KOHEKI KOKUSANKO: TREATISE ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT PRODUCTION.

OKURA, Nagatsune.

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Edo 1844, Suhara-ya. Green stitched blind-stamped wrs.,8 vol set, indigo blue cloth Chitsu case, bone clasps, very good, some usual wear to edges, excellent impression,complete work 15.5 x 22.3 cm., all in all very nice copy. FIRST EDITION . *** **** *** . . SUPERBLY WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATED 1844 . . AGRICULTURAL TREATISE . * This fascinating treatise instructs the farmer in crop production, harvesting, marketing care of live stock, edible natural plant identification & collection, propagation & grafting techniques for fruit trees, care & harvesting of fruit, processing of oils, papermaking, cottage industries, tools, tea culture, weaving, viniculture, Washi hand-made papermaking and other rural activities. . *** WHO WAS THE AUTHOR OKURA Nagatsune [1768-c.1850]: He was an agricultural scientist who inspected conditions in various provinces & experimented with many growing methods. He authored some 20 useful and practical works on agricultural based on his own observation and experiences of as a farmer's son and grandson from Bungo, on the southern island of Kyushu. . He was greatly influenced by Chinese & Dutch learning [Rangaku] in Nagasaki as well. . Some of his works covered cultivation of sugar, cotton, indigo, paper, wax trees, cedar and other useful cash crop plants for impoverished farmers. . He was a famous author and renaissance man he wrote easy-to-understand illustrated agricultural, instructional guides for the neglected of Japan's lowest class citizen, the peasant-farmer. . . These kinds of books helped the poor farmer how to endure natural disasters, severe weather, containing positive steps to successfully pass through harsh winters and improve their productivity. . His works were avidly read and heeded by Japan's farming class. Okura was selfless in his efforts to improve the life of the average peasant-farmer who often starved to death due to pestilence, drought, famine and common illness. . *** PROFUSELY WOODBLOCK ILLUSTRATED: This work is profusely illustrated, teaching the average farmer "how to" produce more and also ways to propagate plants to expand their production. A lovely and practical encyclopedia of farming and production techniques. . *** NOTE: Please visit our website for more works by Okura, Japanese botanical, and agricultural treatises. . Please visit our website to see photos of this item. . *** REFERENCES: . H. Kerlen: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS AND MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS, p.380, no.886. Rosny: 35, KS 3-374 * EDGREN, J.S.: CATALOGUE OF THE NORDENSKIOLD COLLECTION OF JAPANESE BOOKS IN THE ROYAL LIBRARY, #799 * BARTLETT, Harley H. et al. JAPANESE BOTANY DURING THE PERIOD OF WOOD-BLOCK PRINTING, p.69, 151 * JAPAN BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA AND WHO'S WHO,1962-1964 edition, p.1182-3. * KSM [bussan] 3-374-1 [Kokusanko] * Kraft: vol.1., no.442. * Richard C. Rudolph: ILLUSTRATED BOTANICAL WORKS IN CHINA AND JAPAN: he cites several other agricultural/botanicals by Okura, pp.116. An article in: BUCKMAN, Thomas R. ed.: BIBLIOGRAPHY & NATURAL HISTORY: Essays Presented at a Conference Convened in June 1964. . *** NOT IN: Merrill & Walker: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EASTERN ASIATIC BOTANY ***. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 32062301

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