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MATERIAL: Woodblock Printed
TYPE: Book
DIMENSIONS: 5 X 7 inches (closed)
COMPONENTS: 64 pages with many woodblock prints
CONDITION: Original covers & title slip, contents complete, fine impressions
NOTES: Rare and original.
LANGUAGE
Japanese
ITEM ID: 743
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Woodblock Print Book with Baseball Scene

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Year: 1876
Decade: 1870s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)
Notes: Meiji 6

Japanese woodblock print book with one of the earliest known Japanese woodblock prints depicting the game of baseball. There are many other fine woodblocks throughout the volume including a rare color image showing the inside of a classroom and woodblocks of the 5 “races:” African, European, American Indian, Asian and Malay.

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This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.



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From baseball to the Olympics, this collections contains objects from the sporting world.



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