A Birthday-Book of Japanese Verse
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Lloyd, A. (1852-1911) (Translations) Atsuko Saisho and others (Poems): A Birth-day Book of Japanese Verse, Old and New, by Many Authors, Tokyo, Shimbi Shoin, 1910, large 12mo (4 7/8 x 7 3/4 in - 12.1 x 19.6 cm), off-white cloth covered boards, front cover decorated in color, back cover has the Shimbi Shoin seal in white, double page hosho paper pages (pages joined at the fore-edge - not folded pages), very thin cloth spine covering, all edges gilt, ca 100 pages). The spin is wide (1 in - 28 cm) and the covering it is very thin. As a general rule the spine covering is broken or missing entirely. The text block is also often split/broken. All in all, a rather fragile book that does not age well. I presume that the calendar is for 1910. However, since days of the week are not stated, it is impossible to say positively. The year 1910 was a non-leap year and the calendar shows 28 days in February. The next leap year was 1912. Format: Month Page Left Page - Text with month & poem Right Page - Woodblock print Daily Page (3-4 days per page) Left Page - Woodblock in margin (same for each month) & a poem for each day Right Page - Numbered black spaces for daily annotations |
