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[DESIGN] : ONNA SHOREISHU^, Vols. 1-5

[DESIGN] ONNA SHOREISHU^, Vols. 1-5. {Genbun 3 [1738]}. 27.5 x 19.3cm O^bon, String-bound, Japanese style, fukuro-toji. Original covers, remains of original title slips on three of the volumes. The Genbun edition originally consisted of seven volumes in six books, so here the sixth book is missing. Compares identically to the Boston MFA copy of the Genbun edition. The set is a very important guide to feminine roles and responsibilities. There are place settings, banquet layouts, travel customs, etc., etc. Everything the high-born lady would need to know. The 14 page section of images of kimono designs in volume one represented the first such design publication in Japan when it first appeared in Manji 3 [1660]. The illustrations have sometimes been attributed to Hishikawa Moronobu but there is no convincing proof of that save the style, which is reminiscent of his work. Our copy has worn covers, but the interior is quite good, in good impression. An important and very scarce work, usually only fragments are found, a volume here or there. In a custom clasped chitsu case., Good

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