Property from the Japan Society Library, London

๊Three woodblock printed books relating to women,🔯 letter writing and speech

each encased in 20^th century f▨itted blue linen board cases with impressed gold leaf Japan Society Imperial chrysanthemum crest, and comprising:

Tsukioka Settei (1710-1786)

A Comparison of Female Warriors (Onna buyu yosooi kurabe)

woodblock printed illustrated book, 3 volumes (complete), two-page preface signed Tsukioka Toi, colophon dated 1766 (Meiwa 3), published by Suharaya Mohei (Edo); binding: fukurotoji (pouch ꩲbinding), original ✃dark blue covers with title slips

(Daily Use of Dialect) Letter Writing for Women ([Nichi you cho ho] shotsu bunkan)

woodblock printed book, 1 volume, colophon dated 1802 (Kyowa 2), published by Shibukawa Yozaemon (Osaka) and two others; binding: fukurotoji (pouch binding), blue cover with title slip 

Suzuki Shigetane (1812-1863)

Sasaki Haruo (1818-1888)

Ready Guide to Speech (Kotoba no chikamichi)

woodblock printed book, 5 volumes, colophon dated 1845 (Koka 2), published by Suharaya Mohei (Edo) and others; binding: fukurotoji (pouch bin൲ding), blue covers with title slips, original wrapper