr. Kazuma Kawase covers 740 illustrated books, which have been representative of Edo Literature, and which consist of works of Saikaku Ihara, Ikku Jippensha, Monzaemon Chikamatsu, Bakin Kyokutei, Sanba Shikitei, Kyoden Santo, Izumo Takeda, and others. In this microfilm edition, there are also famous illustrations which have the respective characteristics of these artists: Hokusai Katsushika, Toyokuni Utagawa, Moronobu Hishikawa, Kiyonaga Torii, Utamaro Kitagawa and others. This microfilm edition is useful in studying popular Edo literature and social conditions of the time. |
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