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HAYASHI, Michiyuki 林通幸 (or Ryūho 柳圃)ABAA

Kaihei heidan hoi æµ·å›½å…µè«‡è£œéº Addendum to a Discussion of the Military Problems of a Maritime Country

Best.-Nr. 11598Eight double-page & 24 full-page woodcuts. .5 32; 36 folding leaves. 8vo orig. semi-stiff wrappers now mottled title-slips new stitching. Japan: 1867; Preface dated 1865 & Postscripts dated 1861 & 1866. First edition. The tragic story of Hayashi Shihei æž—åå¹³ 1738-93 and his efforts to prepare Japan for changing times is well known. A Japanese scholar and a specialist in military affairs he travelled to Nagasaki in 1777 where he was greatly impressed by the size and strength of the Dutch ships. While there he learned of Russian intentions to advance south from Siberia into Asia. This prompted him to go to the northernmost island of Hokkaido to study the situation. As a result of this journey he became alarmed at the weakness of Japan's coastal defenses and ignorance of the outside world. In 1787 Hayashi began to privately issue in a series of 16 volumes only 38 sets were produced his famous and controversial Kaikoku heidan which recommended stronger military forces and a maritime defense capability. His series is a remarkable example of a study on modern strategy introducing the military sciences of the West to Japan. Hayashi describes the powerful weaponry of the Western powers and openly criticizes the shogunate for its ignorance of the rest of the world and reliance upon an isolationist policy while neglecting maritime defenses. Kaikoku heidan caused a sensation and was banned by the government in 1792 on the grounds that national security matters were being discussed without official consent. Almost all copies and the woodblocks were confiscated. Hayashi was placed under house arrest in 1792 and died the following year. In his final years he used the pen name "Rokumusai" meaning "Six Losses" enumerated as: "no parents no wife no children no woodblocks no money and no desire to die." The present work by his nephew Michiyuki who had studied under the military theorists Oikawa Kanzaemon åŠå·å‹˜å·¦è¡›é–€ and Hishita JūzÅ æ—¥ä¸‹åè”µ is both an homage to his uncle and an addendum on the modern role of horses and cavalry in warfare as practiced in the West. Michiyuki believed that the traditional Japanese methods of using horses in battle were no longer relevant and that the samurai must be trained in the methods practiced by the cavalries of Western countries. The book is richly illustrated. In the first volume are fine woodcuts of training patterns designed to improve the horses' agility. Also shown are a series of horses' eyes and teeth each revealing the character of the animal and its suitability in warfare. Acupuncture points on legs of horses are also shown. The woodcuts in the second volume depict modernized saddles stirrups bridles and horseshoes. Fine set and very scarce. Preserved in a chitsu. unknown books

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten2.950,00 $≈ 2.635,58 €

HUANG, Feng-tzu (or Fengzi) 黄鳳姿ABAA

Chitsuniumaashii 七娘媽生 C. Qiniangma; The Birthday of the Seven-Star Goddess

Best.-Nr. 11599Four full-page woodcuts & border decorations. 8 p.l. 70 pp. 3 leaves. 8vo orig. decorated boards deckle edges. Taipei: Nikkō Sanbō æ—¥åå±±æˆ¿ 1940. A very remarkable work written by a 12-year-old girl as part of the effort by the impresario Nishikawa Mitsuru to establish a Taiwanese regional literature gaichi bungaku or "overseas" literature to rival Japanese literary traditions. Nishikawa è¥¿å· 滿 1908-99 was a wealthy and highly influential Japanese author poet publisher and book designer in Taiwan during the colonial period. After studying French literature at Waseda University he returned to Taiwan most of his childhood had been spent there and quickly became the leading advocate - through his own poetry short stories and novels and his publishing empire of magazines literary journals and luxury press books - of establishing a dynamic Taiwanese literary culture rooted in the island's folklore local myths and religious traditions. Nishikawa believed this body of literature from colonized Taiwan should be able to compete with the literature produced in Japan. "Most attention focuses on the literary output of male Taiwanese writers. The voices of women writers living in colonial Taiwan exist but have yet to be translated much less discussed in any significant length.The voices of women writers in colonial Taiwan were marginalized at several levels both due to their race and also gender living in Taiwan's patriarchal society.The literature produced in Taiwan by Taiwanese writers during Japan's occupation of the country has fallen through the cracks of academic disciplines that consider such works either too Japanese and thus not fit for inclusion in Taiwanese literary histories or too Taiwanese and thus not fit for inclusion in Japanese literary histories."-Anne Sokolsky "Yang Qianhe and Huang Fengzi: Two Voices of Colonial Taiwan" in Japan Studies Association Journal Vol. 8 2010 pp. 239 240 & 244 & see the rest of this article upon which we have greatly depended. The prominent woman author Huang 1928- is such an example. She was a member of the generation of Taiwanese authors who grew up during the Japanese colonization of the island. In 1937 as part of Japan's efforts to assimilate the population all Taiwanese students were required to learn to speak and write Japanese. Huang came from a Taiwanese family with strong connections to Japan. Her father had studied law at Kyoto Imperial University and taught at Kansai Daigaku in Japan. Huang was an excellent student and after four years of study was able to speak and write Japanese flawlessly. An extremely precocious young woman Huang at the age of 12 in the spring of 1940 entered a colonial government competition which called for essays about Taiwanese folklore. Her essay Chitsuniumaashii was about the famous Goddess Qi Niang Ma or Zhi Nu the Weaver Girl who protected children in the folk beliefs of both Taiwan and China. Huang's essay won and was selected to be published in the journal Minzoku Taiwan æ°‘æ—å°ç£ Folklore Taiwan edited by Nishikawa. Nishikawa so appreciated the 12-year-old girl's essay that he decided to publish it along with 15 other of her writings in his luxury-press book series under the imprint Nikkō Sanbō. Today Nishikawa is considered to be Taiwan's first fine book designer. He employed superior materials including handmade paper to produce these remarkable works. For Huang's book Nishikawa furnished the striking designs for the cover and the book's layout in collaboration with Tateishi Tetsuomi 立石鉄臣 1905-80 artist illustrator and native of Taiwan. The drawings for the four full-page woodcut illustrations were done by Huang's classmate Chen Fenglan 陳鳳蘭. She became a well-known Taiwanese illustrator. Chen's drawings were carved by Shi Kunfeng æ–½å¤å¡— a prominent artist and collaborator of Nishikawa. The entire work was edited by Ikeda Toshio æ± ç”°æ•é›„ 1916-81 folklorist and educator who was raised in Taiwan. He co-founded Minzoku Taiwan with Nishikawa and played an important role in the modern study of Taiwanese folk history and colonial-era literature. Ikeda and Huang later married. This work was published in 75 numbered deluxe copies Xin Xiang shu 新娘本 and another 500 regular paper copies. Our copy is part of the deluxe issue on fine handmade Japanese paper unnumbered but marked 家蔵 "House Copy" reserved by Nishikawa. It is accompanied by the original illustrated wrapper. In pristine condition with the printed slip giving details of the production of this work. â§ Faye Yuan Kleeman "Colonial Ethnography and the Writing of the Exotic: Nishikawa Mitsuru in Taiwan" in Proceedings of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies 2 2001 pp. 355-77-this too is an excellent article explaining Nishikawa's place in the literary history of both Taiwan and Japan and his varying reputation. unknown books

Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller, Inc. · Vereinigte Staaten5.000,00 $≈ 4.467,08 €

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