?????? [Art of Hashimoto Kansetsu]

Possibly first edition. Folio. [8], 128pp. Profusely illustrated in black and white. Text in Japanese. Stitch-bound wrappers covered in silk with a paper label affixed to the front cover. Rubbing to the wrappers and light edgewear, very good or better in good only wrap-around case with cloth covered boards with wear to the boards, loss to the paper label, and a small sticker on the inside with "No. 12" written on it. The book appears to have been originally published in 1931 but *OCLC* lists copies dated 1934, 1935, and 1936 as well. The book is primarily a collection of black and white reproductions of scroll paintings depicting scenes from nature and with very little text. While we do not know much about the book, we can't deny how beautifully it's presented.