MS Japanese 47

A version of a book of instruction for women first written in the seventeenth century by Kaibara Ekken; this edition was edited by Ikeda Tōritei, illustrated in colour by Kawabe Gyokuen, and published in 1851 by Yamashiroya Sahee of Kyoto et al.

Japan, 1851

Material: paper; 1冊 | 1 volume; binding dimensions: height 253mm, width 180mm, depth 18mm

Acquired by the Wellcome Library in 1969.

Formerly in the collection of Dr R.B. Illing.