[Nihon no yushu] / Japanese Melancholy

Onchi Koshiro

Atami

:

Ryuseikaku

,

1955

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First Edition.

18.5cm x 13cm. [ii], 120, [1] pages, illustrations, some colour, 2 tipped in. Full leather, gilt lettering, gilt top edge, glassine jacket, illustrated clamshell, publisher’s box. Text is in Japanese.

Wood engravings, prints, sketches, poetry, and late diary entries of Japanese artist Koshiro Onchi (1891-1955) published shortly after his death. Bound in full leather and limited to 100 copies, this is number 31.

Tanning to endpapers. Very minor wear to clamshell. Moderate wear to lid of publisher’s box with tanning to the label. Near Fine Condition.