The test of the people of this dynasty (honchō ninsō kō jo Aino maki') 本朝人相考女相之巻(ほんちょうにんそうこうじょあいのまき) by Kaku Nishi Ō. Senshō toki - 1773
by Kaku Nishi Ō. Senshō toki
The test of the people of this dynasty (honchō ninsō kō jo Aino maki') 本朝人相考女相之巻(ほんちょうにんそうこうじょあいのまき)
by Kaku Nishi Ō. Senshō toki
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1773 Japanese PHYSIOGNOMY Face Reading Match Making Female Sensho 2v Health Test
An interesting 18th century Edo woodblock-print of 'The Test of the People'. This book is an interesting manual in reading faces for the purpose of match making. It purports to describe how to look at a face and tell whether specifically a woman will be a good fit in character and type for a man.
This rare 1773 edition is written in the typical column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading with excellent black and white illustrations throughout!
Item number: #15946
Price: $599
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Kaku Nishi Ō. Senshō toki.
The test of the people of this dynasty (honchō ninsō kō jo Aino maki') 本朝人相考女相之巻(ほんちょうにんそうこうじょあいのまき)
Edo: Anei 2 [1773].
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 volumes
o Illustrated throughout
· References: Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 496537;
· Language: Japanese
· Binding: Softcover; tight & secure
· Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
· Quite rare
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15946
- Bookseller Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Format/Binding Softcover; tight & secure
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
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- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Anei
- Place of Publication Edo
- Date Published 1773
- Keywords 1773 Japanese PHYSIOGNOMY, Face Reading, Match Making, Female Sensho, 2v, Health Test, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquar
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