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AKIZSATO, Ritoh.

MIYAKO MEISHO ZUE: PICTORIAL DESCRIPTION OF NOTED PLACES IN KYOTO. A MOST LOVELY ILLUSTRATED PERIOD GUIDE TO KYOTO'S SIGHTS A collection of famous views in and around Kyoto. A lovely period guide to the Buddhist temples and shrines, the Emper- or's outings in and around the city, his Royal processions, great funeral processions to Kitano Tenman temple, Buddhist ceremonies and musical rituals. A documentary on 18th cent- ury contemporary Kyoto life, the common people, Samurai, the Imperial family, New Year's celebrations, great merchant houses & activities. In volume 2, part 2 is a very fascinat- ing illustration of three Hollanders visiting a temple. Large numbers of onlookers cast astonished looks at the first Westerners to grace their city. Akizato also wrote SHUI MIYAKO MEISHO ZUE, a supplement to this title, please check with us to see if this is in stock, or request our full list of Japanese illustrated books. Cited in: H. Kerlen. CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS...p.453 item #1065. D. Chibbett: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF THE PRE-1868 JAPANESE BOOKS...p.53 item #139. L. Dawes: CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, p.136. C.H. Mitchell: ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE NANGA, MARUYAMA, SHIJO...lists a later edition on p.420. See L. Roberts: DICTIONARY OF JAPANESE ARTISTS, p.155 for biographical details on the artist Shunchosai. Images displayed may not be the actual copy in stock for sale at any given time; if you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock, please request this by email and an image will be returned to you by attachment. !! WARNING: The above description is COPYRIGHT protected material under United States & International Copyright & Intellectual property laws. Unauthorized copying or use of ANY PART is a felony and will be PROSECUTED TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE LAW !!! The entire text and contents of this description is Copyright protected 2002-2005 Rare Oriental Book Co. Click for available editions