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~~ Book Published by T. Hasegawa ~~
Life Scenes of Japan
Text by Leo Marescaux
Hasegawa, T. (Takejiro)
Marescaux, Leo:
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Life Scenes of Japan Text by Leo Marescaux, T. Hasegawa Publisher & Art Printer, Tokyo (17 Kami Negishi-cho), Showa 6 (1931), spine covered, silk stab ties, 10.1 x 15.2 cm, 14 folded crepe paper pages (including the covers), 28 pages total. Each month illustrated and discussed on two facing pages. This is not a day by day monthly calendar. Inside the back cover is the Japanese language colophon. A subsequent printing of this book is reported with the Nishinomiya imprint ca. 1940.
Basic information and pictures courtesy of Franziska Mueller.
The subjects of the woodblocks are:
- Jan. - New Year's Day
- Feb. - The Festival of the Fox
- Mar. - The Festival of Dolls
- Apr. - Cherry-Blossoms at Mukojima
- May - The Festival of Boys
- June - Iris at Horikiri
- July - The Festival of Lanterns
- Aug. - Summer in Kyoto
- Sep. - The Festival of Chrysanthemums
- Oct. - The Festival of "Ebisu"
- Nov. - Autumn at Momiji-Yama
- Dec. - Preparing for New Year
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Colophon
Published: Showa 6 (1931
Address: 17 Kami Negishi-cho
There are two books of this type that are very similar.
Rhymes & Life Scenes of Japan. Calendar for 1903., 1902, here.
and
Life Scenes of Japan, 1931, here.
The first book (1903 Calendar) contains day by day calendars with verses for each month. Major events are described as "Feasts" in this book. The later book does not have the day by day calendars and is text, not verses. In this later book, the major events are called "Festivals." The woodblock images in the books are basically the same.
Below is a side by side comparison of selected pages from the two books.
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
1903 Calendar
1931 Non-Calendar
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