Japanese Inn: A Reconstruction of the Past
Rare and modern books
Statler Oliver
New York: Random House, 1961,
Japanese Inn: A Reconstruction of the Past
Rare and modern books
Statler Oliver
New York: Random House, 1961,
30.00 €
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Italy)
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Details
- Author
- Statler Oliver
- Publishers
- New York: Random House, 1961
- Keyword
- Giappone Japan Japon
- Cover description
- Buono (good)
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
First edition. Popular social history of Japan, told through the story of the Minaguchi-ya, an venerable inn on the Tokaido Road that is visited over a 400-year period by a myriad of travelers and guests, ranging from samurai warriors to Buddhist pilgrims. Jacket lightly rubbed, with a bit of mild sunning along the spine and some minor edgewear to the extremities; has Hiroshige woodblock print in full color, showing traditional inn; original Yellow and grey boards, red letters on spine. cloth and contents as new. Maps on endpapers.365 pp.,illustrated with fifty Japanese prints.
