Jūjun kagetsuchō (One-hundred-day album of flowers and the moon)

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Jūjun kagetsuchō ["One-hundred-day album of flowers and the moon"]

Mutō, Inazō [edited by]; Rai, Kyōhei [compiled by]; Aoki, Mokubei, Oda, Kaisen, Uragami, Shunkin, Rai, Sanyō, Ema, Saikō, Nakabayashi, Chikutō, Ōkura, Ryuzan, Yoshida, Shūran, Nukina, Kaioku ... [et al.] [with contributions by].

Ōsaka: Shikada Seishichi, Shunsōdō [printing blocks owned by], Meiji 16 [1883].

The first woodblock-printed edition of Jūjun kagetsu, a manuscript of poems and illustrations compiled by the Confucian scholar and poet Rai Kyōhei (1756-1834) in 1827. Jūjun kagetsu (occasionally read Tōjun kagetsu) is the record of a three-month holiday in Kyoto and surrounding areas, taken in 1827 by 72-year-old Kyōhei, Kyōhei's nephew Rai Sanyō (1780-1832), and Sanyō's mother. The three albums feature poems and a total of twelve illustrations, many in the nanga style, by members of Kyōhei's family and circle - the core bunjin artists of the time. The last volume includes a list of the authors, artists, and locations mentioned in the work. An album of calligraphy and illustrations by the 'Rai Sanyō circle', employing extraordinarily subtle carving and printing.

Three concertina-bound (orihon) volumes, complete. Original boards, original fabric daisen title panels present, light wear and bumps to extremities. Very occasional small marks to leaves. Housed in original slipcase (extremities frayed, a few chips and light stains, one clasp present, three small holes to one gutter, light foxing), with original daisen. Unpaginated. Each volume approx. 29.2 x 10.3 cm

Jūjun kagetsuchō (One-hundred-day album of flowers and the moon)
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