Japan Edo Illustrated book of flora HONZO ZUFU Color Woodblock print book Vol. HONZO ZUFU (lit The Illustrated Book of Herbalism) Vol. 33: Stone Grass (Unlike the modern classification, it contains a cactus succulent plant) About 50 pages of fine woodcut printing illustrated encyclopedia. Original title slip and cover. This item was owned as a material at the Kyoto craft workshop and therefore has traces of utilized to hard (Exterior wear, back cover inside damage, paper scratches and slight contamination, etc). Iwasaki kanen, the author of this book, was a samurai of shogunate retainer, a man who studied plants for a lifetime. Issuance of the first edition of this book, which was one of the first full-fledged botanical books based on Herbalism in Japan, began in 1830. After that, when the first 6 books were issued in woodcut printing, the funds were depleted, and the subsequent volumes were distributed as manuscripts of reserved production. Distribution of 92 books was complete in 1828, and honzo-zufu was completed. According to the records, the total number of reservations is only 30 sets, and the first edition of this book is almost impossible to obtain. This 1922 version is the whole volume of Honzo-zufu completed by woodcut printing after more than 100 years since the first publishing, and the printing of this book which reproduced perfectly up to delicate neutral colors is highly appreciated. A comparison of the Japan name and scientific names of the plants contained in this volume has been added at the end of this book. The classification of plants in this book is based on the Chinese herbology book (Compendium of Materia Medica), which Kanen used for reference. Author Writer: Iwasaki kanen Publisher: Honzo-zufu kanko-kai Date: Taisho era (1912) Size : Maximum length 10.23. If you want more look at the Interesting book. Please check out other items I have listed. _gsrx_vers_841 GS 7.0.16 (841). The item “Japan Edo Illustrated book of flora HONZO ZUFU Color Woodblock print book Vol. 33″ is in sale since Sunday, June 7, 2020. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “zoookiss” and is located in japan. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Origin: Asian
- Original/Facsimile: Original
- Date: 1922
- Special Attributes: 1st Edition
- Condition: Good. Binding tight. All page complete.
- Print type: Woodblock print
- Binding: Japanese-style book binding (Thread)
- Illustrated/Pages: almost/about 50
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan
- Topic: Fine Arts: Collections
- Subject: Botanical art
- Colophon: Odd volume only
