Shikiji gashi konrei no maki. 2 Volumes

1921. KYOTO, Kashokai. Shikiji kashi konrei no maki. 2 volumes, illustrated with 50 colour woodblock plates. Oblong folio, 230 x 340 mm., bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Mankado, 1921. A sumptuous collection of beautifully carved woodblock plates devoted to the subject of Japanese sweets. The Japanese custom of displaying food in the most artful way possible is brilliantly illustrated in this collection of exquisite plates. Very rare with the only listing on OCLC being the National Diet Library with volume 1. (Inventory #: 165342)