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The Way of Japanese Flower Arrangement Alfred Koehn 1935 First Edition Kyo Bun Kwan Tokyo Ikebana Vintage Hardcover

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The Way of Japanese Flower Arrangement by Alfred Koehn. Kyo Bun Kwan, Tokyo; printed by Kelly & Walsh, Ltd., Shanghai. The copyright page reads "FIRST EDITION - 1935. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED." The Japanese colophon gives an issue date of 1 May Showa 10 (1935). Color frontispiece after a Japanese woodblock print, preface signed Nara, Japan, 1935, with line diagrams and photographic plates of shoka (classical) and other arrangements.

Condition: Very Good. Beige cloth boards with orange cloth spine lettered in Japanese and English; light general wear and faint marks to the cloth, light page toning. A small bookseller ticket (T. Z. Shiota, San Francisco) is on the colophon page. No dust jacket.

This is a used book from a private family collection. Please look at all photos; they show the actual copy.

Ships from Palo Alto, CA by USPS Media Mail; buyer pays calculated postage at checkout. Media Mail is slow (usually 2-8 days). Packed in plastic and bubble wrap inside a box.

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Listed on Oct 8, 2026