[Japan]: "July 1886." This handsome and large woodblock is finely carved; it is a sort of "popularity chart," or igo banzuke ????, of participants (their names are given) and their rankings for the Asian game of go. We note that one team consisted of aristocrats and the other of merchants, an interesting example of playful "class warfare." Fine condition. A printed copy of the woodblock is included. Seller Inventory # 10408

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Title: A large & heavy woodblock (450 x 330 x 30 mm...

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Specializing since 1978 in rare and important books in the history of science, medicine, natural history; books on wine and bibliography, early printed books, technology, engineering, and Japanese and Chinese books, manuscripts, and scrolls

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