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SHIBUKAWA Genji / NATORI Shunsen. Nippon to Sekai Kenbutsu / Sightseeing in Japan and Around the World (1920)



SHIBUKAWA Genji / NATORI Shunsen. Nippon to Sekai Kenbutsu (Sightseeing in Japan and Around the World). Tokyo : Seibun-do, Taisho 9 (1920).OUT OF STOCK

Description — Thick, vertical in-12 (15 x 9 x 3 cm), (8)-46-924 p., 350 g.
Pict. cloth softbinding, title p. & endpapers color ill., one color frontispiece, (8) color & (13) b&w illustrations. Binding & ill. by Shunsen NATORI.
Reliure toile souple, p. de titre & pages de garde illustrées coul., un frontispice coul., illustrations coul. (8) & n&b (13) h-t. Reliure & ill. par NATORI Shunsen.

État / Condition — Good-decent (slightly skewed; wear to cover).
Bon-correct (légèrement faussé ; couv. frottée).

Remarques & avis / Review — An excessively funny and witty account of the travel in Japan and around the world that the famous Japanese journalist and writer Genji SHIBUKAWA (1872-1926) completed in 1909 and which later got serialized in Asahi Newspaper. Faux-pas & misfortune one after the other, lots of culture shock — to the reader's joy — and plenty of fine offset illustrations by Shunsen NATORI (1886-1960). A great illustrated book!

Le truculent de relat du voyage au Japon et autour du monde que le fameux journaliste et écrivain japonais SHIBUKAWA Genji (1872-1926) réalisa en 1909 et qui fut plus tard sérié dans le journal Asahi. De faux-pas en infortune, beaucoup d'occasions de choc culturel — pour la joie du lecteur — et nombre jolies illustrations offset par NATORI Shunsen (1886-1960). Un excellent livre illustré !

Divers / Misc. — Table of Contents :

Japan
Tokyo — Kamakura — Kyoto — Nara — Osaka — Kobe

Korea

World
America — England — France — Italy — Germany — Russia — Countries of Qing — etc.






















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