Oblong 8vo (17.7 x 24.8 cm). Leporello folded book with sixty-two pages. Original decorated paper boards, new silk rear cover. A charming book presenting fifty different woodblock printed mythological ships, mostly in colour. In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune is a legendary ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the New Year. A picture of the ship will bring good luck. Seems scarce, a second volume was published in 1922. Binding lightly rubbed, internally very good.

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Takarabune (Mysterious treasure ship). Volume 1 (of 2). Tokyo, Isetatsu Shoten, 1919.

Publisher

1919

Binding

Hardcover

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East Asia

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Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books, antiquarian booksellers in Stockholm, Sweden, offering old and rare books on Voyages & Travels, Exploration and Linguistics, with a primary emphasis on Asia and Africa, as well as Asian and international illustrated books on fashion, design and textiles. Printed catalogues are regularly produced.

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