Kikkwa Meiji Sen 菊花明治撰 1891 Catalogue of Select Chrysanthemums Vol I K Imai Tokyo Meiji Hand Colored Plates
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KIKKWA MEIJI-SEN 菊花明治撰 (A Catalogue of Select Chrysanthemums), Vol. I (上巻). Cover label: "Edited & Published by K. Imai, No. 22, Azabu-ku Nishimachi, Tokio, Japan. 1891 (All rights reserved)."
Provenance: this is the copy Boston Book Company (Boston) offered in their February 1999 catalogue as no. 52, 'Magnificent Botanical', at $1,950; their printed catalogue description and a typed dealer description are still laid in and come with the book.
Japanese colophon: printed 明治廿四年十月廿五日, published 十月廿六日 (Meiji 24 = 1891); artist and publisher 遊花老 今井兼角 (Imai Kenkaku), of Kagoshima; printer 宮田六左衛門. Opens with brushed title calligraphy 遊花老 dated Meiji 24, tenth month, with red seals.
The plate section is titled 菊花二十五種, "Containing Pictures of 25 Select New Varieties cultivated by the editor," with an English note explaining that varieties marked (a) were raised by the late Mr. Seibi Mizumoto and those marked (b) by the editor. Each full-page color plate shows a single named chrysanthemum (e.g. Goko-no-yuki, Jo-yo-no-iro) with romanized English script and Japanese name.
Condition: Covers worn and heavily water-stained (back cover especially; see photo 10); cover labels rubbed. Plates remain bright, with some toning at the margins. Please see all photos.
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