First Edition. A pre-Meiji period colour woodblock-printed illustration of a drunk Englishman dancing next to a geisha playing the shamisen in Yokohama. Trimmer, a little soiled, small repairs to verso. Light stain and three small pieces of washi pasted also to verso. 1 leaf, complete. 35 x 24cm. Text in japanese. Seller Inventory # 11455

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Title: A DRUNK ENGLISHMAN DANCING WITH A GEISHA IN ...

Publisher: Tokyo: Uzumiya Ichibei Bunkyu Gannen

Publication Date: 1861

Edition: 1st Edition

Book Type: Book

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Antiquarian and second-hand bookstore in the heart of fashionable Chelsea, in London, an area famed for its links to bohemian London and the beau monde scene of the 1960s and 70s.

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Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB)
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