Gagaku kihan
by WIRGMAN, Charles and Minekichi YAMASHITA
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- Condition
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About This Item
1887. WIRGMAN, Charles and Minekichi YAMASHITA. Gagaku Kihan. 12 volumes, each with 12 lithographic plates by Yamashita. Small Oblong 8vo, illustrated wrappers as issued in a contemporary chitsu case and modern wooden box. Tokyo: Bunseido, 1887-1888. This extremely attractive set of books constitutes one of the very first works whose objective was to teach the Western way of painting to a Japanese audience. It was written by Charles Wirgman, an Englishman who lived in Japan and who had gone into business with the celebrated photographer Felice Beato. Wirgman became a mentor to some of the leading names in Western-style art in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japan. Of the greatest rarity. OCLC lists only 7 of the 12 numbers in the National Diet Library.
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- Bookseller
- Ursus Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171802
- Title
- Gagaku kihan
- Author
- WIRGMAN, Charles and Minekichi YAMASHITA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1887
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...