"Collection of original leaves from fifty books of popular literature published between 1608 and 1774." (K. Asakawa, " Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945).
Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Bd21.
Notes
Gentei gojūbu inkō.
限定五十部印行.
On double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji); 56-chō. The original leaves are block prints.
Summary
Fifty mounted original pages (each consisting of half a double leaf) from block-printed books published in Japan during the 17th and 18th centuries. Some of the specimens are illustrations, one being hand-colored.