TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols
1902887431902. CUSTOMS HIRADE Kôjirô author. TÔKYÔ FÛZOKU-SHI 3 vols. Tôkyô Meiji 35 1902. Tassel-bound Japanese-style fukuro-toji. 22.9 x 15.0 cm. Original printed patterned covers and printed title labels. Illustrated throughout with bw wood engravings and what appears to be the occasional copper engraving along with a very few color woodblock prints. A very interesting and exhaustive look at the customs of a Tôkyô deep into the process of transition from the traditional to the "modern" amalgam of cultural elements that was 20th century Japan. Written on the eve of the Russo-Japanese War which would hasten that transition. Well known as an important piece of early scholarship on the subject this original edition is by no means common. Near fine complete. unknown books
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