A postcard featuring Izumiya Ichibei's bookstore

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[Kitao, Masayoshi ... (et al.) (illustrated by)].

[Tōkyō]: Sekaidō, [ca. mid-Shōwa period (1930-50s)?].

A collection of four postcards introducing famous places in Tokyo, featuring an illustration of a shop selling ezōshi (illustrated books), nishiki-e (ukiyo-e prints), hanging scrolls, and other items in Asakusa's Nakamise shopping street. The image is based on an illustration by Kitao Masayoshi of Izumiya Ichibei's bookstore from the multivolume work Tōkaidō meisho zue (1797).

Four unused postcards. Light discolouration and bumps to extremities. Approximately 9.1 x 14.4 cm each.

A postcard featuring Izumiya Ichibei's bookstore
Price: $110.00 (USD)