From LIBRAIRIE L'OPIOMANE, Paris, France
AbeBooks Seller Since April 22, 2003
Seller Rating
About this Item
5 issues, folio (26 x 36 cm), 10 or 11 illustrated leaves per issue, original Japanese paper with string stiching. Most captions in English, a few in French. Wirgman travelled out to Japan in 1861 as artist-correspondent for the Illustrated London News, and in 1862 established this topical, satirical magazine for the European community in Yokohama, the first magazine to be published in Japan. He introduced to Japan "the European notion of nineteenth-century visual satire, which gelled very closely with long-standing indigenous notions of the visually absurd and grotesque, but could now be seen to apply to contemporary subjects, a practice long tabooed in Japan" (ODNB). Wirgman is widely known as "one of those engaging, eccentric, polyglot personalities who adventured around the Far East in the second half of the nineteenth century" (The Japan Society, Biographical Portraits). The Japan Punch ran for 25 years until 1887. Wirgman died, and was buried in Yokohama in 1891. Moderate creasing to edges, paper slightly toned. Stitching a bit baggy, minor damage and creasing, cover slightly grubby . Seller Inventory # 18250
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Japan Punch, February 1884 to June 1884 ...
Publisher: Yoko-Hama, 1884,
Binding: Soft cover
Store Description
Vente par correspondance et sur rendez-vous. Conditions conformes aux usages de la profession.
Librairie l'Opiomane
9, rue Friant
75014 Paris - France
EI, RCS 447 777 814
Les frais de port sont calculés sur la base d'un livre = un kilo. Au cas où livres commandés seraient particulièrement lourds ou imposants, vous serez informé que des frais de transports supplémentaires sont nécessaires.
Payment Methods
accepted by seller
