Six woodblock printed books relating to China and Korea

Property from The Japan Society Library, London

Six woodblock printed books relating to China and Korea

Edo period, 18^th - 19^th century

each encased in 20^th century fitted blue linen board cases with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest, and comprising:

Mori Teisai (active early 18^th century)

Chinese-Japanese Dictionary (Zozoku koeki kai gyokuhen daisen), 1735

woodblock printed book, 11 volumes plus preface (12 volumes total), preface dated Genroku 4 (1691), colophon dated 1735 (Kyoho 20), various publishers; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue covers, with title slips 

Walter Henry Medhurst (1796-1857)

Karl Gützlaff (1803-1851)

Translation of a Comparative Vocabulary of the Chinese, Corean, and Japanese Languages (Chosen Ikkoku jii)

woodblock printed book, 1 volume, published by The Parapattan Press, Batavia, 1835; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), orange covers, no title slip 

Utagawa Sadahide (1807-1873) (artist)

Tsurumine Hikoichiro (1788-1851) (author)

History of the Conquest of Korea, (The Concluding Part) (Chosen seibatsu ki, [kohen])

woodblock printed illustrated book, 10 volumes, title page titled as above, no colophon, volume 10 with page of publications published by Wan'ya Kihe, 1853; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), pale blue covers embossed with leaves and flowers, with title slips

Ishizaki Yushi (1768-1846) (artist); and others

Nakagawa Takateru (1753-1830) (editor)

An Account of Chinese Customs (Shinzoku kibun)

woodblock printed illustrated book, 13 parts bound as 6 volumes, 6-page preface dated 1799 (Kansei 11), colophon also dated 1799 (Kansei 11), publisher Horinoya Nihei; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), pale brown covers embossed with leaves and flowers, with title slips

Nakano Ryuden (1756-1811)

Chinese – Japanese Dictionary ([Infuto shodai koeki] Shisei gyokuhen wakun taisei)

woodblock printed book, 6 volumes, preface dated 1787 (Tenmei 7), colophon dated 1792 (Kansei 4), published by Kyukodo and Kaigyokudo, 1792; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), dark blue covers embossed with a keyfret motif, with title slips

Chin Tokusen Hyoten (dates unknown)

Hyochu toso hachitaikabun tokuhon

woodblock printed book, 8 volumes, colophon dated 1878 (Meiji 11), publisher Sakagami Hanshichi; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), pale yellow covers embossed with a stylised dragon motif, with title slips