16th-17th century
41 prints in 3 folders
plate: 14.5 x 5.8 cm (5 11/16 x 2 5/16 in.)
Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016
One of a set of three thread-bound, woodblock-printed books; ink on paper. Late 16th-century reprint (probably ca. 1580) of a book whose preface is dated to 1432.
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17th centuryJapanese