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(HOKUSAI MANGA) Katsushika I-itsu : [Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA Ni-hen

(HOKUSAI MANGA) Katsushika I-itsu [Denshin Kaishu] HOKUSAI MANGA Ju- hen. Nagoya: Eirakuya & Edo: Kadomaruya, N.D. [c. 1814/5] 22.7 x 15.7 cm. String-bound Japanese-style, fukuro-toji. Original covers with brushed title. Though Nagoya-based Eirakuya Toshiro editions of the MANGA are quite common, the Edo issues by Kadomaruya are quite unusual. Here, the covers are definitely of the Kadomaruya "flavor" but the pseudo-colophon and ads correspond to the Eirakuya "A2; 01" designation for dating purposes developed by Matthi Forrer in his EIRAKUYA TOSHIRO Publisher at Nagoya. The date thus corresponds to 1814/5, just about the time this volume two of the series was produced. Like all MANGA volumes it is a book usually seen in late Edo-era, early Meiji versions. The printing is good, at first glance it seems light, even worn but examination under a lens reveals fine detail soon lost in later printings. A bit of internal and external soiling and rubbing, there is some rubbing damage beyond mere thumbing, BUT, such early issues as this have utterly disappeared from the marketplace and are highly prized., Fine

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